2026

Two people are appealing for help from the antiques trade and auctioneers after a lost brooch and a theft of rings occurred this month.

With estimates from £200, 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 Flemish portrait setting a house record at Wimbledon Auctions

One of the most enduring and as yet unresolved questions in mountaineering and exploration is ‘who was the first man to stand on top of Mount Everest?’

The young Mary Elizabeth Hall (1908-69) was probably not the easiest sitter.

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A clutch of high-end dealers have signed up to exhibit at the LAPADA Fair in Berkeley Square this autumn, building on momentum started last year.

One of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever discovered was hammered down at $43m (£32m) at Sotheby’s after a 10 minute bidding battle between seven bidders.

Christie’s has reported its best first-half results in five years while Sotheby’s posted its highest ever figures for the same period.

Gregory Ebbs has a reminder for fellow dealers and auction houses: “Always check underneath the seat – you never know what history might be waiting to be found”.

While not as lucrative as the ‘select’ first tranche, part two of the Brian Whitton collection of works by John Tunnard (1900-71) at Newcastle saleroom Anderson & Garland (25% buyer’s premium) nevertheless demonstrated a breadth of interest in pictures from across the artist’s career.

A previously unrecorded portrait of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy has set a house record for Wimbledon Auctions (25% buyer’s premium).

Last month The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 came into force, updating the 2017 rules.

With estimates from £250, 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 dealer Wartski selling a Nicholas Hilliard cabinet miniature at the Treasure House Fair

The well-known London antiques centre celebrated its birthday in style.

A drawing from the early part of Thomas Gainsborough's (1727-88) career, dating from 1748 when the artist was 20 years old, sold to the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cheffins' latest fine art sale.

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Thieves broke into The Lalique Museum in the early hours of July 5 and stole 27 items of jewellery valued in the region of €4.5m.

A work on paper by Italian Baroque artist Pier Francesco Mola (1612-66) was among the lots bringing demand at Christie’s sale of works from London dealer Stephen Ongpin.