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Sunbury Antiques Market at Kempton Park Racecourse

Kempton: So many dealers that ‘we even had to turn some away’

13 October 2025

Spaces at the recent Tuesday antiques market at the Kempton Park Racecourse were in high demand

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Quarterly event is central to the arms and militaria calendar

13 October 2025

A roster of around 115 dealers and long waiting list demonstrates the importance of the Birmingham fair

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Rare zoot suit swings into Vermont saleroom

13 October 2025

Influenced by the English drape suits favoured by the Duke of Windsor, the zoot suit was all the rage among disfavoured youths in Second World War-era USA.

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Inventory recalls wonders of Thomas Windus’ Gothic Hall

13 October 2025

Manuscript work offered in Nottingham covers contents of Georgian private museum in north London

Tea Production Paintings

Museum purchases exceptional record of tea production from Asian art dealer

13 October 2025

Asian works of art specialist Alastair Gibson has recently completed the sale by private treaty of a set of Qianlong gouache scenes depicting tea cultivation and production.

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Sculpture: Peter Pan grows up in Newbury

13 October 2025

Posthumous cast of George Frampton’s New Sculpture model brings record £350,000

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Headless Roman emperor given nod of approval

13 October 2025

A recent sale at Harper Field (20% buyer’s premium) in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, included a weathered marble figure of a Roman emperor in armour.

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A trio of autumnal London art and antiques exhibitions

13 October 2025

To coincide with the V&A’s 'Marie Antoinette: Style' exhibition, portrait miniature specialist Emma Rutherford’s Limner Company is holding a ‘pop-up’ selling exhibition at Daniel Crouch Rare Books in Bury Street, Mayfair.

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Oyster tureen became a family favourite

13 October 2025

A remarkable silver oyster tureen with cover and stand hammered for $26,000 (£19,150) at Leland Little (20% buyer’s premium) in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

LAPADA

‘The crucial thing is for exhibitors to do well. They have to make sales’

13 October 2025

Any association fair has the unenviable task of attempting to be all things to all members, of attracting bigger name galleries while remaining accessible to sole operators, of maintaining the quality aesthetic that visitors expect while keeping stand costs affordable.

Seago

Bid Barometer: issue 2714

13 October 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 2714

13 October 2025

Our selection of lots from seven upcoming auctions

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ATG letters: Why the winter Olympia fair will be sorely missed

13 October 2025

How sad that the Olympia winter fair has been scrapped not only because of nearly clashing with the Berkeley Square fair but also costs and the ridiculous idea of the dealers of fabulous antiques having to mix their stands with all that Christmas stuff.

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‘The most dangerous toy in history’: Atomic lab kit blows up bidding at US auction

13 October 2025

The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab is perhaps the most notorious of all mid-century toys.

Aventurine quartz model of a lion

News in brief including Sotheby's to offer the Kathryn and Bing Crosby collection

13 October 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a star-studded coming to auction

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Fund raising campaign to purchase Sarazin bust

13 October 2025

The Château Royal de Blois in France has launched a fundraising campaign to buy a terracotta bust of Louix XIII’s brother Gaston d’Orléans.

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ATG letter: Identity remains unknown but artist is Smart

13 October 2025

Following your reader’s letter regarding the identity of the portrait sold at Reeman Dansie (ATG no 2711), I have nothing to add to the discussion regarding the sitter’s identity.

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Meat and greet lots of hotly contested kitchenalia

13 October 2025

US bidders show great appetite for early 20th century display slabs hailing from the UK

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Sèvres bottle coolers sell to French bidder at 20 times the top estimate

13 October 2025

A pair of 7in (17cm) Sèvres porcelain bottle coolers (seau à bouteille) sold for £6000 as part of Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) recent Country House Sale.

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Photographer Tif Hunter at Robert Young Antiques

13 October 2025

When the Folk Art dealer Robert Young first met Tif Hunter over 30 years ago, he was instantly drawn to the photographer’s work.

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