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Fake or Fortune? investigates if this a rediscovered Angelica Kauffman

12 August 2025

The latest in the new series of Fake or Fortune? featured a work possibly by 18th-century artist Angelica Kauffman.

Flowers in a Jar by Duncan Grant and George Bergen

Sussex saleroom to offer rare collaborative Bloomsbury Group artwork

12 August 2025

Gorringe’s is selling a significant Bloomsbury Group painting in September.

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Dundas Street galleries bring their A-game for Edinburgh in August

12 August 2025

Dealerships on Edinburgh’s historic Dundas Street are staging shows to coincide with the Fringe festival.

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North-east art stars in dealer’s retirement sale at Elstob

11 August 2025

A notable collection of paintings, with a strong emphasis on north-east landscapes and coastal scenes, will be offered for sale on Thursday 28 August.

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A John Nash Buckinghamshire scene is among five lots to watch

11 August 2025

With estimates from £80, here are five previews of upcoming items.

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Top stories this week – including a plea to find stolen gold and silver jewellery

10 August 2025

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included a plea to find stolen gold and silver jewellery.

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Portobello Road terrorist prevention traffic restrictions hamper antiques dealers’ trade

08 August 2025

New traffic restrictions on Portobello Road have affected the trade of the antiques dealers in shops and stalls along the famous west London street.

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Hobbit first edition rediscovered in house clearance takes five-figure sum

07 August 2025

A “once in a lifetime” discovery of a 1937 jacketless first impression of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit smashed expectations, selling for £43,000 (£52,030 with fees) at auction.

‘Grandfather's Pride’ by Robert Jobling

Large group of Robert Jobling lots attract bidders to Newcastle auction

07 August 2025

One of the largest groups of pictures by Robert Jobling (1841-1923) ever to come to the market in a single sale appeared at Anderson & Garland’s (25% buyer’s premium) latest fine art auction.

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Concert programme signed by Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, Sting and Phil Collins at Live Aid sells for £4500

07 August 2025

This year marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most extraordinary music concerts ever held: Live Aid.

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Metal detectorist’s 10th century silver penny proves to be a market first

06 August 2025

A previously unknown Anglo-Saxon era silver penny, recently found by a metal detectorist in Lincolnshire, is expected to sell for between £20,000-30,000 at auction in the autumn.

Spanish Roof by Peter Jackson

Large body of work by artist Peter Jackson hits the auction block in Suffolk

06 August 2025

In an auction that helped establish a secondary market for the artist and sculptor Peter Jackson (1930-2019), Suffolk saleroom Lacy Scott & Knight (22.5% buyer’s premium) offered a group of 245 works from the collection of the artist’s widow.

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Fake or Fortune? Does this artwork have the hand of artist Frances Hodgkins?

05 August 2025

The latest in the new 'Fake or Fortune?' series featured a work possibly by Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947).

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New high for Florence Hess as cook’s pictures are served up at auction

05 August 2025

Tennants’ latest picture sale in Leyburn featured a group of 26 British Impressionist paintings relating to the artistic communities at Staithes and Fylingdales in North Yorkshire. They raised a hammer total of £32,180.

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Sworders to host first London selling exhibition at its Cecil Court gallery

05 August 2025

Sworders’ London gallery at 15 Cecil Court is to host its first selling show this month.

Edward Burne-Jones by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Rossetti sketches including Burne-Jones portrait turn heads in Norfolk auction

04 August 2025

Two works catalogued as ‘circle of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)’ caught the attention at a recent sale at Keys (25% buyer’s premium) in Aylsham, one creeping over estimate but the other smashing it spectacularly.

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Lloyd George's cabinet is among five lots to watch

04 August 2025

With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

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Top stories this week including the sale of an Egyptian vessel known as the Guennol Grasshopper

03 August 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of the controversial sale of an ancient Egyptian cosmetic vessel made in the form of a grasshopper

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Global auction sales decline but better results for Old Masters and decorative arts

01 August 2025

The latest art market report by ArtTactic revealed that global auction sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips fell by 6.2% for the first half of 2025.

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Latest hires including picture specialist Richard Kay joining Woolley & Wallis

01 August 2025

The latest Movers & Shakers including at auction houses Woolley & Wallis, Bonhams and 1818 Auctioneers.