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Down the straight and into summer

12 June 2026

Stephanie Castell and Ben Cooper, of Two C’s Antique Fairs, are coming down the straight for their antiques fair in Shropshire on Saturday July 11 and Sunday July 12.

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A lawyer writes: The three-year window – how some items can escape EU import rules

12 June 2026

Among the labyrinthine difficulties and uncertainties contained in Regulation (EU 2019/880 ), ‘the Import Regulation’, there is one small but important window of optimism.

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Reflections on a hop market: new record for British pub mirror

12 June 2026

A mirror for an East End brewery set a new record at £33,000 as the breweriana collecting market matures

The fair that runs for almost a week

12 June 2026

Not many antiques fairs run for five days but the regular antiques fair held in the market town of Kingsbridge in south Devon does just that.

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Wave of interest as RAF Museum sells off items

12 June 2026

Unusual models brings strong demand as the RAF Museum sold off items it viewed as no longer needed

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‘Off we go for the pole’ wrote doomed Antarctic explorer

12 June 2026

A four-page letter written by Edward ‘Bill’ Wilson to a friend during the early days of the doomed British Antarctic Expedition sold for £19,000 at Fieldings (26% buyer’s premium) in Stourbridge.

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News in brief including expansion at a Suffolk auction house

12 June 2026

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Lacy Scott & Knight adding a third saleroom to its premises

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Precious metals prices: issue 2748

12 June 2026

On Thursday, June 11, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold trading price of: $4090.95 / €3541.73 / £3052.95

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Lemonnier historical work full of personality takes six-figure sum at German auction

12 June 2026

Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier had a long and distinguished career, making a name for himself with his many-figured paintings of historical meetings.

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Bid Barometer: issue 2748

12 June 2026

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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Hardened warrior was fascinated by folk stories

12 June 2026

If The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers are to your liking, a large single-owner collection of military medals comprising nearly 100 lots dedicated to the regiment offered in Somerset on May 28 would have caught your eye.

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From castle lawns to market squares

12 June 2026

Cherish Vintage is staging brocante events in Kent and across two sites in Midhurst this summer

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Blaeu finishes journey in America: atlas snapped up at German sale

12 June 2026

Johannes Blaeu’s 'Atlas maior, sive Cosmographia…' is considered the finest collection of maps ever produced.

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Dutch buyer banks on the Moreelse link

12 June 2026

Utrecht artist is likely creator of mystery portrait

Books, maps and works on paper sales, June 17-July 5, 2026

12 June 2026

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

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Commanded to commit adultery

12 June 2026

Bidders spot copy of 1631 Barker bible that contains jaw-dropping mistakes missed in proof-reading

Allegory of Autumn, a painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger

Autumn falls from one Swiss collector to another

12 June 2026

Since it was purchased at Sotheby’s in London in 1935, a painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger had remained in possession of the family of a Swiss collector.

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Previews: issue 2748

12 June 2026

Our selection of lots from 17 upcoming auctions

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Forget Tennyson, try real-life charge tales

12 June 2026

“The Russians opened fire on our right, on our left, and then in front...

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Middle ages pages finder: very early bookmark sells at £7000

12 June 2026

Guided at £800-1200, a 10in (26cm) medieval ‘rotating’ or ‘register’ bookmark sold at £7000 at Semley Auctioneers (22% buyer’s premium) in Shaftesbury, Dorset on May 16.

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