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

Matthews Foty Award

Stanley Matthews’ Footballer of the Year award to appear at Gloucestershire auction

28 November 2024

Items belonging to the two-time winner of the Footballer of the Year award comes to Kinghams on December 5

John Lennon’s jacket

John Lennon’s black velvet 'Imagine' jacket to be offered at Adam Partridge

28 November 2024

Adam Partridge is selling one of the most stand-out pieces of pop culture fashion to come to market: John Lennon’s black velvet jacket he often wore (and was seen in the ‘Imagine’ film).

The Clifton Zoo sign

Early enamel sign for the world's oldest provincial zoo sells at over three times estimate

28 November 2024

This enamel sign – possibly an early AA tourist sign – is thought to have been displayed at Temple Meads Train Station to direct arriving passengers to The Clifton Zoo.

Mander Church

Mander to hold first auction at church saleroom in Norwich

27 November 2024

Sudbury auction house Mander is to hold its first sale since opening a new saleroom in an 11th century church in Norwich.

Design for the Abu Dhabi Mastaba by Christo

Christo design for ‘the world’s largest contemporary sculpture’ sells at Chiswick Auctions

26 November 2024

An original drawing for the project that Christo (1935-2020) intended as his only permanent, large-scale public artwork emerged at a recent Chiswick Auctions sale.

Russian Easter Egg

Fabergé and Russian porcelain belonging to sisters escaping Russian Revolution appears at Olympia Auctions

26 November 2024

A collection of Fabergé and Russian porcelain brought to Britain during the Russian Revolution appeared at Olympia Auctions on November 21.

Jennaburlinghamgallery Gordon House Red Green Ornament F(1)

The best House in Hampshire

26 November 2024

Gordon House epitomised the cultural shift from post-war gloom to a growing youth culture in the Swinging Sixties. Jenna Burlingham Gallery explores that legacy

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Channel Islands table makes 22 times estimate

25 November 2024

This handsome Georgian mahogany silver or china table soared above expectations at an auction in the Channel Islands.

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Bidder catches silver fox at £100,000 hammer

25 November 2024

A spectacular Victorian silver fox modelled by taxidermist James Rowland Ward sold for £100,000 at Tennants on November 16.

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Lowestoft birth tablet is among five lots to watch

25 November 2024

With estimates from £2000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

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Country house was furnished thanks to three fortunes made

25 November 2024

The residual contents of Yorkshire country house Copgrove Hall were sold by Duggleby Stephenson (25% buyer’s premium) in York.

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Words and pictures bring the Great War experience alive

25 November 2024

An eight-page account of the famous football match played on Christmas Day in the First World War during an unofficial truce was a highlight of a remarkable album compiled by Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse Maude Alice Lineham (1883-1967).

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Poem 'survives as unique text' in a late 15th century Italian manuscript

25 November 2024

A recent sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (26% buyer’s premium) in Exeter included a late 15th century Italian manuscript that is thought to be a codex unicus.

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TV presenter’s latest appearance is at Dorset market

25 November 2024

Braxton joins newcomers at a market with 32 dealers and a waiting list

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Napoleon’s asylum hope went up in smoke

25 November 2024

A pair of pistols that were presented by Napoleon just six weeks after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo are on offer in Thomas Del Mar’s sale of Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria on December 4.

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‘My building, a bit like me, was starting to crumble so I’ve gone online now’

25 November 2024

For the past 33 years Andrew Singleton has sold antiques from his shop in Yoxford near the Suffolk coast. He moved out in May this year.

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Cromwell portrait by his favourite artist rediscovered

25 November 2024

Dickinson Gallery has announced the rediscovery and unveiling of an unfinished portrait of Oliver Cromwell, painted by his favourite artist, Robert Walker, probably around 1649-55.

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Ilkley fair on the way

25 November 2024

Lesley Ayres organises the monthly 20-year-old 'Ilkley Antiques Fair' which she has run since 2019. The next is on Sunday, December 1, at the Clarke Foley Community Hub in the North Yorkshire town.

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Dreweatts bucks trend of struggles at the top end

25 November 2024

Booming regional auction house points to experience and contacts as key to source high calibre works

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Five questions with Oliver Wood of Shapero Rare Books

25 November 2024

Oliver Wood is the photography books expert at Shapero Rare Books.

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