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The Flute Player by Gerrit Dou

Gerrit Dou’s flute player to highlight Christie’s Old Master sale in London

11 November 2025

A painting by Dutch artist Gerrit Dou (1613-75) that has been in a British private collection since the 19th century will lead Christie’s Old Master evening sale in London next month.

Adolf Loos clock

Pick of the week: Pared-back Modernist Loos clock chimes with buyer at £320,000

10 November 2025

Phillips set a new auction record for Adolf Loos (1870-1933) when a dwarf longcase clock, a prime example of his work, drew strong competition on November 4.

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Music, movie, magic – a selection of entertainment poster highlights

10 November 2025

An extensive selection of Beatles memorabilia sold by Propstore (26% buyer’s premium) on October 23 included a 1963 poster promoting their first tour outside the UK.

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Obituary: Watercolours dealer Derek Newman (1956-2025)

10 November 2025

Derek Newman, who died in September this year, was a dealer in English watercolours from Gloucestershire, at first in partnership with his mother Heather and then alone after her death in 2004.

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Soprano photograph from 1856 hits a high note at auction

10 November 2025

This hand-coloured daguerreotype was taken in 1856 by Rufus Anson, a New York photographer who operated a studio on Broadway from about 1851 to 1867. His address is cut into the velvet interior of the case.

A photo of Vincent Page

High times for Antiques on High

10 November 2025

Operator of five centres across the UK hopes to acquire two more and has ambitious future plans

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Feel the force with a scarce Star wars poster version

10 November 2025

Comic Book Auctions' current timed online sale ending on November 23 includes the first Star Wars poster from 1977.

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Leonora Carrington sketch for mural now in Mexico City nets $70,000

10 November 2025

Drawing for mural design was first thought to be a lithograph

Books and works on paper auction calendar, November 12-26, 2025

10 November 2025

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

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The Land of Nod drifts off to a new owner

10 November 2025

A sale at Leland Little (25% buyer's premium) in Hillsborough, North Carolina, included a once well-known work by the Edwardian artist Charles Sims (1873-1928).

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Striking Suffragette image emerges at Bonhams

10 November 2025

The artist Margaret Bartels (1887-1932), who trained at the Camberwell School of Art, came from a family of suffrage campaigners living in south London.

Bow tureen

News in brief including the collection of Anton Gabszewicz coming to auction

10 November 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a collection from Anton Gabszewicz coming to auction at Bonhams

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North Yorkshire fair bangs the drum for antiques

10 November 2025

Fair held at auction house for five years now has become a stand-out event in the north of England

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Not grim for Grimshaw up north

10 November 2025

‘Two bidders going hell for leather’ race to £55,000 for scene by artist famed for atmospheric nocturns

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Polar bears produced in Copenhagen pair up in vase form

10 November 2025

Polar bears have inspired multiple models by the Bing & Grondahl and Royal Copenhagen factories.

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Previews: issue 2718

10 November 2025

Our selection of stand-out lots from 12 upcoming auctions

Orientalist scene

Bid Barometer: issue 2718

10 November 2025

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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Stacks of atmosphere created by a travel poster promoting Edinburgh

10 November 2025

Poster specialist Antikbar of Chelsea will stage an auction on November 15 which includes this original 1920s travel poster issued by the London and North Eastern Railway promoting the Edinburgh to Kings Cross route and an ‘Illustrated booklet free from LNER Offices and Agencies’.

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Norfolk IACF: ‘The best one I’ve been to in a long time’

10 November 2025

Dealers and visitors are full of praise for East Anglian event under new ownership

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Portrait miniatures make rare public appearance

10 November 2025

A collection of Tudor and Jacobean portrait miniatures rarely seen in public for decades is on show with Philip Mould & Company in Pall Mall ahead of its sale.

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