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This week's quotes include comments on an Old Master dealer's decision to sell at auction, a Claude Monet Venice view and a never-before-seen collection of Zulu war artefacts.

The owner of a group of medals stolen from a car in south London is calling on the trade to help her locate them.

Christie’s has announced that it will offer a group of works from veteran art dealer Richard L Feigen later this year, valued at around $10m.

ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week includes a Liverpool delft soup bowl with a battle scene showing the famous capture of Porto Bello by the British in 1739.

As the new year kicks off, we asked art market players for the one big thing they resolve to do over the next 12 months. Steering clear of pledging to keep fit, quit smoking and saving more money, our sample instead focused on the business of buying and selling art and antiques and improved ways of doing so.

The 64th edition of Brussels’ BRAFA Art Fair will feature 133 dealers and galleries from 16 different countries.

Relics from the hard-fought defence of Rorke’s Drift in the Zulu War are among the lots for sale in a Kent auction as part of an extensive collection from the period.

Paintings by the great Impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926) are not especially rare at auction. However, while depictions of waterlilies and scenes of Paris appear at most major sales series, the artist’s views of Venice emerge only occasionally.

The first week of the new year means we are back in the saleroom and here are three previews from upcoming auctions over the next few days.

Miguel Covarrubias (1904-57), a Mexican illustrator, writer and anthropologist, is celebrated with a retrospective at Throckmorton Fine Art.

Season’s greetings from all the team at ATG. Antiques Trade Gazette is published 50 times a year and we have printed a New Year double issue for readers.

Antiques Trade Gazette wishes all our readers a very Happy New Year.

The UK’s hallmark for 2019 is a lowercase ‘u’.

What will happen to the art and antiques market in 2019 and what are the key factors at play affecting collectors, dealers and auctioneers? ATG looks ahead and makes five predictions for the next 12 months.

From a penguin egg to a menu of penguin patties, January sees significant items relating to Polar exploration offered at sales at Golding Young & Mawer, Stroud Auctions and Tennants Auctioneers.

British photographer Bill Brandt (1904-83) is remembered for his photojournalism and later pictures of distorted nudes, portraits of famous artists and landscapes.

The most popular stories on this website over the last year included news relating to TV shows such as the Antiques Roadshow, Make Me a Dealer and even ‘Allo ‘Allo. Also highly popular in 2018, the story of the contents sale of the Fred Dibnah heritage centre was another that drew plenty of clicks.

ATG selects six stand-out lots of Modern British art that sold in London and across the UK in 2018.

Street artist Banksy stunned the art world when his picture 'Girl with Balloon' automatically shredded itself in its frame moments after it sold for £1.04m at Sotheby's.

This week we have reaction to the Ivory Act, Britain’s favourite artwork and how to keep more national treasures.