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Benton End

Three ways to celebrate artist Cedric Morris: a talk, exhibition and garden tour

24 March 2026

The reopening of Benton End as a museum and garden later this year has sparked a wave of Cedric Morris-related events.

Hans Baldung drawing

French government declares Old Master drawing National Treasure ahead of auction

24 March 2026

The auction of a rare and unpublished drawing by Hans Baldung (c.1484-1545) that was due to take place in Paris on March 23 has been postponed after the work was declared a National Treasure by the French government.

Leadhills Mine documents

Historical archive of Scottish Enlightenment mathematician and innovator blocked from export

23 March 2026

An extensive 18th century archive relating to James Stirling (1692-1770) has been blocked from export in the hope a UK institution can raise the funds to keep it in the UK.

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Mail coach watch is among five lots to watch

23 March 2026

With estimates from £50, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

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Top stories this week including Reuters uncovering Banksy’s identity

22 March 2026

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news agency Reuters publishing the findings of its investigation into Banksy’s identity

Martin Brothers vase

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a Martin Brothers vase with grotesque dragons

20 March 2026

ATG Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of auction prices, keeping you on top of the latest market values

Red teapot sign

Portobello Road dealers set for further disruption in arcade refurb

20 March 2026

Further disruption will hit dealers on Portobello Road with plans for a “comprehensive refurbishment” of one of the street’s antiques arcades.

Regency table

Pick of the week: Bullock table boasts quite a tale

20 March 2026

A Regency table that probably featured in George Bullock’s ‘Finished Stock’ dispersal of 1819 sold for £80,000 (plus 26.5% buyer’s premium) at Sloane Street Auctions just over two centuries later.

Illustration by Arthur Rackham

Rackham art originals deliver deluxe qualities at Stockport auction

20 March 2026

The sale of Antiquarian & Collectable Books at Capes Dunn in Stockport on March 17 included a group of deluxe editions of popular classics illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939).

Fantastic Four #1

Huge comics collection comes to light after Stockholm basement discovery

20 March 2026

An archive of over 90,000 comic books amassed over five decades by an “eccentric collector and publisher” and unearthed in a Stockholm basement is being sold via a series of auctions held by Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s (SGB).

Beatrice Campi.

Beatrice Campi joins Essex saleroom Sworders

20 March 2026

Indian and Islamic Art specialist Beatrice Campi has joined auction house Sworders of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex.

Red chalk drawing by Ferraù Fenzoni

Fenzoni drawing fires up professor’s selection

20 March 2026

The specialist sale of Prints & Works on Paper at Forum Auctions in London on March 31 includes nine lots from the collection of the late Prof David Davies (1937-2022), an expert in Spanish Old Masters.

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Newcastle silver tankards toasted as ‘a real pleasure’ by west London auctioneer

20 March 2026

Specialist from west London saleroom delighted to handle not one but two Newcastle rarities in a year

Union Flag

Newcastle museum targets Trafalgar flag purchase

20 March 2026

North East Museums (NEM) has announced it is “submitting a serious expression of interest” to acquire a Union Flag that was flown from HMS Royal Sovereign, flagship of Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood at the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805.

Mary Anning letter

Dorset museum launches fundraising campaign for letter from pioneering fossil hunter Mary Anning

20 March 2026

The Lyme Regis Philpot Museum has launched a fundraising campaign in the hope it can secure a letter fragment written by the English fossil collector and palaeontologist Mary Anning (1799-1847). It is being offered at a Bonhams auction this month.

Top Gun prop

Movie buffs dream auction features more than 1500 props and collectables

20 March 2026

Auction house Propstore is calling film fans and collectors to its three-day Entertainment Memorabilia sale.

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Your carriage awaits: 19th and early 20th century English timepieces performing strongly

20 March 2026

Inspired by developments across the Channel, 19th century English clockmakers quickly adopted this the portable timepiece known as the carriage clock. Today the finest examples from the 19th and early 20th century are in strong demand

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Pedometer rarity makes the running

20 March 2026

The latest Special Antiques Sale at TW Gaze (22% buyer’s premium) in Diss included this rare Ralph Gout of London gilt brass horse-rider’s pedometer watch.

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Longcase and bracket clock among delights sold in Skipton

20 March 2026

A longcase clock from the English Golden Age sold for £90,000 at Hutchinson Scott (25% buyer’s premium) in Skipton, North Yorkshire.

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Previews: issue 2736

20 March 2026

Our selection of lots from 12 upcoming auctions

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