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Liotard history painting is a real rarity

06 October 2025

Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-89) made his name creating rococo pastel portraits of the European elite. However, in his formative years as a painter he had harboured loftier artistic ambitions as a history painter.

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A lawyer writes: The inclusion of strict conditions can rebound on those who impose them

06 October 2025

Why it’s a wise idea for firms to make onerous terms crystal clear – and even ‘print in red ink’

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Top stories this week including a major bidding battle for an Old Master in Oxfordshire

05 October 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a work catalogued as an ‘Italian Old Master’ making a six-figure sum in Banbury.

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Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a pair of original illustrations for Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

03 October 2025

ATG's Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of latest auction prices keeping you up to date with market values

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Gun owned by ‘rifle queen’ Annie Oakley set to be targeted by collectors

03 October 2025

A UK gun collector has consigned a target rife owned by legendary Victorian sharpshooter Annie Oakley to auction in East Sussex.

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Christie’s to offer Fabergé Winter Egg with estimate ‘in excess’ of £20m

03 October 2025

Christie’s will offer one of only six privately owned Fabergé Imperial Easter eggs as part of its Classic Week of sales in London in December.

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Mary Magdalene turns heads as Old Master painting flies to 20 times estimate in US auction

02 October 2025

A painting of Mary Magdalene by Ambrosius Benson (c.1495-1550) drew dramatic competition at a recent US auction.

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National Trust’s Cragside sells piano at auction to make way for 19th century ‘popstar’s’ Broadwood rosewood model

02 October 2025

A grand piano once owned by the celebrated concert pianist Arabella Goddard is back on display where it once held pride of place at Cragside in Northumberland.

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Edward VI portrait goes on view at Hampton Court Palace after selling at Roseberys

01 October 2025

A portrait of King Edward VI that sold at a Roseberys auction earlier this year has gone on public display at Hampton Court Palace.

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Fern foundations of photographs used in books were laid by pioneering botanist Anna Atkins

01 October 2025

The botanist, artist and photographer Anna Atkins (1799-1871) is thought to have been the first woman to have created a photograph and the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images.

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Olympia art and antiques fair cancelled after more than 50 years

30 September 2025

The once much-loved antiques fair at Olympia, west London has been cancelled due to a lack of interest from dealers.

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Film location and historic home Luton Hoo plans auction ahead of major refurbishment

30 September 2025

Furniture and accessories from the historic country estate Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire are coming to auction.

Madonna and Child painting

Bidding battle in Banbury propels Old Master to six-figure sum

29 September 2025

A Madonna and Child painting, catalogued as by an ‘Italian Old Master’, took an astonishing £685,000 hammer price at an auction in Banbury.

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Major Märklin rarity ignites bidding battle as c.1905 fire station makes €220,000

29 September 2025

One of the great Märklin rarities came for sale at the latest auction at antique toy specialist Lankes Auktionshaus in Krefeld in western Germany.

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Nelson figurehead that turned heads

29 September 2025

This wood and plaster maquette of a carved ship figurehead of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was keenly contested when it appeared at the Liverpool saleroom of Adam Partridge.

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Fifty years ago the ‘thunderclap’ of buyer’s premium struck London

29 September 2025

Fifty years ago, in September 1975, the London auction marketplace was struck by a thunderclap of such ferocity that it is still reverberating half a century later.

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News in brief including a London dealer opening a New York gallery

29 September 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including London rare book dealer Peter Harrington setting up in Manhattan

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Medals of Falklands War battle hero up for sale at Noonans

29 September 2025

The Battle of Goose Green was relatively small in size but a fierce and important action in the Falklands War, notable for the Victoria Cross awarded posthumously to Colonel ‘H’ Jones of the Parachute Regiment.

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William De Morgan Persian decorated vase is among five lots to watch

29 September 2025

With estimates from £1200, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

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Woodcuts come to the fore at East Sussex auction

29 September 2025

A small group of 20th century woodcuts showing local Sussex scenes were among the pictures bringing demand at the latest Art & Design Post 1880 auction at Gorringe’s (plus 25% buyer’s premium).

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