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Latest news from Antiques Trade Gazette, the leading specialist publication for the art and antiques market


Movers & Shakers

Promotions and hires across auction houses and art dealers

05 February 2026

The latest round up of Movers & Shakers in the art and antiques sector

Wallace, Gromit and friends

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including an original Wallace & Gromit watercolour

05 February 2026

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

Lion drawing by Rembrandt

Rembrandt’s lion drawing takes $15m bid at Sotheby’s

04 February 2026

A Rembrandt (1606-69) sketch of a lion set the highest price for a drawing at auction by the artist when it sold for $15m (£10.9m) at Sotheby’s in New York today.

John Galliano painted silk evening gown

Christian Dior Haute Couture collection takes €6m at auction

04 February 2026

The white glove sale of a collection of modern Christian Dior Haute Couture from a wealthy fashion fan has set four world records.

Joshua Reynolds portrait

Wide range of portrait prices as Reynolds sold to ‘major national institution’

04 February 2026

When it comes to the market for two of the biggest names in British portraiture, Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) and Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), the range of prices fetched by works attributed to these two greats is really quite remarkable.

Shock dog

Export block on 18th century ‘shock dog’ by female sculptor

03 February 2026

A UK institution has the chance to raise £635,000 to buy an 18th century animal sculpture after it was blocked from export.

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The story behind The Hobbit with a spaced-out Smaug that brought a £3000 sum for Oxfam

03 February 2026

As befits one of the most read and best-selling works of English literature, JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit involves a bewildering array of editions over the many decades since the great fantasy novel made a debut on September 21, 1937.