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Question time with dealer and fair organiser Victoria Rogers

25 September 2026

Victoria Rogers, whose career spans more than two decades across art, antiques and interior design runs her dealership Rogers-Forghani alongside organising the annual Tribal Art London fair

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Scandinavian sale offers Munch print and much more

25 September 2026

Scandinavian art amassed by Norwegian collectors Iwona and Bjarne Rieber coming up at Bonhams New Bond Street on October 27 includes works by Edvard Munch alongside those by leading figures such as Harald Sohlberg, Michael Ancher and Nikolai Astrup.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, September 29 to October 20, 2026

25 September 2026

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

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Avian ace Peter Scott maintains significant following at auction

25 September 2026

Pictures of birds in flight were the stock-in-trade of Sir Peter Markham Scott (1909-89).

Amanda Perry and Kay Davies

Wilton event wows visitors twice a year

25 September 2026

Decoratives dealers Kay Davies and Amanda Perry are the new organisers of the biannual Wilton Decorative & Vintage Fair.

Colf Players on the Ice by Hendrick Avercamp

‘Precursor to golf’: Dutch museums buy earliest known painting of ‘colf’ for nearly £10m

23 September 2026

A painting believed to be the earliest known depiction of the game of ‘colf’ – a forerunner of golf played on frozen water in the Netherlands – has been bought jointly by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and The Mauritshuis in The Hague.

Nelson collection

Huge collection of Nelson letters valued at up to £6m heads to Sotheby’s

22 September 2026

A collection of letters relating to Vice-Admiral Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) and his family will be offered at Sotheby’s.

The Pathway by Algernon Newton

Algernon Newton landscape brings strong competition at Hansons

22 September 2026

Offered with a £2000-3000 estimate, a Royal Academy exhibit by Algernon Newton (1880-1968) that came completely fresh to the market was always likely to well exceed its expected level.

Seated Nymph

UK museums urged to raise £4.6m to buy Renaissance masterpiece to ‘save it for the nation’

18 September 2026

The government has issued a temporary export block on an early 16th century sculpture in the hope a UK museum will be able to raise the £4.6m needed to keep it in the country.

Ebay

Thirty years on, Ebay trialling ‘soft close’ end to its auctions

18 September 2026

Ebay is looking at changing its traditional auction model by trialling ‘soft close’ bidding.

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Pick of the week: When the hunter became the hunted

18 September 2026

A large Flemish School oil offered by Woolley & Wallis on September 9 is part of a tradition of ‘role reversal’ pictures which dates back to the early 17th century.

Table clock

Astronomical price for ‘masterpiece’ clock at Dreweatts auction

18 September 2026

A 16th century Renaissance astronomical table clock was among the stand-out lots at Dreweatts recent clocks sale.

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Canaletto capriccio with Burney history emerges in Oxford

18 September 2026

A previously unrecorded drawing by Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto (1697-1768) has emerged for sale at Oxford auction house Mallams.

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Rediscovered plaques from Xanto’s celebrated ‘Life of Cyrus’ series come with Grand Tour provenance

18 September 2026

Two maiolica plaques by the celebrated Renaissance artist Francesco Xanto Avelli (1487-1542) have resurfaced after more than 140 years out of the public eye.

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The fireplace collection of a Georgian campaigner

18 September 2026

The David Black collection of Georgian neoclassical fireplaces is coming to auction in Yorkshire in November.

Bermondsey organiser holds Kensington event

18 September 2026

The organiser of Bermondsey Antiques Market and Newmarket Antiques & Collectors Fair is launching a new fair at Kensington Town Hall next month.

Francis Bacon study

Monsoon collection could set London record for Christie’s

18 September 2026

Works from the collection of British fashion magnate Peter Simon, the founder of the Monsoon fashion chain, could set a house record for a single-owner collection sold in London when they appear at Christie’s in October.

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Turner watercolour with a Farnley Hall provenance on offer in US auction

18 September 2026

New York saleroom Auctions at Showplace is offering a well-documented Turner watercolour on October 8.

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News in brief including tiles from the Gotlieb collection being shown at Kelmscott House

18 September 2026

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including highlights from the Allan and Sondra Gotlieb collection being exhibited at Kelmscott House in Hammersmith ahead of an auction at Kinghams.

Kensington Town Hall.

New antiques fair comes to Kensington

18 September 2026

The organiser of Bermondsey Antiques Market and Newmarket Antiques & Collectors Fair is launching a new fair at Kensington Town Hall next month.

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