2026

A well known portrait of the Duke of Wellington set an auction record for Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) at Christie’s latest Old Master evening sale.

Charles Rebel Stanton (1887-1954) was a flamboyant and multi-faceted artist. But, although he was something of a minor celebrity in his day, he remains largely unfamiliar to many and has never had a huge presence on the market.

A group of lots with a strong whiff of the Bloomsbury Group emerged at a recent auction held at North Yorkshire saleroom Elstob (25% buyer’s premium).

Olde Time’s open weekend returns this summer.

With estimates from £1500, 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 dealers making unsuccessful appeals against the government in relation to items containing ivory

Selected elements of the Frederick Parker Collection of Chairs have been sold at auction ahead of the educational resource’s imminent move to new site in the London Docklands area.

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

On a sweltering night in the capital, a record was set for a single-owner sale in London as the Lewis collection raised an extraordinary £296.3m total at Sotheby’s.

As yet another British prime minister steps/is forced aside, a lot coming up at Lewes saleroom Gorringe’s on July 7 gives a reminder of an earlier momentous change in power.

New appointments at auction houses Phillips and Catherine Southon

Painted with a scene of two St Ives double-ended mackerel luggers heeling to an offshore breeze, this Alfred Wallis (1855-1942) picture has what Mimi Connell-Lay calls “an absolute dream of a provenance”.

The BBC show presented by art dealer Philip Mould and broadcaster Fiona Bruce will launch the first episode in a new series on Thursday, July 16.

Duke’s latest Fine Jewellery, Watches and Silver auction in Dorchester was topped at £170,000 by this George III hexagonal pendant centred by a carved Columbian emerald within a border of graduated cushion cut diamonds.

A newly discovered portrait by George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) is among the lots on offer at Roseberys’ sale of Old Master, British & European pictures in West Norwood on July 8.

The World Cup has tempted vendors to consign a remarkable selection of big hitters to auction reflecting stand-out moments in the history of the tournament.

With estimates from £400, 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 New York silver dealer SJ Shrubsole acquiring the London business N&I Franklin

One of a group of seven 16th century tapestries that hung in Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk until they were sold at auction in 1924 has returned home after the National Trust was able to purchase it from an antiques dealer following TEFAF Maastricht last year.

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