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Madonna and Child painting

Bidding battle in Banbury propels Old Master to six-figure sum

29 September 2025

A Madonna and Child painting, catalogued as by an ‘Italian Old Master’, took an astonishing £685,000 hammer price at an auction in Banbury.

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Fellows takes on new owner and aims for higher value consignments

29 September 2025

Auction house Fellows has a new owner, with 100% of the business - previously owned by the Whittaker family - having been sold to a private investor.

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Major Märklin rarity ignites bidding battle as c.1905 fire station makes €220,000

29 September 2025

One of the great Märklin rarities came for sale at the latest auction at antique toy specialist Lankes Auktionshaus in Krefeld in western Germany.

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Armour shows its mettle as Paris fair takes September slot

29 September 2025

An Asian armour dealer sold nearly all of his stand’s stock in the first few days of FAB Paris last week.

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Rare views by the elusive artist William Hedges bring in the bids at London auction

29 September 2025

Demand for rare topographical pictures remains an area of strength in the art market.

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Nelson figurehead that turned heads

29 September 2025

This wood and plaster maquette of a carved ship figurehead of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was keenly contested when it appeared at the Liverpool saleroom of Adam Partridge.

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Fifty years ago the ‘thunderclap’ of buyer’s premium struck London

29 September 2025

Fifty years ago, in September 1975, the London auction marketplace was struck by a thunderclap of such ferocity that it is still reverberating half a century later.

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News in brief including a London dealer opening a New York gallery

29 September 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including London rare book dealer Peter Harrington setting up in Manhattan

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Medals of Falklands War battle hero up for sale at Noonans

29 September 2025

The Battle of Goose Green was relatively small in size but a fierce and important action in the Falklands War, notable for the Victoria Cross awarded posthumously to Colonel ‘H’ Jones of the Parachute Regiment.

Eric Slater woodcut

Woodcuts come to the fore at East Sussex auction

29 September 2025

A small group of 20th century woodcuts showing local Sussex scenes were among the pictures bringing demand at the latest Art & Design Post 1880 auction at Gorringe’s (plus 25% buyer’s premium).

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Five questions with British Arts & Crafts dealer Sarah Harris

29 September 2025

Sarah Harris, proprieter of Breckland Antiques, is a specialist in all aspects of the British Arts & Crafts movement. She will be standing at the Northern Antiques Fair in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, held from October 9-12 (previewed last week in ATG No 2711).

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Bidders go ape to take Frazetta fantasy art to record high

29 September 2025

Frank Frazetta’s cover painting for a 1967 Lancer/Ace Conan paperback, a landmark of modern fantasy art commonly known as Man Ape, sold for a world record $13.5m (£9.99m) including the buyer’s premium at Heritage Auctions.

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Moving and macabre mementoes that mattered for Jacobites

29 September 2025

A rare snuff box commemorating the escape of Charles II from Parliamentary forces after the Battle of Worcester was the highlight of Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood’s (26% buyer’s premium) silver and jewellery sale in Exeter.

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Shannon artwork shipped from Flanders for sale in Surrey

29 September 2025

Among the most eye-catching pictures that emerged at the summer auctions around the country were a couple of early 20th century portraits of young women.

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Goblet sums up the busy Sigismund

29 September 2025

Sigismund III Vasa (1566-1632) was a man of many parts. His father was King John III of Sweden; his mother Catherine was the daughter of King Sigismund I of Poland.

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Bid Barometer: issue 2712

29 September 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 2712

29 September 2025

Our selection of lots from six upcoming auctions

A Song from Afar by John Bulloch Souter

Antiques dealer who became an art dealer

29 September 2025

Dominic Sanchez-Cabello initially followed in his father’s footsteps to become an antiques dealer in Plymouth.

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Ticket for George III's coronation brings demand in Shropshire sale

29 September 2025

This official ticket allowed admission to Westminster Abbey for the coronation of George III on September 22, 1761.

Vintage blue and white china

Corn Hall weekly call for antiques and collectables market

29 September 2025

A lively antiques and collectables market has run weekly for the past 40 years in Cirencester’s 19th century Corn Hall in the centre of the town.

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