Daniel Smith of Keys Fine Art Auctioneers looks at the history tour of Modern Art and explains why it is popular at auction.

Twenty-five years ago in Rome, a man lugged a painting in a rubbish ... for the rest of the war. He made his fortune in real estate and notably donated 75 Old Masters, worth around $75m, to ...

In the painting ... War II. Just a year earlier it had voted to become a republic, and in doing so banned members of the royal family – one of Europe’s oldest – from entering the country ...

Saunders and his wife also found time to become prolific buyers of fine old master paintings. Most of the couple’s 60 pictures were acquired between 1998 and 2000 to complement the classic ...

From Rubens to Guardi, Frans Post to Frans Hals—a treasure trove of Old Masters, lovingly built up over decades, is heading to auction, where it is poised to shatter records. Sixty paintings ...