2025

A painting of David with the head of Goliath set a record for Guido Reni (1575-1642) when it was knocked down at €10.1m (£8.86m) at an auction in France.

Among the high prices for pictures at auction towards the tail-end of 2025 were a string of significant sums in the Modern British market.

With estimates from £250, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

A round up of the latest Movers and Shakers

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of the 23-year-old auction record for Mouseman furniture being broken by an exceptionally large dining table

Bidding war erupts over what auction house describes as “the rarest Bobby Charlton card in the hobby”.

A jug dating to 750BC and due to be auctioned at Cotswold Auction Company in Cirencester will now be returning to Cyprus.

HMRC will increase the fees for anti-money laundering (AML) supervision.

Works showing quiet and comfortable domestic settings feature prominently in the output of the prolific French artist Henri Lebasque (1865-1937).

The British government has temporarily blocked the export of a group of 19th century Hindu paintings in the hope a UK institution will raise funds to buy them.

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

A cello bow by fêted maker François-Xavier Tourte is to be offered for sale on December 4 at Vichy Enchères with an estimate of €300,000-350,000.

The 23-year-old auction record for Mouseman furniture has been broken by Hawleys at Beverley Racecourse, Yorkshire.

A church in north-west London is appealing for help to recover a stolen chair.

It is apparently not unusual for Christie’s to receive approaches from people claiming to have a work by a great Renaissance master.

Newbury auction house Dreweatts has hired Henry House from Sotheby’s.

A 15th century Flemish devotional triptych discovered in an almshouse in Dorset is to be offered at auction next month with an estimate of £2.5m-3.5m.

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.

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

Leading Japanese works of art specialist Suzannah Yip is now working in partnership with Alastair Gibson Auctions in Kent.