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Hefty price achieved for ‘England’s fattest man’ portrait

14 July 2025

When Daniel Lambert, the famously rotund prison warden from Leicester, died in June 1809 at the Waggon and Horses Inn at Stamford, Lincolnshire, the title of ‘England’s fattest man’ transferred to a new contender.

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Batt’s donkeys charm animal-loving US bidders

14 July 2025

Based in Lyndhurst in southern England, the late Victorian painter Arthur Batt (1846-1911) ploughed his artistic furrow painting dogs and donkeys either as portraits or in New Forest settings.

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Art Nouveau cabinet displays Michaut talent

14 July 2025

A fine example of French Art Nouveau furniture more than doubled its high estimate at Collective Hudson (30% buyer’s premium) in Kingston, New York.

Rolex

Bid Barometer: issue 2702

14 July 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.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, July 16-August 5, 2025

14 July 2025

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

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Rare full set of Dutch West Indies views emerges in Holland

14 July 2025

This image of Paramaribo on the banks of the Suriname River is one of the 18 lithographic views of the Dutch West Indies after Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest (1828-94).

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Remembering Gene Hoyle as Lytham firm holds closing sale

14 July 2025

The death of Gene Hoyle, dealer and well-known fair organiser in northwest England has led to the closure of the business he and his wife Zara managed and ran.

Heydon village ‘can’t wait’ for August fair

14 July 2025

Zoe Durrant-Keegan is the face behind Little Vintage Lover Fair which launched in 2008 and now runs two or three vintage fairs a year in north Norfolk.

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‘This is where the Venn diagram between Tiffany glass and jewellery overlaps’

14 July 2025

A Louis Comfort Tiffany pendant-necklace with matching ear clips in gold, star sapphire, moonstones, and enamel hammered for $200,000 (£148,000) at Doyle (28/27% buyer’s premium).

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Yorkshire saleroom’s huge consignment is a gift that keeps on giving

14 July 2025

An enormous deceased estate in West Yorkshire has been providing Scarborough saleroom David Duggleby (25% buyer’s premium) with a vast range of works to offload over the past two years.

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Cork Street galleries celebrate the first 100 years

14 July 2025

Exhibition titled 'Fear Gives Wings to Courage' celebrates a century of art dealing on London thoroughfare

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‘We’d love to be part of it again’: praise for new one-day Studiolo event

14 July 2025

Among the events debuting in London this summer was the one-day ‘fair’ Studiolo.

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John Ward group tests the market at Mallams

14 July 2025

A recent sale of Modern Art & Design at Mallams (25% buyer’s premium) in Oxford included a local collection of 21 pots by John Ward (1938-2023).

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Phone bidders battle it out for a ‘Batthyány’ diptych

14 July 2025

A large diptych depicting a profusion of colourful and curious figures attracted spectacular bidding at a recent sale held by Toovey’s (24.5% buyer’s premium).

19th century ambrotype

Rare ambrotype photograph takes 30-times estimate at auction

14 July 2025

Image possibly showing co-creator of the ambrotype brings major bidding battle in the US

Enamel advertising sign for Union Castle

Sign of the times: Union Castle enamel advert sails to UK’s second highest price

11 July 2025

A large maritime-themed advertising sign featuring the passenger liner Capetown Castle sold for £22,000 at bottles and advertising specialists BBR Auctions on July 6.

Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads

Rare copy of Victorian photograph book makes £40,000 at Roseberys

11 July 2025

Discovered buried in the back of a closet in the US, a rare surviving copy of Peter Henry Emerson’s 1886 work ‘Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads’ sold for £40,000 at Roseberys today.

The King’s Tour Artists exhibition

A Royal 'paint off': Who painted it best - the King or commoner?

10 July 2025

A new exhibition of works from King Charles’ private collection allows a comparison of His Majesty's handiwork and a professional artist.

Olympia

Photo London to be first artworld event held at newly refurbished Olympia

10 July 2025

The newly redeveloped Olympia, set to be unveiled later this year after a £1.3bn makeover, will host 'Photo London' in May 2026.

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New book goes behind the scenes in the auction world over the past 70 years

09 July 2025

Auctioneer Neil Lanham publishes a “chronicle of country life, auctioneering and world record prices spanning more than 70 years”

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