2025

A desk used by JRR Tolkien during the final revisions to the Lord of the Rings trilogy has sold at auction in London for £260,000 (£330,200 including 27% buyer’s premium).

Due to be offered at Adam’s earlier this month, a panoramic view over Dublin Bay by Italian painter Gabriele Ricciardelli (1690-1782) was bought by an Irish cultural institution ahead of the sale on December 4.

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A rare ‘three by one’ number plate tailor made for any successful auctioneer comes for sale in Herefordshire.

Antiquities specialist Kallos Gallery is closing after 12 years as its founder is switching his interest to new projects.

Works by the multi-faceted Scottish wood-engraver, book illustrator, painter and teacher Agnes Miller Parker (1895-1980) come to the market only occasionally, and when they do emerge they are almost always prints.

Art and antiques saleroom Truro Auction Centre has been put up for sale as a going concern after 35 years in business.

A dealer and estate agents are to open an auction house in Cheshire in the new year.

The PBFA has announced that the three new rare book fairs it launched earlier this year will continue next year as part of a full calendar of events.

A round up of the latest Movers & Shakers in the UK and overseas

With estimates from £800, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of two Old Masters selling well beyond their estimates at sales across the Atlantic

Gloucestershire numismatists Silbury Coins is offering a collection of Iron age coins dubbed the Tarrant Gunville Hoard.

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

A rare copy of one of Rembrandt’s greatest portrait etchings established a new saleroom high for an Old Master print.

A beautifully preserved and vibrantly coloured 15th century triptych with a remarkable backstory drew strenuous competition at Sotheby’s latest Old Master evening sale.

A chair dated to 1703 has been stolen from St Marys the Virgin Church in Gisburn, Lancashire.

Christie’s broke the 13-year-old auction record for a print by William Blake (1757-1827) at its Old Masters to Modern day sale on December 3.

A painting of a musician by Dutch artist Gerrit Dou (1613-75) led Christie’s latest Old Master evening sale in London.

One of only six privately owned Fabergé Imperial Easter eggs has sold for £19.5m at Christie’s in London. It was bought by dealer Wartski.