News topics

The London summer season is only days away, but don’t think that the market sleeps until then. This week the ABA celebrated a strong book fair in a new location, a new Canova came to light and a German auctioneer reflected on an outstanding Danish designer. All that and more below.

A portrait of an old man attributed to Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) has emerged at South African saleroom Stephan Welz & Co.

The ABA Rare Book Fair London’s move to Battersea Evolution was marked by a 20% increase in visitor numbers last month, fulfilling organisers’ hopes for an invigorated event at the trendier location.

Cooper Events’ annual Buxton Antiques Fair has been postponed until May 2019 due to late-running refurbishment at its venue.

Recent design sales have generated plenty of dramatic prices for post-war and modern classics, from the Lalannes and Jean Royère to Charlotte Perriand.

A £50,000 reward advert calling for information on stolen artworks placed in 'Antiques Trade Gazette' in 2015 has been cited during the trial of those accused of the robbery of the Bulmer cider family's mansion.

A Yorkshire dealer is selling a rare sealed bottle at auction in July near Barnsley after realising it was the real thing and not a reproduction.

A painting at the centre of a legendary art world hoax has been rediscovered after hundreds of years.

The sale of a bug that featured in a James Bond film might not sound like the sort of thing a person would want to pin on their dress.

A painting by Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) made the year before he died provided the latest test of the artist’s market at Sotheby’s.

Chiswick Auctions is holding its second dedicated Urban Art sale in London on June 20. It will take place in the evening, following the Post War and Contemporary art sale held at the west London saleroom on the same day.

A Chinese vase discovered in the attic of a French family home and bearing a mark for the reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795) was knocked down at €14.2m (£12.5m) at Sotheby’s Paris.

A 1908 vintage car made by the Thomas Motor Company of New York was the highlight of a sale at Duke’s Auctioneers in Dorset.

The ivory bill will be discussed in detail by 19 MPs as it reaches committee stage in parliament today.

A pair of delicate Fabergé flower ornaments stole the limelight at an auction in Teddington tonight.

A vice chairman of Sotheby’s in the US, historians Professor Mary Beard and Professor Simon Schama and the boss of the Royal Academy of Art were included in the 2018 Queen’s birthday honours list.