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Bid Barometer: issue 2704

04 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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ATG letter: Was this £600 stool one that got away?

04 August 2025

My local auction house Burstow & Hewett at Battle raised their status with remarkable singleowner collection (ATG No 2702).

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The Antiques Tourist: the trail becomes ever longer

04 August 2025

Booklet covering art and antiques attractions in four counties is now double its orginal size

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Pamphlet sold in West Sussex shows William Wordsworth turning from revolutionary to reactionary

04 August 2025

The books section at a recent Toovey’s (24.5% buyer’s premium) auction included a volume containing more than a dozen early 19th century political pamphlets concerning the issue of reform.

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ATG letter: My thoughts on Ethel Walker, John Ward and Prince Charles…

04 August 2025

I always enjoy Alex Capon’s excellent Art Market reports and was particularly interested in the Ethel Walker painting (ATG No 2702), which sold at at David Duggleby’s Scarborough saleroom for an impressive £24,500.

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Louis XIV bronze cannons fire up a château sale

04 August 2025

French château contents sales, like their equivalent country house sales in the UK, still surface occasionally on the auction market.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, August 6-26, 2025

04 August 2025

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

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Sandoz rabbit hops into Kent sale

04 August 2025

Along with Francois Pompon and Rembrandt Bugatti, Edouard Marcel Sandoz (1881-1971) was one of the leading animal sculptors of the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods.

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Have an ice day

04 August 2025

Now and again, readers will contact us with a photo showing them reading ATG on holiday… but it’s often a beach in glorious sunshine.

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Titus rises: Another Roman antiquity success at Essex saleroom

04 August 2025

Bust once thought to be 18th century reassessed as 1st century AD after auction house’s research

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Datelines and name changes: 40 years of The Decorative Fair

04 August 2025

The Decorative Fair marks its 40th anniversary this autumn.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2704

04 August 2025

On Friday, August 1, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $3308.48 / €2897.68 / £2506.43

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Ruskin Spear's portrait of Margaret Thatcher bags attention as part of prime ministers picture line-up

04 August 2025

A set of pictures thought to be the largest collection of portraits of British prime ministers in private hands emerged at Sloane Street Auctions (26.5% buyer’s premium) earlier this summer.

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Immerse yourself in John Miller’s art

04 August 2025

Image of room with indoor swimming pool is set to star in second auction staged by Messum’s

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Holy Family from Sacred Heart - but in whose hand?

04 August 2025

Among the Italian Old Masters bringing interest at auctions across the country over the summer was an intriguing painting of the Holy Family that emerged at Lyon & Turnbull (26% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh.

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Two Churchill maquettes by Oscar Nemon appear at auction seven days apart

04 August 2025

When Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill, the wife of Sir Winston, first saw a now-famous bronze sculpture by Oscar Nemon showing her late husband reclining in his seat, she remarked: “This is how I see him and that is how I love him.”

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Previews: issue 2704

04 August 2025

Our selection of lots from seven upcoming auctions

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Book covers the Marchant story

04 August 2025

Marchant Asian Art is under way with its move to its new home in Brook Street, Mayfair (to open in January 2026), and has unveiled details of some of its centenary celebrations.

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Chalençon collection: More than 100 Napoleon lots ride into auction action

04 August 2025

Pierre-Jean Chalençon is well known as an enthusiast for Napoleonic memorabilia and this summer Sotheby’s Paris (27/22/15% buyer’s premium) offered just over 100 lots from his collection.

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ATG letter: It is a privilege to meet people like Lanto Synge

04 August 2025

Reading your article on Lanto Synge (‘Needlework collection of former Mallett head goes to museum in £363,000 deal’, News, ATG No 2702), it reminded me of the time I first met him.

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