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Chair from c.1680 emerges at auction retaining original upholstery

21 August 2026

Brilliantly coloured design in the Chinese manner caught the eye of famous collector and connoisseur

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William and Mary Delftware vases attract interest in US auction

21 August 2026

The heyday of Dutch and English tinglazed earthenwares coincided with the reign of William and Mary.

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Tiffany inspired the Loetz golden age

21 August 2026

This Loetz Klostermühle vase romped past its $600-1200 guide to hammer for $8500 (£6340) at World Auction Gallery (25% buyer’s premium) in East Meadow, New York.

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Fleas leap to west of the capital

21 August 2026

Successful series of London fairs expands to use huge space under concrete canopy of a road flyover

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Isfahan to Islington: tiles ended up with ‘almost legendary’ dealer Jack Webb

21 August 2026

Safavid examples from the north London dealer's collection find their latest homes after palace demolition

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Unrecorded portrait of Laura Knight by Harold Knight emerges at Dorset saleroom

21 August 2026

A portrait of the artist Laura Knight (1874-1970) by her husband Harold Knight (1874-1961) sounds like the kind of work always likely to generate interest at auction.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2757

21 August 2026

On Thursday, July 23, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold trading price of: $4505.87 / €3837.56 / £3288.96

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Zoffoli cast of the Farnese Hercules found in a box under the stairs steps up to £12,000 hammer

21 August 2026

Giacomo Zoffoli (c.1731-85) and his younger brother Giovanni (c.1745-1805) ran a highly successful workshop in Rome, specialising in the bronze casting of reproductions of antique originals.

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Go to school for the weird, the wacky and the wonderful

21 August 2026

Antiques dealer Benjmin Smith’s near uncontrollable passion, which he refers to as “the habit”, has seen him create a fantastical assemblage that takes up nearly every inch of space in the Lowestoft home he shares with his partner Hayley Miller and their two young children.

Those glossary terms just keep on coming...

21 August 2026

My glossary of terms just grows and grows, this week with additions from art world heavyweights, writes Spencer Swaffer [the antiques dealer based in Arundel, West Sussex].

The Montblanc Meisterstuck No 146 fountain pen

Montblanc fountain pen owned by Singapore’s first prime minister makes seven times estimate

20 August 2026

Singapore’s first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew’s Montblanc fountain pen has recently sold at auction in the country for Sin$355,000 (£204,788) hammer price.

Stolen silver

Suspects charged after Chipping Norton antiques centre theft

20 August 2026

Thames Valley Police have charged two men in connection with a burglary at Station Mill Antiques, Chipping Norton.

Art dealer James Birch

Dealer James Birch to sell items at Sworders

20 August 2026

Art dealer James Birch was brought up surrounded by art.

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Antiquarian book trade reacts to news AI companies bulk buying and destroying books

19 August 2026

Technology companies developing AI have been buying up vast quantities of books in order to train computer models but in the process some books have been destroyed.

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‘The discovery of a lifetime’: taxidermy ‘fox head’ turns out to be extinct Tasmanian rarity

18 August 2026

A taxidermy ‘fox head’ bought in an antiques market for just £50 has been described as ‘the discovery of a lifetime’ after fetching £50,000 at an auction near Bristol.

Broken cabinet

Spate of recent thefts from antiques shops and centres

18 August 2026

A string of thefts from antiques shops in the Thames Valley, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire has led to fears more traders could be targeted.

Port Talbot at Night by Valerie Ganz

Cardiff auction indicates increasing American interest in Welsh art

17 August 2026

A notable feature of the latest Welsh sale at Rogers Jones (24% buyer’s premium) in Cardiff was the level of interest from the US.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, August 19 to September 9, 2026

14 August 2026

Our regular listing of books and works on paper sales

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Conundrum golden egg cracks the house record in Lincolnshire

14 August 2026

A 22ct gold Cadbury’s Conundrum egg made a huge return for the vendor when it reappeared on the auction block this summer.

Lowry print

Lowry print market given a fresh kick with new auction record

14 August 2026

The auction record for a print by LS Lowry has crept higher.

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