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Rarely seen Mod Brit print archive to be freely available online following funding boost

13 May 2026

A rarely seen print archive featuring work by Mod Brit art greats including Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Elisabeth Frink, Paula Rego, Ceri Richards and John Piper will soon be available freely online.

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Hornby trains building up a head of steam at auction

08 May 2026

Prices for Hornby 0 Gauge clockwork railway toys have been rather flat for quite a few years now.

Lord Harley’s Bloody Shouldered Arabian 

Newmarket museum acquires three large equine portraits via tax scheme

29 April 2026

Three large horse portraits by the British artist John Wootton (1682-1764) will be on display at The National Horseracing Museum in Newmarket following an allocation from Arts Council’s Acceptance in Lieu scheme.

Elveden Hall

Home of the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire opens to the public for one-day event this summer

15 April 2026

The one-time home of the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire will open to the public for one day this summer as part of an East Anglian literary festival.

 A vintage duck model

Next Beccles Antiques Market is in May

10 April 2026

This vintage duck model is on advertising duties for the annual Beccles Antiques Market run since 2009 by dealer Kate Lee.

A decorative creature made from scrap metal

Airliner scrap parts taken to another level

20 March 2026

Commercial airliner parts once destined for the scrapyard are now being upcycled by a Suffolk firm.

Near the Somme by Paul Nash

Paul Nash WWI scene doubles estimate at Suffolk auction

14 January 2026

Wartime scenes by Paul Nash (1889-1946) are a seminal part of his oeuvre, especially his famous series of paintings from 1917-19 showing the blasted landscape of the Western Front.

Leonard Squirrell view of Framlingham

Leonard Squirrell’s views of Framlingham bring exceptional prices for Suffolk artist

18 December 2025

Location, location, location. Just as with property, so with the pictures of Suffolk’s own Leonard Russell Squirrell (1893-1979).

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Tethered model cars take a turn on racetrack and rostrum

24 November 2025

Tether car racing, which began in 1930s California, sounds a strange concept to modern ears but is in fact a hobby still going strong worldwide*.

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News in Brief: Dealer exhibitions from Suffolk to Switzerland

17 November 2025

A round up selling exhibitions and dealer news from the UK and Europe

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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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Massive music machine stands out in East Anglia

03 November 2025

Jenny and Ray Norman, best known as East Anglian longcase clock dealers since 1974, have contacted ATG to highlight an item they say is just in time for the festive season (but it might not fit that well in a Christmas stocking).

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Dealers full of praise for new venue in Suffolk

15 September 2025

Lomax Fairs holds several events in schools now and the latest in Suffolk has been warmly welcomed

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School’s out for pupils but in for art and antiques fans this August

18 August 2025

Lomax launches third event in portfolio at location already hosting a separate biannual brocante

Spanish Roof by Peter Jackson

Large body of work by artist Peter Jackson hits the auction block in Suffolk

06 August 2025

In an auction that helped establish a secondary market for the artist and sculptor Peter Jackson (1930-2019), Suffolk saleroom Lacy Scott & Knight (22.5% buyer’s premium) offered a group of 245 works from the collection of the artist’s widow.

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Button up for Blackdog’s roster of East Anglian brocante fairs

21 July 2025

Kate Button of Blackdog Events tells us that the first summer brocante held in June in the atmospheric surroundings of the ruins of Creake Abbey in Norfolk was a success.

Neil Lanham

New book goes behind the scenes in the auction world over the past 70 years

09 July 2025

Auctioneer Neil Lanham publishes a “chronicle of country life, auctioneering and world record prices spanning more than 70 years”

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Lowestoft porcelain collecting focus shifts back to East Anglia

07 July 2025

Two auctions held in the region underline demand for the locally produced ceramics

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Playing a long game in Suffolk

07 July 2025

Graham Turner’s antiques fairs have an enviable longevity in the Suffolk town of Long Melford.

Candlesticks

Candlesticks with Austen link light up auction

23 June 2025

A handsome pair of Regency period Egyptian Revival silver candlesticks with a Jane Austen connection sold well above hopes at Lacy Scott & Knight in Bury St Edmunds.