Decoding Guernica: a collector’s deep dive into Picasso’s anti-war epic
Guernica will never be sold, but the objects around it can be. This guide traces Picasso’s anti-war epic from the 1937 bombing that inspired it, through its decades in exile at MoMA and its 1981 return to Spain, to the etchings, tapestries and a live 2026 loan dispute that give collectors a genuine way into its history.
2026-08-14
Understanding cubism: a collector’s guide to the world of Pablo Picasso
Understanding cubism and collecting Pablo Picasso offers insight into one of art history’s great revolutions. Picasso’s fragmented forms changed painting and influenced sculpture, architecture and design. For collectors, his works represent both artistic milestones and sound investments, with auction records regularly exceeding nine figures.
What makes Edvard Munch’s The Scream so rare?
Edvard Munch’s The Scream is one of art’s most reproduced images, yet only four originals were ever made. Two have been stolen from Norwegian museums, in a ladder-and-window heist during the 1994 Winter Olympics and an armed daylight robbery a decade later, and only one has ever sold, for a record £74 million at Sotheby’s. Here’s the full story.
Impressionism vs cubism: which movement offers the best long-term investment?
Impressionism vs cubism is a comparison that comes up whenever collectors start weighing which historic movement holds up best as a long-term store of value. Both produced some of the highest prices ever recorded at auction, yet the two markets behave quite differently once you look past the headline numbers.
2026-08-13
The true value of street art: how Banksy changed the contemporary gallery market forever
Banksy has quietly dismantled the assumption that street art—work created without permission and intended to be seen freely—could ever find its way into an auction house. His career demonstrates how verifiable provenance and institutional acceptance can transform graffiti from a cultural contradiction into a serious, high-value investment category.
A beginner’s guide to collecting Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali remains one of the most recognisable names in modern art. While his major paintings achieve headline prices, prints, signed books and original lithographs offer attainable entry points. This practical beginners guide explains what to look for, where to find it and how to verify authenticity, with five verified examples.
The 10 most valuable fine art paintings ever sold at auction
From a rediscovered da Vinci to a Klimt portrait sold only last November, these are the ten highest prices ever paid for a painting at public auction. Each one broke a record, and each broke it for a different reason: rarity, provenance, a single-owner estate sale, or simply a name too significant for the market to ignore. Here is how they got there, and what came next.
2026-08-12
A new type of auction as Banksy listed at invite-only sale
On May 20, Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape will be sold in front of an invite-only crowd in Tiffany & Co in New York, when it is tipped to […]
2026-05-13
Western art sale reaps millions, smashes estimates, breaks record
Frederic Remington was the star performer in an auction of another major Koch art collection this week, setting a record and smashing estimates.
2026-01-22
Klimt portrait sets new modern art record at $236.4 million New York auction
Most of us can recognise a Klimt. His work is enormously popular in reproduction, but originals are precious beyond belief. Find out how this example just set a new world record.
2025-11-20
Winston Churchill’s Marrakech painting makes over £700,000 in Canada store sale
Buying Churchill’s artwork has proved the most lucrative way to collect the Prime Minister’s life, and a sale by a shuttered business has made big news in Canada.
Bob Ross painting receives $1 million bid
Bob Ross inspired countless people to take up art. What an achievement! Now Ross’s paintings will help save the broadcasting networks that helped him to fame.
2025-11-19
Winston Churchill’s “Marrakech” painting is star of historic Canadian sale
Churchill loved Marrakesh so much he went there to paint six times. One of his best works from those trips will sell as Canada’s oldest business is liquidated next month.
2025-10-15
Bob Ross paintings to sell in aid of TV stations that made him famous
Paintings by Bob Ross, the celebrated TV artist, will be auctioned this November, with the profits going to support US TV stations facing cuts in funding. Ross became a popular […]
2025-10-09
£10 Lowry painting goes for £800,000 at auction
Lowry’s style has made his work instantly recognisable, but when he sold this painting, he was an unknown and was worried the £10 he charged was ripping off the buyer.
