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Demand for second-hand goods at antique shops and auction houses boost UK retail sales figures

25 November 2017

The latest statistics show art and antiques are playing a part in sales growth around the country.

JMW Turner sketch

JMW Turner sketch makes £22,000 at Cirencester auction

24 November 2017

An original sketch by JMW Turner (1775-1851) has sold for £22,000 (plus buyer’s premium) at Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester.

Nelson ring

Gold memorial ring made for one of Nelson’s Band of Brothers’ goes to auction

24 November 2017

A gold memorial ring made for one of Nelson’s ‘Band of Brothers’ - and containing a lock of the Admiral’s hair - is to be sold at Duke’s of Dorchester on December 7.

Picasso

Rockefeller revealed: the most valuable collection to ever come to auction

24 November 2017

A Picasso from his Rose Period, a Sèvres porcelain dessert service made for Napoleon and a Monet waterlily painting are among the highlights to be auctioned at Christie’s as part of the estate of billionaire banker David Rockefeller.

Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi

Feud between previous owners of $450m Leonardo could head to UK courts

24 November 2017

The ongoing legal dispute between Dmitry Rybolovlev, the vendor of Leonardo’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ which sold this month for $450m at Christie’s New York, and the Swiss businessman Yves Bouvier from whom he acquired it may be heading to the UK courts.

 Stanley Spencer's Beatitudes

From student common room to auction room – Stanley Spencer’s depiction of ‘conscious coupling’ leads Christie’s Mod Brit sale

23 November 2017

A painting by Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) from 1938 which had previously hung at St John’s College, Oxford was the top lot at Christie’s evening sale of Modern British art yesterday.

Lawson

An American in Britain: T Allen Lawson has first UK exhibition at Jonathan Cooper

23 November 2017

Thanksgiving, the US national holiday and harvest festival, remains a slightly inscrutable occasion for many Brits.