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


Movers & Shakers

Auction house and dealer hires among the latest recruitment round up

09 January 2026

The latest Movers & Shakers in the UK and overseas

The Happy Family

‘Mysterious’ collection of 18th-century French paintings comes to auction

08 January 2026

A group of 30 Old Masters, including pictures by Fragonard and Watteau, held in a private collection for decades and rarely seen in public will be offered at Christie’s Paris this spring.

James Hallgate

Historic York bookshop to reopen after three-year renovation project

08 January 2026

James Hallgate’s Lucius Books will relocate its York shop just down the road after a three-year renovation project of the former Ken Spelman Books premises in the historic city.

Wilde (1)

Extensive Oscar Wilde collection to go under the hammer

07 January 2026

A huge single-owner collection of Oscar Wilde letters, books and portraits is going under the hammer at Bonhams next month.

Silver tea and coffee service

‘People are coming in with their entire stock’

06 January 2026

Antiques are being scrapped in bulk as the price of silver continues to soar.

head study of a bearded man

Bidders overlook condition issues as drawing flies to 50 times estimate in Gloucestershire

06 January 2026

Despite suffering from water damage, wear and loss to the sheet as well as chips and cracks to the later 1950s-style frame, a head study of a bearded man brought intense competition at a recent sale at Wotton Auction Rooms.

Matthew Upham

Tributes for antiques dealer lost in Christmas Day swim

06 January 2026

Antiques dealers and singer Kate Bush were among those paying tribute to Matthew Upham, 64, following his tragic disappearance at sea.