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

Vecchio Sultano by Salvador Dali

Rediscovered Salvador Dali picture among five lots to watch

20 October 2025

With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

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Dickinson’s Victorian sketches in Jermyn Street gallery

20 October 2025

Original works for under £100? Dickinson offers just that in its latest show 'Sir Francis Grant: A Society Sketchbook'.

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Meredith of Manchester: a sport memorabilia first pick

20 October 2025

City and United player once mired in a bribery scandal but who played until 49 is today a major draw at auction

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Wozza serves up a treat for book collectors

20 October 2025

Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson is offering something tasty at Bonhams Knightsbridge this week: a few morsels from of his own collection.

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Harrington gets into the travel business

20 October 2025

It’s a busy time for Peter Harrington. Hot on the heels of opening its Upper East Side gallery in New York, the rare book dealership is launching a loan exhibition on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein's monster and a new catalogue.

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Positive impressions of the Great Bardfield school

20 October 2025

The printed work of Eric Ravilious (1903-42) has always been a fascinating area of the artist’s market - something with appeal both to connoisseurial collectors and the wider public.

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Getting the bug in Northumberland

20 October 2025

A new shop, a recently-opened antiques centre and long-established fair turn the spotlight to the Northeast

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Dealer's show focuses on the library’s changing role through time

20 October 2025

“Whoever made this thought of everything.”

William Scott exhibition

Jenna Burlingham Gallery hosts exhibition with works from William Scott’s estate

20 October 2025

Modern British art dealer Jenna Burlingham Gallery is hosting a selling exhibition from the estate of artist William Scott (1913-89).

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Stirling Moss race suit motors away to hammer at the high estimate

20 October 2025

A Stirling Moss (1929- 2020) race suit sold at a top-estimate £8000 came with an intriguing provenance.

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Not a Thunderball but a golf feathery ball with 007 link

20 October 2025

Readers may not know of Cyril (or Fred) Whiting, but if you are a James Bond aficionado the name Cyril Blacking could ring a bell.

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British Art Fair: Good business reported as Saatchi Gallery welcomes a 13,000 crowd

20 October 2025

Visitors turned out in droves for the most recent edition of the British Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery.

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Doctor on hand at the end of the London 1908 marathon famous for Dorando Pietri collapse

20 October 2025

In his professional life Dr Edward Moir (1879-1951) was a prominent specialist in anaesthetics, practising in Manchester and Macclesfield.

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New book on Thompson’s life and work launches at Mitchells

20 October 2025

Auction house Mitchells in Cockermouth is hosting a book launch on Monday December 8 to mark the publication of a new tome cataloguing the life and work of ‘the Lake District’s most prolific painter’.

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Golf club puts in solid auction performance a fair way over the estimate

20 October 2025

An Edwardian silver golf club driver by Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1906, doubled the top estimate at a West Yorkshire saleroom.

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Dealers' exhibition explores how tribal art fired the Modern masters

20 October 2025

Mayfair gallery Ordovas is hosting 'Dialogues', an exhibition exploring the influence of non-Western art on 20th and 21st century movements.

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Henry Cooper Lonsdale belt packs a £62,000 punch in the saleroom

20 October 2025

A heavyweight Lonsdale belt hit a new high for a Henry Cooper boxing belt when offered at Budds’ (24% buyer’s premium) latest auction.

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Nearly West Brom glory: an 1895 FA Cup runners-up medal emerges

20 October 2025

The Antiques & Interiors two-day sale at Fieldings (26% buyer’s premium inc VAT) of Stourbridge included this 9ct, 18g gold runner’s-up medal awarded to Jack Banks of West Bromwich Albion after the 1895 Football Association Challenge cup final against Aston Villa.

Scrap silver and gold

Dealers fear overheating as gold and silver prices climb higher

17 October 2025

A rally in global demand for gold and silver has led to UK precious metals dealers stopping quoting rates and the suspension of trade in some areas.

French pendant necklace

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a necklace with a Napoleonic connection

17 October 2025

ATG Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of auction prices keeping you on top of the latest market values

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