UK

The United Kingdom accounts for more than one fifth of the global art market sales and is the second biggest art market after the US.

Through auctioneers, dealers, fairs and markets - and a burgeoning online sector - buyers, collectors and sellers of art and antiques can easily access a vibrant network of intermediaries and events around the country. The UK's museums also house a wealth of impressive collections

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Lachenal carries on family design tradition

17 July 2023

London-based French antiques dealer Dorian Caffot de Fawes offers furniture, pictures and other objects from 1920-70.

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Preview: a work presented by Dickens to his Latin tutor

17 July 2023

Shown here is a copy in Latin of the 'Quirtii Horatii Flacci' opera, 1823, presented by Charles Dickens to his Latin tutor Richard Shiers (mentioned in a book titled 'The Life of Charles Dickens', p45).

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Very early printed work to be found down south

17 July 2023

'Antipodum, nobis, incognita': how a great southern land is labelled (“the Antipodes unknown to us”) in one of the first mentions in print.

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Buffa and Anzani rarity emerges

17 July 2023

Among the most popular lots in the Guinevere: 60 Years on the King’s Road sale was this rare Italian marquetery, vellum and bronze sideboard.

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Obituary: clock dealer Jonathan Carter (1964-2023)

17 July 2023

From clothing career to clock dealer brilliance, Jonathan Carter specialised in the golden age of English clockmaking and set up the leading firm Carter-Marsh

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Obituary: Brian Saunders (1946-2023)

17 July 2023

Brian Saunders of Saunders Fine Art, Solihull, has passed away after a long battle with cancer.

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John Ward pot sets a new auction record at Dreweatts

17 July 2023

A large stoneware vessel by studio potter John Ward (1938- 2023) sold for £35,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) as part of a private collection of his work offered by Dreweatts on July 11.

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Pearce peppers up a Penzance auction

17 July 2023

In the oeuvre of ‘primitive’ painter Bryan Pearce (1929-2006), still-lifes are significantly rarer than his marine and harbour scenes.

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5 Questions with jewellery and art dealer David Horton

17 July 2023

David Horton specialises in fine jewellery and British and international art from the 19th to the 20th century.

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Ally Pally Antiques & Collectors’ Fair is back in business

17 July 2023

The organiser of the revived north London fair now hopes to expand the event with more dealers and a greater range.

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Super shows in Scotland star wonder women

17 July 2023

Blackadder, Ramshaw and Manz under the spotlight at single Edinburgh gallery’s trio of exhibitions

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Ivory laws hit Deco prices

17 July 2023

It’s no surprise that prices of Art Deco bronze and ivory figures have fallen sharply since US and UK laws on the sale of elephant ivory were tightened.

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Epitome of Art Deco that sailed into oblivion

17 July 2023

The SS Normandie was both the apogee and the nadir of the Art Deco movement.

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Game on for LAPADA partnership

17 July 2023

'The Farm, Isle of Skye', a 1973 watercolour and pencil on paper by John Nash (1893-1977) is among the highlights at LAPADA’s Pavilion at The Game Fair.

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Sumptuous work by the Shaykh

17 July 2023

Album of watercolours by mysterious but talented Indian artist takes £90,000 at Scottish saleroom

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The web shop window: French mantle clock at Patrick Moorhead

17 July 2023

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Fresh shoots grow in Stoneleigh

17 July 2023

New fair is set to use Midlands agricultural exhibition centre venue that will be familiar to many visitors

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Pick of the week: Well done to naval hero Waldegrave

17 July 2023

The practice of presenting gold and enamel swords and freedom boxes, already popular in England in the 18th century, became more widespread during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Art Market: International interest boosts London sale

17 July 2023

Olympia Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) reported some significant overseas interest at its latest Fine Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture auction with almost a third of buyers from outside the UK.

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Clarice Cliff keeps a strong collector following

17 July 2023

It is 20 years ago that the auction record for Clarice Cliff was sent tumbling when an 18in (46cm) May Avenue charger sold for £34,000 at Christie’s South Kensington on May 14, 2003. Those were heady days indeed.

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