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Eight highlights on offer at TEFAF Maastricht as fair gets ready to welcome new exhibitors

20 February 2026

Firms from the UK and as far away as USA, Mexico and Japan make debuts

Sotheby's London

Sotheby’s raises buyer’s premium to 28% at the lower tier

18 February 2026

Auction house Sotheby’s has amended its buyer’s premium, raising its baseline rate to 28% for works selling for a hammer price of under £1.5m.

Taddy Clowns cigarette cards

Rare Taddy’s ‘Clown’ cigarette cards attract bidders at Reading sale

17 February 2026

One of the rarest of all British cigarette card sets sold for £8800 at Loddon Auctions in Reading on February 11.

Silver Suffragette Medal

Nurse’s Suffragette Medal, rediscovered at auction, goes on public display

17 February 2026

A Suffragette medal awarded to the chief nurse to Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) is to go on public display in the UK at a new exhibition after being bought at auction.

Fairs organiser announces plans for new events in Perth and Manchester

13 February 2026

Classic Antique Fairs has announced that it will launch events in Manchester and Perth this year.

Meissen plate

Meissen with a Delft touch emerges in Nottingham

13 February 2026

This Meissen plate painted with a view of Delft was among the contents of Lamb Close House sold by Mellors & Kirk in Nottingham on February 11.

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‘Tudor Heart’ pendant acquired by the British Museum

13 February 2026

The British Museum has raised the £3.5m needed to buy a heart-shaped pendant discovered by a metal detectorist in a field in Warwickshire in 2019.

Michelangelo’s foot sketch

Michelangelo puts his stamp on latest Old Master sales

13 February 2026

The sale of big-ticket lots by artists such as Rembrandt, Canaletto and Michelangelo boosted the overall total at the latest Old Master auction series in New York to a record high.

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Could be putti in the hands of a UK buyer after export stop

13 February 2026

A pair of putti, believed to have been crafted as one of a pair of chimney pieces for Bedford House in London, have been temporarily blocked from export.

Elizabethan Lambert table

Elizabethan table stands out in Fitzsimmons sale

13 February 2026

Paul Fitzsimmons of Marhamchurch Antiques in Bovey Tracey, Devon, is one of the foremost early English oak specialists in the UK, with over 30 years of experience in the trade.

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Spotted online in Australia, stolen panel returns

13 February 2026

A 17th century panel stolen from a church in Hertfordshire has been discovered and returned after being missing for 30 years.

Bonheur-du-jour

Kansas museum buys rare 18th century writing desk by Parisian cabinetmaker

13 February 2026

A bonheur-du-jour secrétaire by celebrated cabinetmaker Roger Vandercruse Lacroix (1728-99) has been purchased by a museum in Kansas from French dealer Galerie Léage for a six-figure sum.

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Previews: issue 2731

13 February 2026

Our selection of lots from upcoming auctions

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Art Stable in Dorset hosts father and daughter art exhibition

13 February 2026

Art Stable in Dorset is holding a pair of simultaneous exhibitions on Humphrey Jennings (1907-50) and his daughter Charlotte.

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Antique props once seen on screen, now starring in the saleroom

13 February 2026

Latest sale of props from renowned company features several surprises such as Spanish revivalist chairs

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Indian service in the spotlight

13 February 2026

Several lots linked to a George Henry Robertson who served in Victorian campaigns in India impressed at Toovey’s (25% buyer’s premium) of West Sussex .

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Derbyshire Shrovetide football scores £4200 many miles away in Cornwall

13 February 2026

The ancient game of Royal Shrovetide Football has been played in the Derbyshire town of Ashbourne on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday since the 17th century.

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‘Death penny’ medal group makes nine times estimate

13 February 2026

While a First World War memorial plaque (‘death penny’ or ‘dead man’s penny’) is not usually worth that much on its own, when presented with an associated medal group the price can rise considerably.

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The Godfather letter among highlights of Rare Books LA

13 February 2026

Peter Harrington Rare Books of London brings a letter by Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, written to Francis Ford Coppola to Rare Books LA (February 21-22).

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Clinch a Klimt deal at just four figures

13 February 2026

Prints proved popular at this year’s London Art Fair (LAF), with a rare first reproduction of Gustav Klimt’s 'Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer' among the early highlights.

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