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Pocket knife from the Titanic

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a pocket knife used by a Titanic crew member

23 April 2026

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

View of Marlborough College by George Maton

Back to school: Dealer sells rediscovered early view of Marlborough College

22 April 2026

A rediscovered naïve painting showing Marlborough College in the years before the school was founded has been sold by a dealer to the college itself.

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Kinghams' specialist Michael Jeffrey

Huge Flambé Landscape vase sets new record for any piece of Moorcroft pottery

21 April 2026

The quarter-century old auction record for Moorcroft pottery has been broken with the sale of a massive Flambé Landscape pattern vase for £32,000.

Memento mori pendant

Unknown memento mori pendant discovered thanks to a 17th century portrait comes to Treasure House Fair

21 April 2026

The memento mori pendant depicted in a celebrated 17th century family portrait on the theme of grief, mortality, and religious faith, has been discovered.

Buyer Clyde Lee and Christian Grundtvig

Singapore buyer flies to Denmark to collect Olympic medal secured at auction

21 April 2026

The buyer of an Olympic winner’s medal from the first Olympic Games has been revealed by auction house Bruun Rasmussen.

Silver tea table

Rochester’s Huguenot Museum shines with latest acquisition

21 April 2026

An 18th century silver tea table linked to the Lethieullier family has been purchased by the Huguenot Museum in Rochester.

Ivon Hitchens landscape

Early Ivon Hitchens landscape tops estimate at Gloucestershire auction

20 April 2026

Among the Modern British art highlights sold in the English regions so far this spring was a striking landscape that made a significant sum for an early Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) at Kinghams' (26% buyer’s premium) latest British Art & Design sale.

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Art Deco earrings are among five lots to watch

20 April 2026

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

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Top stories this week including a Titanic victim’s pocket watch emerging at auction

19 April 2026

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of a second pocket watch purporting to be the one found on the body of John Jacob Astor coming for sale

Pierre Bergé & Associés

International acquisitions, appointments and expansions are among the latest round up of auction house news

17 April 2026

A new owner for Paris firm Pierre Bergé & Associés features in this Movers and Shakers round up

Mantle clock in the Orientalist taste

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a Victorian mantle clock in the Orientalist taste

17 April 2026

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

Tête de femme by Pablo Picasso

Paris art enthusiast wins €1m Pablo Picasso portrait in charity raffle

16 April 2026

A gouache on paper by Pablo Picasso, Tête de Femme from 1941, was won in a charity raffle this week.

Joan Eardley's Summer Fields

Rediscovered Joan Eardley picture found in a charity shop sells for a five-figure sum at an Edinburgh gallery

16 April 2026

A ‘long lost’ painting by Modern British artist Joan Eardley (1921-63) has been sold for £29,500 by The Scottish Gallery after it was rediscovered in an East Midlands charity shop.

French sciatère designed by Jean Sarrazin

New French museum buys 17th century scientific instruments at auction

15 April 2026

A new museum currently under construction just outside Paris has made two purchases at Hôtel Drouot this month.

Elveden Hall

Home of the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire opens to the public for one-day event this summer

15 April 2026

The one-time home of the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire will open to the public for one day this summer as part of an East Anglian literary festival.

Michael Goedhuis

Tributes paid to Asian art dealer Michael Goedhuis

14 April 2026

Condolences and memories of the well-respected Asian art dealer Michael Goedhuis were shared by the trade this week following his death aged 84.

‘Broadhembury’ ring

Tudor metal-detecting discovery to head to Devon museum with help of London dealer

14 April 2026

A Devon museum is in discussion with a jewellery dealer for the loan of a Tudor ring discovered by a metal-detectorist.

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A group of Scottish Arts & Crafts-influenced silver and copper wares are among five lots to watch

13 April 2026

With estimates from £30 here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.

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Top stories this week including fundraising for Strawberry Hill House

12 April 2026

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of a fundraising appeal for a Walpole-commissioned painting by Strawberry Hill House.