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Victor Pasmore representation

23 June 2025

Hazlitt Holland Hibbert has announced that it will represent the estate of Modern British artist Victor Pasmore (1908-88) along with Frankie Rossi Art (both based in Bury Street, St James’s).

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Bidders vie in Vienna for rediscovered work by visionary landscape painter De Bles

23 June 2025

The Salvator Mundi drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci’s workshop which sold for €500,000 (ATG No 2692) was not the only sought-after work at Dorotheum’s (28/25/22% buyer’s premium) spring Old Master sale.

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Our new show on Broadway

23 June 2025

Lennox and Sue Cato tell us why they are making a move from Kent to the Cotswolds

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A double helping at the V&A

23 June 2025

Whether captivated by exquisite jewellery or the clean lines and tactile allure of British studio pottery, the V&A’s two summer exhibitions are not to be missed

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Rare work by short-lived artist Horny comes to the saleroom

23 June 2025

Works by the tragically short-lived German artist Franz Horny are by necessity relatively rare.

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Sneak peek of summer auction highlights

23 June 2025

This summer, a diverse range of noteworthy lots will go under the hammer at auction houses across the UK. Her we spotlight some of these – from a flag flown at the Battle of Trafalgar and a recently attributed painting by Artemisia Gentileschi to a medieval encyclopaedia and a collection of mustard pots assembled by a former Eton housemaster

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Bank vault opens to reveal treasures ‘from Scandinavian aristocracy’

23 June 2025

Oxfordshire sale includes minaudière designed as an alternative to traditional handbags - plus a more conventional ‘French Jazz Age’ evening bag

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Buyer takes the underground route to Meissen

23 June 2025

Meissen decoration linked to mining is not a rare sight but a cachepot with cavern scene is sought after

Alfred Wallis painting

Grandmother’s Alfred Wallis purchases bring reward for vendor

20 June 2025

Provenance is all important when it comes to the works of Alfred Wallis (1855-1942).

2699NE Kerry Taylor Ruffler

Rare survivor: 17th century ruffler ruffles feathers at auction

20 June 2025

An early 17th-century shaped linen ruffler, believed to be the only known example to ever appear at auction, was hammered down at £230,000 – 30-times its estimate – in south London.

An 18th century carved oak chair

Plea for help to trace stolen 18th century oak chair from parish church

19 June 2025

An 18th century carved oak chair has been stolen from a Buckinghamshire church.

Flambé Carp vase by William Moorcroft

Moorcroft vase breaks its own auction record

19 June 2025

A new auction high for a Moorcroft vase was set as the previous record holder returned to the rostrum.

The Stencil-Maker by Mortimer Menpes

Mortimer Menpes travel pictures bring demand at West London sale

18 June 2025

The artist Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938) was something of a jack of all trades. But contrary to the old adage he was a master of many.

Alan Turing's On Computable Numbers (1936–37)

Alan Turing's major papers sell for six-figure sum at auction

17 June 2025

A group of Alan Turing papers smashed estimates at auction in Lichfield.

Flambé Carp vase by William Moorcroft

Record-setting Moorcroft vase heads back to the auction block

17 June 2025

A piece that holds the record for a Moorcroft vase at auction returns to the rostrum this week.

Moorcroft premises

Founder's family buys back Moorcroft pottery and vows to return production to original site

16 June 2025

The stricken Moorcroft pottery business will have a member of the founder's family involved with the firm for the first time in nearly 20 years.

Oghenochuko Ojiri

‘Keep calm’ say experts as dealer Ojiri goes to jail

16 June 2025

The art and antiques trade has been urged to keep up with regulations but “not to panic” after the imprisonment of a dealer for violating anti-money laundering legislation.

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A lawyer writes: anti-money laundering legislation and the Ojiri case

16 June 2025

Milton Silverman casts his expert eye on the Ojiri case and what it means

Bullock desk

Two Bullock desks sell at auction on same day

16 June 2025

Serendipity had it that two Regency pollard oak and ebony inlaid desks attributed to George Bullock (c.1762-1818) came for sale within a matter of hours on June 12.

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Spitalfields Market receives a Royal visit

16 June 2025

King Charles III visited the antiques and vintage dealers of Old Spitalfields Market on June 5 as part of a trip to east London.

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