Watercolours

While an unusual 17th century picture titled The Hares’ Revenge was the star of Woolley & Wallis’ (27/26% buyer’s premium) latest Old Masters, British & European Paintings sale when it made £50,000 (see ATG No 2761), a couple of scenic views of Greece also drew competition.

A civil war-era miniature by the Anglo-French painter David des Granges (1611-72) sold for £22,000 at Hawleys in Beverley, East Yorkshire, on September 26.

Innovative art fair recently launched at London gallery expands to American cities for the first time

New York saleroom Auctions at Showplace is offering a well-documented Turner watercolour on October 8.

Portrait miniatures by the renowned British artist face a different and difficult modern mindset

Scheublein (27% buyer’s premium) offered 1000 lots from the collection of a branch of the Bavarian royal family this summer.

Demand for the distinctive portraits is rising among new and younger collectors, says specialist

Among the major dealers in portrait miniatures are Elle Shushan and Philip Mould & Company.

For all their diminutive scale, the term ‘portrait miniature’ originally had nothing to do with size.

Archive and avian template for porcelain designs reflect the life of a remarkable 19th century polymath

A Wedgwood Fairyland lustre rarity – an original work on paper design by Daisy Makeig-Jones (1881-1945) – featured among the top lots in the July 12 auction at Lion and Unicorn (28% buyer’s premium).