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Striking Suffragette image emerges at Bonhams

10 November 2025

The artist Margaret Bartels (1887-1932), who trained at the Camberwell School of Art, came from a family of suffrage campaigners living in south London.

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News in brief including the collection of Anton Gabszewicz coming to auction

10 November 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a collection from Anton Gabszewicz coming to auction at Bonhams

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Not grim for Grimshaw up north

10 November 2025

‘Two bidders going hell for leather’ race to £55,000 for scene by artist famed for atmospheric nocturns

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Polar bears produced in Copenhagen pair up in vase form

10 November 2025

Polar bears have inspired multiple models by the Bing & Grondahl and Royal Copenhagen factories.

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Previews: issue 2718

10 November 2025

Our selection of stand-out lots from 12 upcoming auctions

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Bid Barometer: issue 2718

10 November 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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Stacks of atmosphere created by a travel poster promoting Edinburgh

10 November 2025

Poster specialist Antikbar of Chelsea will stage an auction on November 15 which includes this original 1920s travel poster issued by the London and North Eastern Railway promoting the Edinburgh to Kings Cross route and an ‘Illustrated booklet free from LNER Offices and Agencies’.

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Portrait miniatures make rare public appearance

10 November 2025

A collection of Tudor and Jacobean portrait miniatures rarely seen in public for decades is on show with Philip Mould & Company in Pall Mall ahead of its sale.

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Posters: Not so familiar artist names – but still bringing in the big bids

10 November 2025

Designs by lesser-known poster artists can nonetheless be highly sought after by collectors, as recent auction results demonstrate.

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Breadboard collecting – it’s on a knead to know basis

10 November 2025

Bidders given a first slice of Britain’s ‘biggest collection of breadboards’ from museum in family home

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Top stories this week including a group of ‘lost’ woodblocks emerging for sale on eBay

09 November 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of missing woodblocks by artists Eric Ravilious and Tirzah Garwood being recovered and selling to museums

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Will Rembrandt’s lion drawing roar at Sotheby’s?

07 November 2025

If it sells, it will become one of the most expensive drawings ever sold.

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Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a Doulton stoneware figural salt

07 November 2025

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

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Rare and evocative First World War scene brings ‘far and wide’ interest at Leicestershire auction

07 November 2025

Among the most interesting works on paper sold in the autumn sales around the UK was a First World War scene by a French artist.

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Cedric Morris flower painting blooms at £160,000

06 November 2025

A string of notable five and six-figure prices at the autumn art sales in the UK included a couple of ‘trademark’ Modern British pictures.

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Huguenot Museum buys 12ft reproduction of His Masters Voice

06 November 2025

An enlarged copy of the original ‘His Masters Voice’ picture by Francis Barraud (1856-1924) is now on display at a museum in Rochester.

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Cheers - bottle of Arctic Ale bought at auction a decade ago will be opened and used to brew a new version 150 years later

06 November 2025

Creating the brews headlines this week is the story of a bottle of beer from 1875 that was bought at auction and is now being used to help create a fresh batch 150 years later.

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Chinese huanghuali armchairs owned by Chairman Mao's adviser sell at 15-times top estimate

05 November 2025

A pair of Chinese huanghuali armchairs, formerly owned by a US Treasury official who became an economic adviser to Chairman Mao, were hammered down at £600,000.

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Major auction house rebrand and a round up of the latest Movers and Shakers

05 November 2025

An update on news across the world of art and antiques from auction houses to dealers.

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Yorkshire police appeal for information following theft from antiques centre

04 November 2025

Two thieves broke into an antiques centre in South Yorkshire stealing items and causing thousands of pounds of damage.

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