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Top stories this week including a coin hoard discovered hidden in a wall

29 June 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included a ‘treasure trove’ of rare coins found hidden in a house in France selling at auction

London's Treasure House Fair

Opening night sales heat up Chelsea's Treasure House Fair

27 June 2025

Early sales in the first hours of Treasure House Fair heated up the third edition of the Chelsea fair.

Sotheby’s auction

Tamara de Lempicka leads latest London Modern and Contemporary art series

27 June 2025

The latest Modern and Contemporary art auctions in London raised a combined £97.8m. This compared to £132.3m from the equivalent series last year.

Copper ‘rescue’ button

‘Rescue’ button from search for lost Franklin expedition bid to eight times estimate in Exeter

27 June 2025

A copper button, made in 1852 as part of the effort to find survivors of the doomed Franklin expedition to the Arctic, has sold at auction for £6000.

Cecilia Gave and Knut Knutson

Swedish auction house take-over as Stockholms Auktionsverk buys Uppsala

26 June 2025

The latest saleroom round-up including news of Stockholms Auktionsverk acquiring fellow Swedish auction house Uppsala Auktionskammare

Stags at Bradgate Park

National Trust buys 'lost' Victorian silver centrepiece discovered by London dealer

26 June 2025

A Victorian silver centrepiece sculpted by Alfred Brown for Hunt & Roskell has returned to its ancestral home after more than 120 years.

Italian parliament

Italy aims to become ‘increasingly competitive’ in the global art market after VAT cut

26 June 2025

Italy has announced a cut in VAT for art and antiques from 22% to 5%, making it lower than any other EU state. The country also aims to halve VAT on imports to 5%.