Europe’s impressionists and old masters have been claiming high prices for years, but the most recent success story in the art market deals with a contingent of sleepers who, like Rip Van Winkle ...

It would not be difficult to draw up a set of rules for Sleeper Resale Rights (SRRs). The original owners would need to prove that they had owned the painting for a considerable length of time ...

A possible sleeper Guercino painting has far surpassed its €5,000-6,000 ($5,175-6,200) estimate to fetch a dizzying hammer price of €590,000 ($610,000). Sold on November 25 at Chayette and ...

A sleeper awakes: How a painting sold for £100 turned out to be a Turner An early watercolour by the artist – which hung in the owner’s dining room for 30 years – is now going on sale Save ...