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Titanic passenger’s gold pocket watch takes £1.5m – setting a new auction record
A pocket watch belonging to a first-class passenger who lost his life on the Titanic was hammered down at £1.5m, or £1.78m including 22.5% buyer’s premium. 24 November 2025
18ct gold pocket watch
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Mughal-style scent bottle is among five lots to watch
24 November 2025
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Japanese art expert Suzannah Yip joins Alastair Gibson Auctions
24 November 2025
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    23 November 2025
  • Nelson, Hardy and Collingwood watches 'worn at the Battle of Trafalgar' emerge at Spink auction
    21 November 2025
  • Auction of earliest-known calculator suspended after Paris court ruling
    21 November 2025
  • BADA plans first antiques fair outside of London
    20 November 2025

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News DigestAnne Clark discoveries underline market strength
The sale of Chinese and other Asian Works of Art at Semley Auctioneers in Shaftesbury, Dorset, included the largest known group of works by the artist Mrs H Clark.
NewsOutstanding Irish furniture from Mississippi Rococo collection comes back to the market
Important Irish mahogany furniture returned to market on November 11 when Brunk Auctions in North Carolina sold the so-called Mississippi Rococo collection of Jerold D Krouse.
News DigestArts & Crafts collector Ray Leigh's treasured items come to auction in Gloucestershire
News DigestNews in brief including the most expensive ‘modern era’ European gold coin ever sold at auction
BackpageObituary: David Ker (1951-2025)
Fairs, Markets, Shops & CentresAntique tiles fair calls it a day after more than 30 years
Dealers’ DiaryLAPADA Berkeley Square Fair: Generational shifts in action
FeatureJavanese please: Items from the Indonesian island’s true golden age
Auction ReportsHoot if you are a Lalique car mascot worth £70,000
Auction ReportsAntiques Roadshow vase stars in saleroom at £125,000

Ceramics and Glass

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Ceramics and GlassLiverpool and Limehouse – Maurice Hillis ceramics collection appears at Bonhams
The ceramics expert’s collection sold at auction included notable pieces made on Merseyside but also a Limehouse cup that proved very popular with bidders.
Ceramics and GlassLowestoft porcelain collecting focus shifts back to East Anglia
Ceramics and GlassRoyal Doulton workshop design books fly to 14 times estimate
Ceramics and GlassInterest lodged in Beilby tumblers
Ceramics and GlassVincennes porcelain dish makes 20 times estimate
Ceramics and GlassLalique lost wax located at auction
Ceramics and GlassWilliam Billingsley – artistic genius and utter rogue
Ceramics and GlassGoblets show family value in Oxford sale
Ceramics and GlassMagdalene Odundo takes British studio pottery to a new high
Ceramics and GlassPorcelain producer Nast was regarded as rival to Sèvres

Jewellery Highlights

Recent coverage of the jewellery market
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JewelleryAntique jewellery: Buying trends across a buoyant market
Antique and vintage jewellery remains a strong suit across a broad range of styles, periods and values.
JewelleryWhy Child & Child was the artist’s choice
Walter Child (1840-1930) and Harold Child (1848-1915), the sons of an East End pawnbroker, opened as art jewellers in 1880 at 1 Seville Street, Belgravia.
JewelleryElizabethan grasshopper ring jumps to £42,000
JewelleryVan Cleef & Arpels bracelet flies to 14 times estimate
Jewellery‘At the height of Cartier’s creative prowess’
JewelleryMourning ring jewellery highlights
Jewellery‘Antiques Roadshow’ brooch comes to south London saleroom
JewelleryGiants of Art Nouveau reunited as striking brooch doubles estimate
Jewellery‘The place where Tiffany glass and jewellery overlaps’
JewelleryGeoffrey Munn loans jewellery collection to V&A

Modern British Art Highlights

Recent coverage of the Modern British art market
Modern British Art
Ethel Walker auction record
Modern British ArtRecord for Ethel Walker as elegant still life emerges from huge collection
An enormous deceased estate in West Yorkshire provided Scarborough saleroom David Duggleby with a richly worked picture in Ethel Walker’s distinctive, expressive style.
Modern British ArtJohn Nash brings in big Bucks with his countryside scenes
Modern British ArtLargest Tirzah Garwood group to emerge in one go sets a test of the market
Modern British ArtGrandmother’s Alfred Wallis purchases bring reward for vendor
Modern British ArtNathaniel Sparks’ ‘masterpiece’ flies over estimate at Cambridge sale
Modern British ArtDemand emerges for Mary Potter still life at specialist East Anglian art sale
Modern British ArtStudio source brings strong results
Modern British ArtRich seam of modern art surfaces in Somerset
Modern British ArtAuction record set for George Chapman at Rogers Jones
Modern British Art‘Gem of a painting’ was created by key figure in Tempera Revival

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