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Bid Barometer: issue 2746

29 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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Was ‘Red Fuji’ painted by Wirgman Jr?

29 May 2026

Small but intriguing coastal scene estimated at just £50-80 spotted by eager bidders and taken to £3500

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Catch these Barnes Wallis airships before they float away overseas

29 May 2026

Pictures from the ‘Dam Busters’ collection which sold at West Sussex auction house Denhams earlier this year are on display at Darnley Fine Art before travelling abroad to their new private collections.

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Original Asterix cover art earns its laurels

29 May 2026

An original piece of Astérix cover art painted by Albert Uderzo (1927-2020) sold for an $360,000 (£267,000) at Heritage Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Dallas, Texas.

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Vanderbilt collection dishes out British treats

29 May 2026

Geneva’s blue ribbon jewellery sales are not the obvious place to find a suite of mid-18th century English silver dessert plates.

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Lively Firsts brings in the crowds

29 May 2026

The ABA’s flagship fair boasted a strong turnout, international interest and a younger audience

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Author’s powers of Persuasion

29 May 2026

Two-in-one edition of the first and last Jane Austen novels had sat undisturbed in a hallway for over 50 years

Summer success for Norfolk brocante

29 May 2026

Black Dog Events is known for seeking out historic locations for its brocantes held across East Anglia.

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Caribbean watercolour scene could be work of Heriot

29 May 2026

Artist George Heriot (1759-1839) is perhaps best known for his landscapes of Canada and pictures of indigenous people.

Cityscape by Francis Newton Souza

Souza works owned by Indian art critic raise six-figure sum at Sloane Street Auctions

27 May 2026

Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002) remains the most established name on the secondary market when it comes to modern Indian pictures.

HMS Victory model

HMS Victory model given to Margaret Thatcher sails away at auction

26 May 2026

A model of Nelson’s flagship Victory made by French prisoners-of-war a few years before the Battle of Trafalgar which was later given to Margaret Thatcher has sold for a £92,000 hammer price.

Stone sculptures

Sculpture fraudster sentenced after Metropolitan Police investigation

22 May 2026

A fraudster who tried to sell stone sculptures with false provenance through Sotheby’s has been sentenced after a three-and-a-half year investigation by the Met Police’s Art and Antiques Unit.

Liberty Oriental Carpets

Liberty’s antique rugs, carpets and textiles offering comes to an end

22 May 2026

The last antique rugs, carpets and textiles concession in a London department store closes this month.

Side table

Side table takes centre stage with a £26,000 bid

22 May 2026

This Indo-Portuguese ivory inlaid rosewood side table had last been sold in 1950 when it was bought by the ceramicist Eric James Mellon (1925-2014) while an art student in London.

Oscar Wilde college photo

As one Oscar Wilde Oxford college photo sells in the UK, another is found in US library

22 May 2026

A rare photograph of the poet and playwright Oscar Wilde taken during his time at Magdalen College, Oxford sold for £4200 (plus 22% buyer’s premium) at a Dominic Winter auction.

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Collection of renowned Christie’s auctioneer on offer

22 May 2026

On June 2 Dreweatts is selling the contents of the London home furnished by a renowned Christie’s auctioneer and a distinguished interior decorator.

Giambologna sculpture

Giambologna cast emerges at California auction

22 May 2026

An undated cast of Giambologna’s Allegory of Astronomy hammered for a remarkable $500,000 (£367,325) at San Rafael Auction Gallery in California.

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Pollock ‘drip’ painting drops into New York to set a record as top-end works sparkle

22 May 2026

The latest round of Modern and Contemporary art sales in New York showed the top end of the market gaining momentum with a series of record prices for leading names.

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Overseas visitors out in force at the Firsts rare book fair

22 May 2026

Buyers from overseas helped sales to boom at the latest Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair this month.

‘Dandy Horse’ bicycle

19th century ‘Dandy Horse’ bicycle takes three times estimate at Sussex auction

22 May 2026

A British ‘Dandy Horse’ bicycle made c.1819 was the earliest among a group of four rare 19th century examples on offer at Lewes saleroom Gorringe’s.

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