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Beauty of Brancusi’s world caught on camera

01 May 2026

Galerie Negropontes has turned to photography to explore the work of another canonical artist.

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Big bucks for British documents as James I royal warrant and Trafalgar order of battle emerge

01 May 2026

Two choice British documents emerged across two different sales at Amherst, New Hampshire firm RR Auction (25% buyer’s premium).

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Bank on a couple of winners

01 May 2026

Make the best of the Whitsun weekend with two fairs being staged in scenic venues close to each other

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Inscriptions tell tales of colonial silver items

01 May 2026

The group of Chinese ‘export’ silver offered by Gorringe’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Lewes on April 21 came by descent from Reginald Follett Codrington Hedgeland (1874-1967), an Oxford graduate from Exeter who joined the Chinese Maritime Customs Service in 1898.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, May 6-24, 2026

01 May 2026

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

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London calling for Welsh art as more Kyffin Williams works set high prices

01 May 2026

Cardiff auction indicates latest demand trends influencing the market for leading Welsh painter Sir Kyffin Williams

The bog standard is high

01 May 2026

You could say that Emma and David Mann are flushed with the success of their small antiques business, a former public toilet, in Hastings Old Town in East Sussex which celebrates its 11th year in business.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2742

01 May 2026

On Thursday, April 30, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold trading price of: $4627.42 / €3955.25 / £3427.72

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Naturalist got into a flap after his pigeons book was hijacked

01 May 2026

While many people have a decided aversion to pigeons, this did not apply to the bidders at Kiefer (25% buyer’s premium) in Pforzheim, Germany.

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Ignatius Sancho second edition sells in New York

01 May 2026

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African, tells the remarkable story of an African born on a British slave ship who earned a place among the London elite.

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Dublin-made Egyptian revival mirror brings competition between 16 bidders

01 May 2026

An Irish Regency overmantel mirror in Egyptian Revival style by the Dublin artisan Joshua Kearney (1797-1849) hammered for $22,000 (£16,400) against a $6000-8000 guide at Andrew Jones Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Los Angeles.

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London and Paris trio team up for Orientalism show

01 May 2026

'At the Door of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus', c.1889-91, was painted by Gustav Bauernfeind (1848-1904), one of the leading Orientalist painters of Germany.

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Why running out of PBFA carrier bags is a good sign

01 May 2026

Visitors to the PBFA’s two-day spring event once again proved they come to buy not just browse

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Turner prints quest leads to latest exhibition at Mayfair art dealer Gerrish Fine Art

01 May 2026

The quest for Turner prints is a constant in the career of British art dealer Hilary Gerrish, who started trading in 1971.

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ATG letter: Titanic pocket knife was made by Sheffield maker with taste of luxury

01 May 2026

An item of great interest for me was the small pocket knife that was recently sold together with its own story from the Titanic disaster* [see Previews, ATG No 2739].

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Bidders will be the judge

01 May 2026

In 1950, the Swiss artist, architect and designer Pierre Jeanneret (1896-1967) joined his cousin Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (who had assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier) to create a new capital of Punjab.

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Buyer splashes out on British wine and water ewers connected to American high society

01 May 2026

A pair of Edwardian wine and water ewers by London silversmith Sydney Bellamy Harman, 1910, tied for the most-expensive lot at a recent Doyle (28% buyer’s premium) auction.

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Get your claws into Supersol

01 May 2026

A rare vinyl and rubber Supersol monster toy seized top-lot status with its vivid blue-green vinyl claws at a recent sale at Landry Pop Auctions (22% buyer’s premium) in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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Bid Barometer: issue 2742

01 May 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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News in brief including an auctioneer and picture specialist launching a new business

01 May 2026

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news that picture specialist Kevin Lines has set up a new firm after stints at Bishop & Miller and Hansons

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