International

About 80% of the global art market by value takes place outside the UK. The largest art market in the world is the US with China in third place (after the UK) followed by France, Germany and Switzerland.

Many more nations have a rich art and antiques heritage with active auction, dealer, fair, gallery and museum sectors even if their market size by value is smaller.

Read the top stories and latest art and antiques news from all these countries.

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Bidders vie in Vienna for rediscovered work by visionary landscape painter De Bles

23 June 2025

The Salvator Mundi drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci’s workshop which sold for €500,000 (ATG No 2692) was not the only sought-after work at Dorotheum’s (28/25/22% buyer’s premium) spring Old Master sale.

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Rare work by short-lived artist Horny comes to the saleroom

23 June 2025

Works by the tragically short-lived German artist Franz Horny are by necessity relatively rare.

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Buyer takes the underground route to Meissen

23 June 2025

Meissen decoration linked to mining is not a rare sight but a cachepot with cavern scene is sought after

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FAB Paris poised to kick off autumn season with new dates and host of special events

20 June 2025

Back with a new spot in the calendar, highlights of FAB Paris include a cross-collecting exhibition between six dealerships and a showcase of 18th century decorative arts.

Patrick Mestdagh

CINOA issues rallying cry for the art trade to unite

19 June 2025

The new president of CINOA has issued a call for unity across the cultural sector in response to “increasingly restrictive legislation affecting the global art and antiques trade”.

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Coin trove hidden in wall sells for more than £2.5m at auction

18 June 2025

A group of rare coins discovered hidden in a wall in a house in France sold at auction for €3m (£2.5m).

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‘We meet great people and we have a great team around us’

16 June 2025

The latest family generation to run Galerie Steinitz talks to ATG about the business and a landmark auction

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The ‘Mignon’ who eventually married Rodin

16 June 2025

A bronze cast of the Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) bust 'Mignon' hammered for $97,500 (£73,350) at Black Rock Galleries in Fairfield, Connecticut.

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The blades of glory

16 June 2025

Edged weapons such as swords and daggers are on a ‘hot streak’ as one saleroom puts it. Here we look at the latest highlights

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Ruhlmann chandelier caught the attention at a French fishing club

16 June 2025

A chandelier that Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (1879-1933) made for a French fishing club hammered for $90,000 (£67,240) at Wright (27% buyer’s premium) in Chicago.

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Oh dear, I missed a couple of ‘0’s: musical box sings at US auction

16 June 2025

Lynbrook, New York auctioneer Phil Weiss of Weiss Auctions (18% buyer’s premium) admitted to a minor slip when cataloguing a silver gilt and enamel singing bird music box.

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Watchmaker Patek Philippe and jeweller Tiffany collaborated on timepieces

16 June 2025

The Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe and American jeweller Tiffany & Co recognised the merits of a union of luxury brands in the mid 19th century.

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Life’s rich tapestries: French silk and wool examples outperform estimates

16 June 2025

French silk and wool Coriolanus scenes go well over predictions in US auction

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Armour of the winged warriors who saved Vienna

16 June 2025

Polish items were in high demand at German saleroom Hermann Historica (29.5% buyer’s premium inc tax) during the Spring Auction series.

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Hans up for sale then knocked down

16 June 2025

Scarce complete small pamphlets produced by the fairy tales author Hans Christian Andersen come to auction ‘for first time’

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May Morris embroidery auctioned in Chicago covers the wishes of a diehard Anglophile

16 June 2025

When a c.1890 May Morris for Morris & Co embroidery came up for sale at Toomey & Co (27% buyer’s premium), the timing was less than perfect for the midwestern lady who was destined to become its new owner.

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Ox netsuke pulls in the bidders

16 June 2025

An ivory netsuke described as ‘after Tomotada of Kyoto’ hammered for Can$42,000 (£22,840) against an estimate of Can$1200-1800 at Harrington’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Ontario.

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Vendor very much smiling at that price

16 June 2025

In the early to mid-1930s, the German company Saalheimer & Strauss produced four versions of tin litho banks with an image of Mickey Mouse on them.

Terence Woodcock

New joiners, departments and retirements – the latest Movers and Shakers from across the world of art and antiques

12 June 2025

From dealers and auction houses, here is the latest round up of people moves.

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Prison terms and fines handed down in Versailles fake furniture scandal

11 June 2025

Two furniture experts have been fined and sentenced following a long-running French fake furniture scandal.

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