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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Agatha Christie collection detects high demand

18 November 2024

Highlights from the The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper offered at Forum

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Gaudier-Brzeska torpedo fish sculpture shoots to £30,000

18 November 2024

A bronze by the French artist and sculptor Henri Gaudier- Brzeska (1891-1915), who died in the trenches aged just 23, was among the lots bringing demand at Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Modern & Contemporary art.

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Continuity Fairs benefits from solid customer base

18 November 2024

Review of an event praised as being casual and inexpensive to stand at but also well organised

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Enough to render you ‘speechless’: exceptional Chinese art amassed by industrialist

18 November 2024

In storage for a century, a remarkable group of Chinese works of art has sold for £870,000 at a south London auction.

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Mr Toad stars in a Shepard original sold at Forum Auctions

18 November 2024

Wind in the Willows illustration leads varied selection of lots offered by west London saleroom

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‘I love The Colony Room ‘mural’ but how do I sell it?’ says Hyman

18 November 2024

Enormous slice of Soho culture and history features in gallery’s 25th anniversary show

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Seasonal display with a difference at picture gallery

18 November 2024

Alan Old of So Last Century fair is going all festive with a two-day seasonal market set to run in Dulwich, south London, at the end of this month.

2669 FE Silver Catherine Southon

How special quality can help silver to beat a scrapyard fate

18 November 2024

With the scrap price of silver at such a high level the sad truth is that many items will end up in the melting pot.

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Cheltenham Racecourse event success leads to second staging

18 November 2024

An antiques fair which launched in May at Cheltenham Racecourse got off to such a good start that it is being repeated on Sunday, November 24.

Five attractions in one

18 November 2024

The antiques, collectables and decorative arts fairs run by Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events in the centre of the Hampshire town of Romsey involve just one location but five, inside and outside.

DD 2669 Anglo Indian Sewing Column

Dizzying range on offer as Classic Antique Fairs returns to NEC Birmingham

16 November 2024

Arriving just in time for those seeking to do some Christmas shopping, Classic Antique Fairs return November 29-December 1.

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2024 BADA Art Prize winner announced

16 November 2024

David Messum Fine Art was the stage for the glittering BADA Art Prize 2024 champagne reception

Chinese dragon dish

Qing wares deliver strong performance at UK Asian art series

15 November 2024

The wider market is increasingly selective, but Qing mark and period porcelain continues to shine in the saleroom.

Fra Angelico's Crucifixion

Ashmolean Museum buys export-blocked Fra Angelico panel

15 November 2024

Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum has acquired a Fra Angelico (fl.1417-55) Crucifixion scene which was blocked from export following its sale at Christie’s last year.

Cheltenham Cup

Cheltenham Gold Cup a winner at auction

14 November 2024

The cup awarded to the owner of 1948 winner Cottage Rake doubled its estimate at Graham Budd

Anthony van Dyck horse

Van Dyck horse portrait rides back into the saleroom

14 November 2024

Vendor looks to double their money after discovering Anthony Van Dyck’s ‘only surviving landscape’ on the back of equestrian portrait

Titanic Postcard Edit

Titanic postcard with Cork postmark to appear at Henry Aldridge

13 November 2024

The written note was from passenger Richard William Smith, who perished with 1500 others three days later

Mamluk mosque lamp

Bonhams sets new auction record for any glass object

13 November 2024

A 14th-century mosque lamp from Egypt or Syria achieved the highest price for a glass object at auction when it sold at four times estimate at Bonhams in London yesterday.

Dorothy Bohm photograph

Kettle's Yard buys Dorothy Bohm photograph taken in Cambridge museum

12 November 2024

Among a group of works from the estate of the late photographer Dorothy Bohm (1924-2023) offered at a recent Lyon & Turnbull sale was a photo taken at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge in the early 1980s.

Mentai Bridge Needlework

Export bar placed on 19th century schoolgirl’s needlework of Menai Bridge

11 November 2024

A temporary export bar has been placed on a needlework sampler by an 11-year-old 19th century schoolgirl depicting the Menai Bridge in Anglesey.

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