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Shakespeare’s Four Folios

Sotheby’s to offer copies of all four Shakespeare Folios as a single lot

28 April 2025

Sotheby's is staging a single-lot auction next month, offering copies of all four Shakespeare Folios.

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Wright of Derby self-portrait is among five lots to watch

28 April 2025

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

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Top stories this week including a Hans Coper vase found in a London garden tripling its estimate

27 April 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a monumental Hans Coper (1920-81) vase which was found in a London garden among weeds selling at Chiswick Auctions

George IV Tunbridge Wear

Sixty dealers standing at Petworth fair

25 April 2025

Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair opens for its 11th edition on May 16 in the grounds of the National Trust’s Petworth House & Park.

Ernest Shackleton postcard

Shackleton postcard to fiancée more than quadruples estimate

25 April 2025

A postcard from Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) in Cape Town to his then fiancée Emily Dorman in London appeared at a recent sale at Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s.

John Frederick Lewis watercolour

‘Jewel-like’ Harem scene by John Frederick Lewis adds allure to Bonhams sale

25 April 2025

A market-fresh Orientalist scene by John Frederick Lewis (1804-76), unseen in public for a generation, led the latest sale of 19th Century and British Impressionist Art at Bonhams.

Douglas Percy Bliss painting

Dealer offers fresh works from estate of married artists Bliss and Dodd

25 April 2025

London dealer Liss Llewellyn is currently offering an online sale of works from the estate of Douglas Percy Bliss and Phyllis Dodd, many of which have never been seen in public.