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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Striking Suffragette image emerges at Bonhams

10 November 2025

The artist Margaret Bartels (1887-1932), who trained at the Camberwell School of Art, came from a family of suffrage campaigners living in south London.

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North Yorkshire fair bangs the drum for antiques

10 November 2025

Fair held at auction house for five years now has become a stand-out event in the north of England

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Not grim for Grimshaw up north

10 November 2025

‘Two bidders going hell for leather’ race to £55,000 for scene by artist famed for atmospheric nocturns

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Polar bears produced in Copenhagen pair up in vase form

10 November 2025

Polar bears have inspired multiple models by the Bing & Grondahl and Royal Copenhagen factories.

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Stacks of atmosphere created by a travel poster promoting Edinburgh

10 November 2025

Poster specialist Antikbar of Chelsea will stage an auction on November 15 which includes this original 1920s travel poster issued by the London and North Eastern Railway promoting the Edinburgh to Kings Cross route and an ‘Illustrated booklet free from LNER Offices and Agencies’.

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Norfolk IACF: ‘The best one I’ve been to in a long time’

10 November 2025

Dealers and visitors are full of praise for East Anglian event under new ownership

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Portrait miniatures make rare public appearance

10 November 2025

A collection of Tudor and Jacobean portrait miniatures rarely seen in public for decades is on show with Philip Mould & Company in Pall Mall ahead of its sale.

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Posters: Not so familiar artist names – but still bringing in the big bids

10 November 2025

Designs by lesser-known poster artists can nonetheless be highly sought after by collectors, as recent auction results demonstrate.

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The Ear of the Beholder: Mallalieu senses a link between art and sound

10 November 2025

Writer, journalist and art historian Huon Mallalieu has published a new book and is holding a book launch at the French Protestant Church in Soho Square this week.

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Breadboard collecting – it’s on a knead to know basis

10 November 2025

Bidders given a first slice of Britain’s ‘biggest collection of breadboards’ from museum in family home

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Maps destination decision looms

10 November 2025

Story of major British cartography collection provides a good case study in how export licences operate

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Rare and evocative First World War scene brings ‘far and wide’ interest at Leicestershire auction

07 November 2025

Among the most interesting works on paper sold in the autumn sales around the UK was a First World War scene by a French artist.

The Blue Poppy by Cedric Morris

Cedric Morris flower painting blooms at £160,000

06 November 2025

A string of notable five and six-figure prices at the autumn art sales in the UK included a couple of ‘trademark’ Modern British pictures.

His Masters Voice

Huguenot Museum buys 12ft reproduction of His Masters Voice

06 November 2025

An enlarged copy of the original ‘His Masters Voice’ picture by Francis Barraud (1856-1924) is now on display at a museum in Rochester.

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Cheers - bottle of Arctic Ale bought at auction a decade ago will be opened and used to brew a new version 150 years later

06 November 2025

Creating the brews headlines this week is the story of a bottle of beer from 1875 that was bought at auction and is now being used to help create a fresh batch 150 years later.

Huanghuali armchairs

Chinese huanghuali armchairs owned by Chairman Mao's adviser sell at 15-times top estimate

05 November 2025

A pair of Chinese huanghuali armchairs, formerly owned by a US Treasury official who became an economic adviser to Chairman Mao, were hammered down at £600,000.

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Yorkshire police appeal for information following theft from antiques centre

04 November 2025

Two thieves broke into an antiques centre in South Yorkshire stealing items and causing thousands of pounds of damage.

The Gavel by Helena Traill

Salerooms get together as gavels come to auction for charity

04 November 2025

An auction featuring 15 artist-designed gavels is taking place this week in order to raise funds for three charities.

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Appliance of science: pocket microscope flies to 10 times estimate in Edinburgh auction

03 November 2025

A George II silver pocket microscope made by John Clark of Edinburgh c.1750 sold for £34,000 as part of the  sale of items from the library of Enlightenment era Scottish mathematician James Stirling (1692-1770).

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LAPADA fair celebrates Art Deco anniversary

03 November 2025

Art Deco was one of the main themes of LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair this year, with the design movement celebrating 100 years.

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