Around the Auction Houses


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Three days on the rostrum? I would happily do five

04 September 2026

Auctioneer and valuer Colin Young is celebrating a 40-year career in auctioneering in Lincolnshire this month.

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Porter moves on after 50 years

04 September 2026

Anderson & Garland is marking the retirement of its much-loved porter Tony Gilroy after 50 years with the firm.

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Creative thinking brings auctions and contemporary art together in Norfolk

07 August 2026

Alongside a busy auction operation, Bishop & Miller has opened a permanent art gallery in its premises near Glandford, Norfolk.

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Wedding day not sale day: a Winterton family celebration

07 August 2026

A double celebration took place at Richard Winterton Auctioneers when two members of staff wed.

Items designed by William De Morgan

Showcase staged to celebrate William De Morgan

29 May 2026

From May 26-29 Gloucestershire auction house Kinghams held a spring exhibition titled 'William De Morgan Master Potter'.

Number plate ‘LOT 2’

And now we come to Lot 2, which is... well, it is Lot 2, literally

24 April 2026

What to buy the auctioneer who has it all?

Christie's CEO Bonnie Brennan

Chippendale out, Ive in – Christie’s unveils new rostrum design

10 March 2026

Christie’s has replaced its traditional Chippendale-style rostrums with a new version designed by Sir Jony Ive and made by furniture maker Benchmark.

Evacuation

West London valuation day leads to mass evacuation after live shells, ammunition and landmine emerge from a Harrods bag

27 February 2026

A routine valuation day at Chiswick Auctions led to an evacuation of the venue and the surrounding estate after live shells, ammunition and a landmine were brought in.

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Two hundred reasons to celebrate

06 February 2026

Cambridge auction house Cheffins marked its 200-year anniversary by raising £270,596 for charity in the region – exceeding its original bicentenary fundraising pledge by over £70,000.

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Wozza serves up a treat for book collectors

20 October 2025

Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson is offering something tasty at Bonhams Knightsbridge this week: a few morsels from of his own collection.

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New book on Thompson’s life and work launches at Mitchells

20 October 2025

Auction house Mitchells in Cockermouth is hosting a book launch on Monday December 8 to mark the publication of a new tome cataloguing the life and work of ‘the Lake District’s most prolific painter’.

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Dixon beats Dixon in trade golf battle of the brothers

25 August 2025

The Scottish Art Dealers met in July at Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society, Edinburgh, one of the oldest golfing societies in the world founded in 1761.

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Martel Maides hits 50 and is set for a new home

21 July 2025

Onwards and upwards as Guernsey auction house thrives on island life

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Talking about our generation: the new numismatists and philatelists

23 June 2025

Three of the youngest members of Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s prove that a love of antiques and auction house work is alive and well in the next generation

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Education, education, education at Fellows

05 May 2025

The Jewellery department at Fellows Auctioneers in Birmingham is celebrating three new qualifications for its team.

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Cheffins: looking back on a rich 200-year history

24 March 2025

Cambridge auction house Cheffins is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year.

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Movers and shakers: latest art trade appointments including a new head of motorsport at Graham Budd

17 February 2025

The latest jobs moves and appointments across the world of art and antiques

Simon Phillips

Latest Movers & Shakers including new chair of Treasure House Fair

30 January 2025

The latest jobs moves and appointments across the world of art and antiques

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Cappuccino cheaper than Canaletto

02 December 2024

What am I bid for this cuppa and slice of cake?

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Golf trophy heads back south

21 October 2024

The Fine Art Golfing Society (FAGS) played its annual challenge match against the Scottish Art Dealers (SAD) at Dunbar GC during a recent tour to East Lothian.

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