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Botticelli's Virgin

UK buyer sought for £10m Botticelli Virgin and Child

13 May 2025

A temporary export bar has been placed on a painting of the Virgin Mary by Sandro Botticelli valued at £10.2m.

Old Trafford bench

Manchester United bench makes 33 times estimate

13 May 2025

An Old Trafford supporters’ bench removed during Old Trafford’s 1992 renovations made 33 times its estimate at Graham Budd's latest auction.

Paul Atkinson antiques dealer

Five highlights from dealer Paul Atkinson’s collection at Sworders

12 May 2025

The ‘retirement’ sale of dealer Paul Atkinson’s collection at Essex saleroom Sworders this week will be held exactly 50 years since he opened his first antiques shop in Derbyshire.

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Victorian squirrel claret jug is among five lots to watch

12 May 2025

With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

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Top stories this week including a drawing from Leonardo’s studio making five times estimate

11 May 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of the auction of a Salvator Mundi drawing attributed to an artist from Leonardo da Vinci's workshop.

Mckenzie & Hamilton Joseph Mckenzie Gorbals Children 1964

A selection of highlights from London's summer book and map fairs

09 May 2025

This year, the 'London Rare & Antiquarian Book Fair' will be held on May 17-18 at the ILEC Conference Centre.

William Nicholson portrait

William Nicholson’s portrait of his daughter triples its estimate

09 May 2025

Despite ongoing concerns that the current economic uncertainty, anaemic growth and trade tariffs is affecting the supply of major lots, the value to auction houses of paintings by ‘big names’ was underlined at Lyon &Turnbull’s latest Modern Made auction.

Ganpatrao Mhatre gouache

Indian sculptor’s earliest known work on paper turns heads at Chiswick Auctions

09 May 2025

The earliest known painted work by the Indian sculptor Ganpatrao Mhatre (1879-1947) drew international interest at a recent sale at Chiswick Auctions (26% buyer’s premium).

Battle of Flodden

Battle of Flodden sword makes 30 times estimate in Nottingham

08 May 2025

A Scottish dirk believed to have been used at the Battle of Flodden recently surfaced at Arthur Johnson & Sons in Nottingham.

Verre Églomisé by Jonas Zeuner

Midlands art and antiques dealer makes sale to New York’s Met

08 May 2025

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York buys 18th century reverse engraved glass picture

Canaletto Venice Ascension Day

Canaletto once owned by Robert Walpole headlines Christie’s Old Master sale

08 May 2025

One of Canaletto’s ‘prime-period’ views of Venice which once hung in 10 Downing Street has emerged at Christie’s.

Suffragettes

Autographs of early 20th century political and cultural figures emerge at Chiswick Auctions

07 May 2025

An autograph album containing the signatures of notable figures from the early 20th century is to appear at Chiswick Auctions in a timed sale ending May 18.

Piprahwa Gems

Sotheby’s halts sale of Piprahwa Gems after protest from Indian government

07 May 2025

Following opposition from the Indian state, Sotheby's took the 11th hour decision to cancel a Hong Kong auction of a collection of relics linked to the historical Buddha.

The Wife by Tirzah Garwood

Rediscovered Tirzah Garwood prints and drawings emerge at Cheffins

07 May 2025

The largest group of works by Tirzah Garwood (1908-51) to ever come on the open market in one go will be offered at Cheffins later this month.

Margaret Melody

'Something for everyone': Buxton fair celebrates 59 years

07 May 2025

Derbyshire event attracts visitors not just from the Peak District but Cheshire, the Midlands, Nottinghamshire and south Yorkshire

The Virgin and Child altarpiece

National Gallery buys ‘mystery’ altarpiece in £16.4m deal brokered by Sotheby’s

06 May 2025

The National Gallery in London has acquired two Old Masters, one of which is a remarkable 16th-century altarpiece bought for £16.4m in a private treaty sale brokered by Sotheby’s.

Indian Mutiny Journal And Letter

Hand-written account of Indian Mutiny makes six times estimate

06 May 2025

A handwritten first-hand account of the Indian Mutiny contained in a journal kept from April 1857 to March 1858 hammered down at six times its £600-800 estimate to achieve £5200 at Reeman Dansie in Colchester on May 1.

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Young collector finds silver lining at Petersfield Fair

06 May 2025

The Petersfield Antiques Fair can lay claim to attracting the hard-to-target youth demographic.

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Latest Movers & Shakers including a new chief executive at LAPADA

06 May 2025

The latest jobs moves and appointments across the world of art and antiques

St Paul's After The Blitz

View of St Paul's after The Blitz is among five lots to watch

05 May 2025

With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week