Long thought to be a family heirloom, the artwork was actually gifted to the British prime minister in 1942 during the darkest days of World War II ...

Charlotte Riordan, head of contemporary art at Lyon & Turnbull, holding a painting by the late John Byrne of The Beatles (Stewart Attwood/Lyon & Turnbull/PA) A rare painting of The Beatles by the ...

A rare painting of The Beatles by the late John Byrne has sold for £27,700 at auction, more than double its original estimate. In the painting, created in 1969, Byrne represented each Beatle ...

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Bidding, starting there at 450,000 pounds, just over $1/2 million for a painting by the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING ...

This week, the auction house Christie's held an art sale in London. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: The Winston Churchill, "The Bay Of Eze," is painted circa 1950 ...