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Rug extends Blackadder coverage

07 August 2026

Textiles maintain relationship between Edinburgh studios and the Mod Brit artist even after her death

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Fair with the X factor

07 August 2026

A magic lantern slide showing one of Britain’s earliest X-ray images is among the more unusual items heading to this summer’s Cotswolds Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair.

David Edmonds

Indian summer: Colourful event comes to Chiswick for a summer pop-up

07 August 2026

The Old Cinema antiques and vintage collective in Chiswick High Road, west London, is celebrating the Colours of India with a summer pop-up.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, August 12-31, 2026

07 August 2026

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

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Estimate for Werner left far behind the final price

07 August 2026

Kinsky (25% buyer’s premium) in Vienna completely underestimated the international interest for a painting by the late 17th century Swiss artist Joseph Werner (1637-1710) offered in an art and antiques sale this summer.

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Whitton part two with the third to follow soon

07 August 2026

While not as lucrative as the ‘select’ first tranche, part two of the Brian Whitton collection of works by John Tunnard (1900-71) at Newcastle saleroom Anderson & Garland (25% buyer’s premium) nevertheless demonstrated a breadth of interest in pictures from across the artist’s career.

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Boydell complete set emerges from Scottish historic house

07 August 2026

John Boydell’s (1720-1804) entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography states that “no print publisher before or since has ever exerted as much influence on the course of British art”.

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Creative thinking brings auctions and contemporary art together in Norfolk

07 August 2026

Alongside a busy auction operation, Bishop & Miller has opened a permanent art gallery in its premises near Glandford, Norfolk.

David Sakov

Southwold success: Suffolk fair returns for summer session

07 August 2026

Lomax Fairs returns to Southwold for another three-day event this month

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Wedding day not sale day: a Winterton family celebration

07 August 2026

A double celebration took place at Richard Winterton Auctioneers when two members of staff wed.

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Another bite into Monreith House treats includes a Vampyre tale

07 August 2026

Following furnishings in Edinburgh, a Carlisle sale offers books from the library of Clan Maxwell seat

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Museum director amassed impressive artworks

07 August 2026

The one-time director of the State Museum of Baden in south-west Germany, Rudolf Schnellbach, was obviously an astute buyer of art.

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Flintlock hunting rifle decorated with a flourish

07 August 2026

Several bidders set their sights on a late 18th century flintlock hunting rifle which was offered by Dawo (25.95% buyer’s premium) in Saarbrücken.

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Sitter who was not sitting comfortably

07 August 2026

Subject of full portrait proved to be a pain in the neck and now just head and shoulders remain

2755 Firmin Sale Bagpuss £1850

Bagpuss, Ivor, Noggin and friends star at auction

06 August 2026

Around 500 original artworks by the late Peter Firmin (1928-2018) – co-creator of Bagpuss, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, The Clangers and Basil Brush – were sold in a remarkable sale at Canterbury Auction Galleries.

One of the earliest X-Rays

Cotswolds Deco: a fair with the X factor

05 August 2026

A magic lantern slide showing one of Britain’s earliest X-ray images is among the more unusual items heading to this summer’s Cotswolds Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair.

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Art and antiques trade concerned new UNESCO code of conduct “lacks clarity and proportionality”

05 August 2026

A new code of conduct launched by UNESCO has been met with concern from the art market.

Mizzen Topsail Luggers by Alfred Wallis

Alfred Wallis painting owned by potter Bernard Leach sails away at Lay’s

04 August 2026

The exceptional provenance of a trademark Alfred Wallis (1855-1942) painting gave it a commercial boost when it appeared at Lay’s (21% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Cornish Art in Penzance.

The Artist's Mother by Harold Gilman

Harold Gilman’s portrait of his mother quadruples estimate at Gorringe’s

03 August 2026

If close personal connections between artist and sitter can raise the value of a portrait, then you might expect a picture by a celebrated artist of his mother to do rather well when offered on the market.

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Hammer total climbs to nearly £35,000 at auction for Arthur Wakefield archive detailing the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition

03 August 2026

A fascinating archive of diaries and photographs shedding light on the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition has sold for almost £35,000 in total at auction.

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