Art Market

The top price of the recent sale of the Philip Astley-Jones collection came for a portrait with a strong Indian connection.

Result for album of watercolours underlines the current demand in salerooms for such subjects

In typical fashion, a landscape by Irish art market heavyweight Paul Henry (1877-1958) took top honours at the latest round of auctions in Dublin – though its sale to an online bidder was an unexpected twist.

String of portraits offered by south London auction house included sketch of the 12-year-old musical prodigy

One of the highest prices for a figurative work by Maxwell Ashby Armfield (1881-1972) came at an early spring sale at Plymouth Auction Rooms (20% buyer’s premium).

Swiss Alpine scene takes top spot in a family consignment as UK sale reveals considerable demand

Two very different works offered in Oxford now have new owners from Australia and continental Europe

As readers may recall from previous articles on these pages, when it comes to the works of the great ornithological artist Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) depictions of game birds tend to be the most commercial subjects.

Local scenes by the incredibly prolific artist from the Channel Islands are favourites in today’s market

A curious unsigned oil on linen soared past its $800- 1200 guide to achieve $7000 (£5400) at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries (25% buyer’s premium) in Maine.

Thirty-eight lots offered in Bath included a strong array of 20th century works assembled in London

Among the watercolours attracting interest at the earlier part of the year were four works by Lucy Elizabeth Kemp-Welch (1869-1958) that appeared at Lincoln saleroom Golding Young & Mawer (24% buyer’s premium).