Grumpy Art Historian

It's bronze-o-rama this month. Really great bronzes rarely come up for sale, but this month there are three in London. My favouri...

Auction viewings are under-rated. Collectors and dealers go, but the interested public neglects these rare chances to see things that might ...

A large part of Brian Sewell's private collection was sold at Christie's this week, and it has come in for quite a battering from...

Take a moment to look at the image above. Better still, follow this link and zoom in on the Christie's website. It's not the so...

The lackluster totals from the recent old master auctions in London prompted more observations about the parlous state of the old master m...

Picture: Sotheby's London's auctioneers put on a fine show last week: plenty of good pictures with mostly quite reasonable esti...

Picture: Christie's It's the week of the winter old master sales in London, and Sotheby's and Christie's have some grea...

Picture: Sotheby's The old master auction viewings are a great opportunity to see privately owned masterpieces. But I especially re...