But every so often, a rare treasure is excavated. Case in point: the recent sale of a painting believed to be by Rembrandt forgotten in an attic for decades that fetched a winning bid of $1.4 million.

led Sotheby’s to conclude the painting is “an autograph work by Rembrandt.” Prior to the sale, the auction house gave the work an estimated value of £10 million to £15 million ($12.6 ...

sale of The Adoration of the Kings by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn from 1628—a painting that had sold at Christie’s in an online auction two years earlier for only €860,000 (about US$927,000).

Wall St. Insights Some paintings go on private display after being sold.  Every painting on this list has sold for over $100 ...

A serendipitous discovery of a lost Emily Carr painting has turned a $50 purchase into a potential fortune. A few months ago, New York-based art dealer Allen Treibitz attended a barn sale in the ...

At a barn sale in the Hamptons earlier this year, New York art dealer Allen Treibitz plucked a cool-hued painting off the wall and purchased it for $50. In the bottom right corner, a signature and ...

A longtime New York-based art dealer stumbled upon a painting at a Hamptons barn sale for which he paid just ... Heffel said the artwork was found in its original frame and stretching, noting ...

The Artist’s Palette presents fifty unique palettes alongside paintings ... of original photographs of palettes, paints, and pigments of all kinds, The Artist’s Palette takes readers into the studios ...

When New York-based art dealer Allen Treibitz went to a barn sale in the Hamptons a few months ... Heffel said the painting was found in its original frame and stretcher, and nothing had been ...

In the original painting the red flowers can be identified ... measure to ensure the authentication of all works consigned for sale, including seeking the expertise by the most eminent experts ...