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

A raft of new and returning dealers have signed up for this autumn’s LAPADA Fair in Berkeley Square.

A child portrait by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) which came to the market with impeccable provenance appeared at a sale held at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris this week.

A painting believed to be the earliest known depiction of the game of ‘colf’ – a forerunner of golf played on frozen water in the Netherlands – has been bought jointly by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and The Mauritshuis in The Hague.

Stanley Gibbons and Lyme Bay Auctions have opened new premises, while Christie’s and Phillips have announced promotions in their private sales teams

A collection of letters relating to Vice-Admiral Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) and his family will be offered at Sotheby’s.

Offered with a £2000-3000 estimate, a Royal Academy exhibit by Algernon Newton (1880-1968) that came completely fresh to the market was always likely to well exceed its expected level.

With estimates from £500, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of a previously unrecorded drawing by Canaletto being consigned to Mallams.

The government has issued a temporary export block on an early 16th century sculpture in the hope a UK museum will be able to raise the £4.6m needed to keep it in the country.

The organiser of Bermondsey Antiques Market and Newmarket Antiques & Collectors Fair is launching a new fair at Kensington Town Hall next month.

A collection of rare Adam-style Georgian fireplaces is coming to auction in Yorkshire in November.

An Old Master with a quirky but arresting subject drew hefty competition at Woolley & Wallis’ (27/26% buyer’s premium) latest picture sale.

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

Our latest round up of moves and appointments includes updates from dealers and auction houses

An early portrait of a child by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) has come to auction in France, having never left the family of the sitter.

Two maiolica plaques by the celebrated Renaissance artist Francesco Xanto Avelli (1487-1542) have resurfaced after more than 140 years out of the public eye.

A group of 240 hair combs, pins and ornaments from a vendor who began collecting in the 1960s will be offered at auction.

A previously unrecorded drawing by the great Canaletto (1697-1768) has emerged for sale at Oxford auction house Mallams.

With estimates from £2000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week