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Landseer landscape

Landseer view of a loch without animal life brightens US auction

07 July 2025

British artist famed for The Monarch of the Glen also painted landscapes for his own pleasure

Henry Meadows and plaque

News in brief including a First World War plaque emerging after being used as a coffee table

07 July 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a First World War plaque returning to South Shields after 50 years away

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Indiana and Warhol in Whitechapel photography exhibition

07 July 2025

When William John Kennedy (1930-2021) and his wife were in the process of moving house in the mid-2000s, they found a box tucked away in the back of a closet.

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Essex glass extra

07 July 2025

A biannual addition to Sworders’ calendar is The Glass Sale - the first on October 28.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2701

07 July 2025

On Friday, July 4, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $3320.57 / €2834.70 / £2441.60

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Alfred Wallis with solid backstory

07 July 2025

In a market where the ownership history is vital, works bought directly from the artist are sought after

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William Billingsley: artistic genius and utter rogue

07 July 2025

The great Georgian porcelain decorator and technician William Billingsley (1758-1828) was that recognisable type: artistic genius and downright rogue.

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Debut summer exhibition so warmly received it could be a regular fixture

07 July 2025

E&H Manners, the Kensington Church Street ceramics specialist of more than 30 years, tried something new this year: a summer exhibition.

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Bookseller reveals purchase of Sendak’s Blake first editions

07 July 2025

London rare book dealership Peter Harrington has revealed that it placed the top bid on the first editions of William Blake’s 'Songs of Innocence' (1789) and 'Songs of Experience' (1794) at Christie’s Maurice Sendak auction last month.

ATG letter: VAT waiver to savour at last after import wrangle

07 July 2025

My recent letter in ATG (No 2696) regarding the time-limit waiver of VAT exemption on the re-importation of antiques seems to have stirred up a minor hornet’s nest. My phone, while not being exactly hot, has been mildly warm on occasion.

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Hundreds of dealers at Kent event

07 July 2025

Showground extravaganza run until recently by B2B continues to be a success under the new organiser

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Time for an open weekend at clock dealer's

07 July 2025

A Louis XIV Boulle bracket clock c.1712 features in Olde Time Antique Clocks’ open weekend this month.

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Playing a long game in Suffolk

07 July 2025

Graham Turner’s antiques fairs have an enviable longevity in the Suffolk town of Long Melford.

Union Jack flown at Trafalgar

Flag flown at Battle of Trafalgar brings spirited bidding at Christie's

03 July 2025

Still bearing the physical scars of battle, a monumental Union Jack flown by HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar led Christie’s Exceptional Sale in London on July 1.

Magdalene Oduno vase

Magdalene Odundo takes British studio pottery to a new high at Sotheby’s auction

02 July 2025

British studio pottery moved into new financial territory at the end of June with the sale of a vase by Dame Magdalene Odundo (b.1950) for £570,000.

June Gibson by Ben Enwonwu

Ben Enwonwu paintings bring strong interest at Surrey auction

02 July 2025

Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu (1917-94) is sometimes described as ‘the first African artist to gain international recognition in the modern art world’.

Ethel Walker auction record

Record for Ethel Walker as elegant still life emerges from huge collection

01 July 2025

An enormous deceased estate in West Yorkshire has been providing Scarborough saleroom David Duggleby (25% buyer’s premium) with a vast range of works to offload over the last two years.

John Dixon with sofa

‘When dealers co-operate, great things can happen’

30 June 2025

Paxton House in Berwick-upon-Tweed has been reunited with an important Regency sofa it had lost for a century.

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Treasure House Fair exhibitors hail brisk early trade with series of sale successes

30 June 2025

Early sales in the first hours of Treasure House Fair warmed up the third edition of the Chelsea event.

Italy slashes VAT for art and antiques

30 June 2025

Italy has announced a cut in VAT for art and antiques from 22% to 5%, making it lower than any other EU state. It also aims to halve VAT on imports to 5%.

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