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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Attic amphora displays the god Dionysus

25 August 2025

From a deceased estate in Christchurch, this Attic black-figured terracotta neck amphora sold at £23,000 (estimate £3000-5000) at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium) of Dorchester.

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Fitting result for Royal Worcester design genius George Owen

25 August 2025

A rare work by Royal Worcester’s near-legendary craftsman George Owen (1845-1912) led a sale at Philip Serrell (20% buyer’s premium) in Malvern, Worcestershire, this summer.

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ATG letter: My recommendation for a fine place to see fine art – New Art Gallery Walsall

25 August 2025

I enjoyed perusing your recommendations of museums’ special exhibitions to see in your annual Summer Supplement a few weeks ago (ATG No 2699).

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Auction catalogues also collectable when it comes to the famous Lowther Castle sale

25 August 2025

Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944) inherited enormous wealth derived from his father’s coalmines.

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Hockney salutes a slap-up meal

25 August 2025

Photo included in latest Armchair catalogue captures him enjoying the good life at Glyndebourne

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Mills make a good vintage venue

25 August 2025

Another day, another pop-up for So Last Century Fairs, which is trying out a new vintage market in London on Saturday, September 6.

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Egyptian sculptural fragments are big hitters in a wide-ranging worldwide selection of lots

25 August 2025

Biannual sale at Gloucestershire firm once again provides eclectic range of lots from across the globe

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Creature comforts: desirable Doulton stoneware with the George Tinworth touch

25 August 2025

During his career at Doulton Lambeth, George Tinworth was celebrated for his series of New Testament scenes modelled in terracotta.

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Cardiff gallery sets out a path to Mills

25 August 2025

This 2018 ink and pastel on paper 'Yn y Dyffryn - Y Llwybr' (In the Valley - The Path) by Welsh artist Eleri Mills is among the works on offer at Cardiff’s Celf Gallery.

Edward VII by Emil Fuchs

Edward VII drawing gets stamp of approval from bidders

22 August 2025

If this small portrait of Edward VII looks a bit like a postage stamp, that’s no surprise.

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Exeter museum acquires Anglo Saxon coin with first mention of city's name

21 August 2025

An Anglo-Saxon silver penny with the first recorded use of the name ‘Exeter’ has been acquired by that city’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery.

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How an empty market hall became a vibrant Covent Garden art venue

21 August 2025

Jubilee Market in Covent Garden is marking a half-century in business.

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Theft victim warns others how to avoid attacks after £30,000 of jewellery stolen in smash and grab raid

20 August 2025

The owner of an antiques centre has warned others how to avoid being a burglary victim after £30,000 of jewellery was taken within two minutes.

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Vivienne Westwood collection brings punk spirit of the 1970s to the Yorkshire Dales

20 August 2025

What was thought to be the largest private collection of Vivienne Westwood (1941-2022) garments to be sold outside London went under the hammer at Tennants (24% buyer’s premium) in North Yorkshire on August 15.

Gold jewellery

Police appeal to recover stolen gold jewellery from south London home 

19 August 2025

Gold jewellery that had belonged to a family in south London for generations was stolen in a burglary while the residents were still at home.

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Signs of the times: collectors to bid for piece of British retail history at auction of WH Smith archive

18 August 2025

The sale ends on August 31 at Chorley’s in Prinknash Abbey Park, Cheltenham.

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Forum Auctions splits from Dreweatts and Gurr Johns

18 August 2025

Books and works on paper specialist Forum Auctions has split from Dreweatts and parent company Gurr Johns.

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HMRC consults on fee increase to anti-money laundering rules

18 August 2025

Art and antiques dealers and auction houses that have to comply with anti-money laundering regulation are being asked to respond to proposals to increase HMRC’s fees.

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Scarce Wemyss bulldog surfaces in the Cotswolds

18 August 2025

Wemyss Ware bulldogs decorated with cabbage roses were first made by Robert Heron’s Kirkcaldy factory in the early years of the 20th century.

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Saltglaze stoneware extravaganza in a South Yorkshire sale

18 August 2025

Collection formed by South African surgeon who worked in London supplies exceptional examples

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