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A different kind of showhome: fairground living van finds new owner

11 August 2025

This classic showman’s living van was made in c.1935 by Hurst’s of Retford for Charles Tuby of Doncaster.

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The need for speed - toy tributes to the record breakers

11 August 2025

A trio of racing car models captures the excitement of 20th century land speed record attempts.

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Turkestan textiles take high sums at German auction

11 August 2025

Textiles from the nomadic Tekke tribe of Turkestan were highly sought after at Rippon Boswell’s (25% buyer’s premium) May 31 auction in Wiesbaden.

Royal Worcester vase

Bid Barometer: issue 2705

11 August 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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Racecourse event ready to increase size indoor and out

11 August 2025

As Field Dog Fairs, antiques dealer Charlotte Williams launched an antiques weekend 13 years ago at Southwell Racecourse in Nottnghamshire.

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Bridehead revisited: Dorset home delivers a ‘textbook’ bumper country house sale

11 August 2025

Auctions like this don’t come along often these days.

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Garibaldi lands in Colchester

11 August 2025

Werner watercolour underlines importance of quality local consignments to regional salerooms

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Mediation gains momentum when it comes to art restitution disputes

11 August 2025

Special counsel Camilla Gambarini and partner Eleni Polycarpou of Withers LLP look into how mediation could have a growing role in cultural property disputes

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Why it’s T-time for fire helmet fans

11 August 2025

The ‘T’ on the front of this rather grand Victorian or Edwardian fire brigade helmet probably proved the difference when it came to demand.

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German tropical grandeur embodied in an elaborate pith helmet

11 August 2025

When the situation demanded it, German consular officials in the tropics were required to wear a ceremonial helmet.

Portobello Road Market

Portobello Road terrorist prevention traffic restrictions hamper antiques dealers’ trade

08 August 2025

New traffic restrictions on Portobello Road have affected the trade of the antiques dealers in shops and stalls along the famous west London street.

Phillips raises the buyer’s premium but reduces it for ‘early bidders’

04 August 2025

Auction house Phillips is trialling a new format for its buyer’s premium - introducing what is billed as a first-of-its-kind fees structure.

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Latest leap for a grasshopper that bounded from Howard Carter to super-collector sheikh

04 August 2025

An ancient Egyptian cosmetic vessel made in the form of a grasshopper or cicada which sold for £340,000 on July 27 has an ownership history that begins with famed Egyptologist Howard Carter and ends with super-collector Sheikh Saud Al-Thani.

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Stolen Solario Madonna returns home to Italian museum

04 August 2025

A stolen painting of Madonna and Child by Antonio Solario (1465-1530) has been returned after more than 50 years.

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De Morgan doubles up with charger and designs

04 August 2025

Two contrasting works by William De Morgan (1839-1917) - a sketchbook and a triple-lustre charger - were offered by Dominic Winter in consecutive auctions.

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Libertas medal gets away at £63,000 hammer

04 August 2025

A fine example of the Libertas Americana silver medal sold for £63,000 at Anderson & Garland in Newcastle. The medal offered on July 22 came to light during a valuation event in nearby Tynemouth and was subsequently sent for professional grading by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC).

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Joshua Johnson duo up for auction in Boston

04 August 2025

A pair of portraits by Joshua Johnson (c.1763-c.1825), one of the earliest black professional painters in the US, are coming to auction on August 19.

Edward Burne-Jones by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Rossetti sketches including Burne-Jones portrait turn heads in Norfolk auction

04 August 2025

Two works catalogued as ‘circle of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)’ caught the attention at a recent sale at Keys (25% buyer’s premium) in Aylsham, one creeping over estimate but the other smashing it spectacularly.

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Hancocks works with Sarah Harris in special focus on engagement rings

04 August 2025

Jeweller Hancocks London has teamed up with style expert Sarah Harris for a digital series focusing on engagement rings.

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Emerson's pioneering photographic work flows from a ‘US yard sale’ to £40,000 UK result

04 August 2025

Rediscovered buried in the back of a closet, a full copy of this landmark book had been untouched for decades

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