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Now it’s the 1973 Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football coming into play...

20 February 2026

In the last ATG (No 2731) we featured an Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football sold on January 22 at Truro Auction Centre for £4200 and mentioned others sold at Hansons in 2022.

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Bid Barometer: issue 2732

20 February 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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Previews: issue 2732

20 February 2026

Our selection of lots from 10 upcoming auctions

An upcycled glass-fronted bureau

Bazaar owner calls it a day in Somerset

20 February 2026

Crewkerne centre closes down amid tributes paid to a ‘professional, friendly bunch of traders’

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Ceramic Highlander was made in the Lowlands

20 February 2026

From the 1770s Portobello was one of the main centres of industrial ceramic production in Scotland.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, February 24 to March 4, 2026

20 February 2026

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

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West London sale provides a showcase of 19th century art style and subject

20 February 2026

A handful of Continental pictures representing different strands of 19th century art, including Romantic, Realist, academic and Grand Tour traditions, were among the highlights at Chiswick Auctions’ (26% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Old Masters and 19th century art.

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Quality tea caddies and sugar box rise above a scrap value rating

20 February 2026

So much silver has sold based solely on melt value of late. One wonders exactly how many decent antiques and collectables will have been lost once the bubble has deflated.

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My search to identify a mystery Staffordshire figure

20 February 2026

Collector’s diligence and resolve pay off as he tracks down the crucial evidence

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A selection of recent auction results

20 February 2026

Price Reporter brings you the latest prices realised at auction

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Gold medal winning performances in the regions

20 February 2026

Spotlight on awards that brought rewards for vendors in three separate sales

Two traders at a vintage fair

‘The quality is wonderful… you can’t get this at a charity shop’

20 February 2026

Vintage clothes, accessories, furniture and more sell well at specialist fair in Saltaire

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Big Top brings big prices: circus memorabilia posters put in a super performance

20 February 2026

Judging by recent auctions, once live acts in the circus are now thrilling eager collectors via memorabilia.

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‘Mum went out to buy a coat but got a Lambeth delft candlestick instead’

20 February 2026

Dealer from a Cotswolds family business acquired English tin glazed earthenware as a personal interest

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Precious metals prices: issue 2732

20 February 2026

On Thursday, February 19, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold trading price of: $4994.14 / €4238.37 / £3699.37

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First Discworld book works its magic in Lincolnshire

20 February 2026

Book dealers and auction houses are all saying the same thing about fantasy and sci-fi novels: once derided as not serious objects of desire, they are now eagerly sought after by collectors and achieving really big prices.

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A collector not short of interests, from autograph hunting to wrestling and speedway

20 February 2026

John Short, a well-known collector in the Bristol area, amassed over 50,000 autographs in his lifetime. He began obtaining signatures at stage doors in the 1960s right up until his death in 2022.

Vintage by the Sea

One door closes, another opens as shop shifts along

20 February 2026

This Easter Clare Smith will be relaunching her shop Vintage by the Sea in Saltburn, her home town on the north-east coast of Yorkshire.

The Jungle Book watercolour by Edward Detmold

‘Lost’ Jungle Book watercolours head to south London auction

20 February 2026

Emerging unrecognised from a London home, two ‘lost’ illustrations from a celebrated edition of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book will be offered at Roseberys next month.

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Specimen book for The Curwen Press is one of the joys from newspaper art critic’s packed home

20 February 2026

According to an article in The Times ahead of the estate sale of the paper’s former theatre, film and art critic John Russell Taylor (1935-2025), the west London flat where he lived was crammed not only with artworks but also 20,000 books.

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