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Teaset design by Vanessa Bell fits the bill in Cornwall

26 May 2025

Vanessa Bell submitted two designs for the 1934 Modern Art for the Table exhibition at Harrods.

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Manchester football derby plays out in the saleroom

26 May 2025

The fierce football rivalry between the Sky Blues and Red Devils led to a competition not on the pitch but on the rostrum thanks to the Graham Budd (24% buyer’s premium) two-day sale dubbed An Auction of Two Halves.

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A lawyer writes: Cultural goods rules – information frustration

26 May 2025

You’ve got your head around the changes, but how can you nail down the detail?

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Indian art interest rolls out to a wider audience

26 May 2025

Latest sales suggest a wider collector base targeting history and topography

Books and works on paper auction calendar, May 28 to June 17, 2025

26 May 2025

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

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Excitement builds as Norman Wilkinson railway poster comes to auction

26 May 2025

Terence Cuneo’s 'Giants Refreshed' poster for the LNER showing Pacific steam locomotives 'In the Doncaster Locomotive Works' is a well-known work.

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Bid Barometer: issue 2695

26 May 2025

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online

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Previews: issue 2695

26 May 2025

Our selection of lots from five upcoming auctions

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EU rules on cultural goods add a whole new world of complication

26 May 2025

New regulations on importing cultural goods are looming and could mean significant challenges for the trade

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Top stories this week including two historic private country estates to be offered at Dreweatts

25 May 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of the attic contents of Powderham Castle and Brocklesby Park heading to auction

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Ferenc Puskás shirt worn in last European game tops sale at 10 times estimate

23 May 2025

A Real Madrid shirt worn by Ferenc Puskás against Kilmarnock in the 1965-66 European Cup made 10 times its estimate at Graham Budd’s Scottish sporting memorabilia auction at Trades Hall of Glasgow on May 21.

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The latest Movers & Shakers including the return of head of watches at Fellows

23 May 2025

The latest jobs moves and appointments across the world of art and antiques

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Record for Lincoln memorabilia as bloodstained gloves take $1.2m

23 May 2025

A consignment of historic material relating to Abraham Lincoln drew extensive interest at Freeman's Hindman in Chicago on May 21. The sale included a pair of the gloves that posted an auction record for any artefact related to the US President.

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Saunders collection raises $64.7m at Sotheby’s but misses overall target

22 May 2025

It was billed as the ‘first ever $100m collection of Old Masters to come to auction’ but the auction of the Saunders collection at Sotheby’s New York last night came in significantly below expectations.

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Rising costs compel art dealers to work together

22 May 2025

The Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD) has urged dealers to work together in the face of rising costs.

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Vendors’ ‘garden statue’ turns out to be a six-figure Roman marble

21 May 2025

A Roman marble thought by its vendors to be a garden statue turned heads at Toovey’s where it sold earlier this month.

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Demand emerges for Mary Potter still life at specialist East Anglian art sale

21 May 2025

A string of works by East Anglian artists, each with their own well-established market, drew notable attention at the latest specialist sale held by Reeman Dansie (25% buyer’s premium).

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‘A feast for the eyes’: Luxurious de Heem still life emerges at Christie’s

21 May 2025

Christie’s has announced a major highlight for its Old Masters evening sale in London on July 1.

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Tottenham Hotspur buy Military Cross awarded to officer who played for club

20 May 2025

A Military Cross awarded to an officer who served on the Western Front and later played professional football for Tottenham Hotspur has been bought by the club at auction.

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Peruvian artefacts repatriated following US investigation into looting and trafficking

20 May 2025

A group of eight antiquities have been returned to Peru following an intervention by the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L Bragg Jr.

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