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Art and antiques trade braced for new EU cultural goods laws

16 July 2025

Details of how to manage the new European Union regulations on importing cultural goods have emerged, sending shockwaves through the art and antiques trade.

Christie’s

Christie’s reports flat first half auction sales for 2025

15 July 2025

Auction house Christie’s reported auction sales of $2.1bn (£1.6bn) in the first half of 2025, on a par with 2024.

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Huge collection of antique prams comes to auction in Wiltshire

15 July 2025

The antiques and vintage sale at Gardiner Houlgate in Corsham on July 31 includes the Swift collection of antique prams.

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Photo London to be first artworld event at ‘new’ Olympia

14 July 2025

The newly redeveloped Olympia exhibition complex, set to be unveiled later this year after a £1.3bn makeover, will host Photo London in May 2026.

Needlework collection

Needlework collection of former Mallett chief goes to museum in £363,000 deal

14 July 2025

An extensive needlework collection built up over 40 years by dealer Lanto Synge has been donated to Ulster Museum in Belfast.

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Union Castle sign sails to UK’s second highest price

14 July 2025

A large maritime-themed advertising sign featuring the passenger liner Capetown Castle sold for £22,000 at bottles and advertising specialists BBR Auctions on July 6. The sale, part of the Summer National collecting event in Elsecar, near Barnsley, featured some of the best finds in this burgeoning collecting hobby.

Silver inkwell

Pick of the week: Renowned collector Dailey adds ear of a war horse to his purchases

14 July 2025

The latest Homes & Interiors sale at Sworders included an extraordinary and highly personal relic from the Waterloo battlefield: a silver-mounted inkwell made from the ear of a war horse.

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News in brief including a rare Leica prototype camera selling at auction

14 July 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a Leica camera taking a six-figure sum in Austria

Stanley Spencer portrait

Stanley Spencer ‘personal’ lots sold at Dreweatts auction

14 July 2025

Billed as ‘the last opportunity to own something very personal from the family’s own collection’, a group of drawings, paintings, letters and memorabilia relating to Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) came to auction from one of the artist’s descendants at Dreweatts.

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Promising sales for Classic Art London debut

14 July 2025

A watercolour by JMW Turner was one of the standout sales at the inaugural edition of Classic Art London (CAL).

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Lanham’s ode to the country auctioneer

14 July 2025

Neil Lanham will be a name familiar to many dealers and collectors in East Anglia, writes Laura Chesters.

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‘Critter’ bookends and Doulton mask make for lively sale

14 July 2025

Back in July 2019, Lawrences in Crewkerne set a new high for a Mouseman carving when a pair of elephant bookends by master carver Stan Dodds (1928-2012) sold at £10,000.

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Dealer's collection yields ‘white glove’ sale in Sussex

14 July 2025

Battle saleroom Burstow & Hewett (20% buyer’s premium) recently sold the ‘contents of a Sussex manor house’ – the lifetime collection of a local antiques collector and dealer.

Umayyad gold dinars

Set of gold dinars coming to auction reveal that 77 is the magic number

14 July 2025

On July 23 London-based specialist coin and medal auction house Morton & Eden is offering a complete set of 56 Umayyad gold dinars dating from years 77 to 132 in the Hijra calendar (696-750AD).

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Arranging a vintage fair in a brewery

14 July 2025

The Docker Brewery and Tap Room on the Five Acre Estate in Folkestone is the chosen easy-going venue for vintage clothing dealer Claire Burns’ new venture.

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Previews: issue 2702

14 July 2025

Our selection of lots from 10 upcoming auctions

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RW Martin pond full of life at a £15,000 hammer price

14 July 2025

This stoneware pond by Robert Wallace Martin, measuring 6ft 6in (2m) across, comprises 40 architectural elements, each incised with fish and aquatic creatures among water weeds.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2702

14 July 2025

On Friday, July 11, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $3325.95 / €2859.09 / £2465.67

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Herbert and Huxley classics in original jackets taken to record results at Heritage Auctions

14 July 2025

A recent rare books sale at Heritage Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in the US delivered strong performances for a handful of coveted 20th century firsts in dust jackets.

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A lawyer writes: Permanent improvement to temporary admissions

14 July 2025

Changes this week make importing art and antiques into the UK easier

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