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Madge Gill postcard

Postcards by self-taught artist Madge Gill come to Sworders for selling show

28 July 2026

Postcards by the so-called ‘outsider’ artist Madge Gill (1882-1961) are being offered in a selling show in Cecil Court, London this month.

Movers and Shakers

Appointments and promotions across the world of art and antiques

28 July 2026

A new silver department at Azca Auctions is among the latest industry news

Gander & White's packing cases.

Trump's new tariffs come in but art and antiques are exempt

27 July 2026

US President Donald Trump has introduced a new set of trading tariffs that will impact the UK and 60 trading partners.

Titanic and Olympic tickets

Titanic rarity: White Star tickets fly above estimate in Dorset auction

27 July 2026

A sale at Duke’s in Dorchester this week included two tickets related to the launching of two of the Olympic class liners in Belfast in 1911.

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Original Bagpuss artwork is among five lots to watch

27 July 2026

With estimates from £200, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

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Top stories this week including a ‘remarkable’ set of documents discovered under the seat of a sedan chair

26 July 2026

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of a dealer finding several documents signed by Napoleon’s generals concealed beneath the seat of sedan chair he had bought at auction

Portrait by Katherine Read

Fake or Fortune discovery: Earliest recorded painting of an Indian sitter by a European female artist emerges

24 July 2026

A picture wrapped in a sleeping bag and brought to the Fake or Fortune? team for investigation is the earliest recorded painting of an Indian sitter by a European female artist.