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Sèvres snuffbox

Friends of Versailles buy Sèvres snuff box at Bonhams

29 December 2025

A snuff-box made for Madame Adélaïde has set an auction record for a Sèvres box, selling for £150,000 (or a premium-inclusive £190,900).

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Top stories of 2025 including tributes paid to the late Michael Baggott

29 December 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over 2025 included news of tributes being paid to Flog It! specialist and silver expert Michael Baggott who died in January

Madonna and Child painting

Five top picture lots sold at auctions outside London this year

27 December 2025

The top pictures sold at regional salerooms in 2025 included an Old Master, a Lavery double portrait and a John Constable sketch. Here we pick out five of the best results which were covered in ATG

ATG Christmas

Merry Christmas to all our readers

24 December 2025

ATG wishes all our readers a very happy Christmas.

Vanity box

Christmas cheer from art and antiques dealers this festive season

23 December 2025

Many dealers mark the closing days of the year with a specially curated holiday edit.

Antique lace

Plea to recover antique lace stolen from Portobello Road Market

23 December 2025

Veteran Portobello Road Market dealer Anne Swift and her son Phil were the victims of a theft from their market stall.

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Government launches consultation on licensing sellers of knives and bladed items

22 December 2025

Antiques dealers in bladed items are hoping to encourage collectors to respond to the latest consultation.

Taxidermy frog

A taxidermy frog cigarette box is among five lots to watch

22 December 2025

With estimates from £50, here are five previews of items coming up at auction over the festive season

A gold bangle

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a 19th century Jaipur enamel gold bangle

22 December 2025

ATG Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of auction prices, keeping you on top of the latest market values

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Top stories this week including news of Tolkien’s Merton College desk tripling its estimate

21 December 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a desk used by JRR Tolkien during the final revisions to the Lord of the Rings trilogy selling at Christie's

Study for St Nicholas Cole Abbey and Bow Church

Jerwood Foundation buys sketch by British realist painter Coldstream

19 December 2025

Arts charity Jerwood Foundation has purchased a William Coldstream (1908-87) sketch from an art dealer in Somerset.

Union Jack

UK buyer sought for Battle of Trafalgar Union flag

18 December 2025

An export block has been issued for a Battle of Trafalgar Union flag in the hope a UK institution will raise the £450,000 needed to keep it in the country.

Leonard Squirrell view of Framlingham

Leonard Squirrell’s views of Framlingham bring exceptional prices for Suffolk artist

18 December 2025

Location, location, location. Just as with property, so with the pictures of Suffolk’s own Leonard Russell Squirrell (1893-1979).

Breuer building

Auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s reveal totals for 2025

17 December 2025

Christie’s posted projected global sales of $6.2bn (£4.65bn) for 2025 while Sotheby’s reported a figure of $7bn (£5.25bn).

Léon Bonvin still life

Record for Léon Bonvin as flower painting flies to six times estimate at Olympia Auctions

17 December 2025

Olympia Auctions set an auction record for French artist Léon Bonvin (1834-66) after a poignant flower painting, one of the final works he completed before his early death, drew international competition at its latest picture sale.

Tiffany Studios Magnolia pattern floor lamp

Tiffany lamp record set as Magnolia pattern turns heads at Sotheby’s

16 December 2025

A Magnolia pattern floor lamp has become the most expensive Tiffany Studios lamp to sell at auction.

Captain John Narbrough journal

UK buyer sought for 17th-century English maritime manuscript

16 December 2025

The manuscript journal of Captain John Narbrough (1640-88) has been temporarily blocked from export in the hope a UK institution can raise the more than £800,000 needed.

Stoneware owl by Alfred George Hopkins

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a stoneware owl by Alfred George Hopkins

16 December 2025

ATG Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of auction prices, keeping you on top of the latest market values

Helen Rosslyn and Alice St Clair

The London Original Print Fair reveals new dates for 2026

15 December 2025

The London Original Print Fair will run from May 14-17, 2026 at Somerset House in London.

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Top stories this week including the Sherborne almshouse triptych making £5.2m at Sotheby’s

14 December 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a beautifully preserved 15th century triptych bringing strenuous competition at auction