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Plans are being drawn up for a marketing initiative designed to replace London Art Week (LAW), the yearly festival of traditional art that folded at the end of 2024.

Dealers reported a good start to sales at the Decorative Fair (January 21-26) in Battersea as ATG visited early on, with US decorators especially out in force.

Located in Mayfair, London, JC Gallery is the first European gallery to specialise in American Modernism.

Original cover artwork, antiquarian books and more modern novels made up a sci-fi and fantasy selection at a London saleroom

Sotheran’s, the longest-established rare book dealer in the world, has announced it will be relocating later this year to new premises in Charing Cross Road and Cecil Court.

Among the portraits bringing demand at the latest series of Old Master auctions in London was a pair of works depicting young women by Johann Zoffany (1733-1810).

Consignments have been thin on the ground but various lots attracted significant sums at the recent London series

Alabaster fragments from old Alexandria, a small box of gold from Australia, dried seaweed from the Gulf of Florida and Oceanic tribal artefacts.

Mayfair cancellation leaves Battersea to spearhead 2025 in-person events

These days it’s not unusual to see works that are not technically Old Masters appearing in Old Master auctions.

Former railway stations – plus one still active – can be ideal sites to locate antiques businesses

End of year highlights included specialist collection amassed by couple who were both renowned experts