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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Two pop-up vintage fairs in focus

08 January 2018

Maxine Stonehill of Pop Up Vintage Fairs has launched a new vintage fair, this time at the Art Deco Grade II-listed Walthamstow Assembly Hall.

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Pick of the Week: Carriage clock lifted to £75,000

08 January 2018

Top-quality timekeepers of accessible size by major makers are the main strength of the 19th century clock market.

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Shop talk: The Merchant of Inverness

08 January 2018

In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops in 2018, ATG talks to Moira Meldrum of family business The Merchant.

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Stan Mortensen 1953 FA Cup final hat-trick football to be offered at Derbyshire auction

06 January 2018

With a full weekend of FA Cup action kicking off last night, it is a perfect time to reveal that the only football ever used to score a hat-trick in an FA Cup final at the original Wembley Stadium is coming up at auction.

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ADFL’s Ingrid Nilson and dealer David Hickmet weigh in on the opening day of the Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair - VIDEO

05 January 2018

The first major London antiques fair of the year launched yesterday in Mayfair.

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Francesco Guardi’s Grand Canal painting sold at Christie’s is now barred from export

05 January 2018

A classic vedute by Francesco Guardi (1712-93) that sold at Christie’s in London this summer has been blocked from export.

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Lambeth Walk 'cockney bling' comes to auction in Salisbury

05 January 2018

A cache of cockney barrow boy related jewellery will come to auction in Salisbury later this month.

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“This is a complex problem that needs to be solved sensitively”: Lord Carrington speaks in Parliamentary debate on the proposed ivory ban

04 January 2018

In the House of Lords debate on the proposed ivory ban, Lord Carrington of Fulham made a strong case for a controlled trade in ivory heritage items to be allowed.

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Waterfall drawing discovered by art critic Brian Sewell saved for the nation by British Museum

04 January 2018

The British Museum has saved for the nation an 18th century drawing by Austrian Romantic artist Joseph Anton Koch (1768-1839) after it was sold at auction from the estate of art critic Brian Sewell.

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House record for Leicestershire auctioneer after Chinese vase sells for thousands

03 January 2018

Melton Mowbray auctioneer Shouler & Son set a new house record with the sale of a Qing blue and white vase for £40,000 (plus buyer’s premium).

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Stamp and coin dealership Stanley Gibbons Group considers further sell-offs as it seeks £5m to prosper

02 January 2018

Troubled stamp-dealing company Stanley Gibbons Group reported losses in the half year to the end of September reduced to £3.1m, from £6.4m in the previous year, but sales fell 4% to £16.6m.

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Our predictions for 2018 - The Leonardo effect, ivory, Chippendale and technology

02 January 2018

A new year is a time for the antiques trade to look forward – with trepidation to the findings of the ivory consultation and Brexit negotiations and with optimism as the industry celebrates key anniversaries and emerging markets...

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Brewing up a storm: America’s first china teapot unearthed for £15

02 January 2018

A hitherto unrecorded teapot attributed to a pioneering American porcelain factory has surfaced in the UK.

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CSK poster girls make return to auction rooms in Edinburgh

02 January 2018

Former Christie’s vintage poster specialists Nicolette Tomkinson and Sophie Churcher have teamed up with Lyon & Turnbull to launch dedicated auctions this year.

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Consultation on the ban on the ivory trade in the UK receives massive response

02 January 2018

The government received more than 60,000 responses to the public consultation on the banning of the ivory trade in the UK - making it one of Defra’s most popular ever.

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02 January 2018

Battle lines have been set during a House of Lords debate about the proposed ivory ban.

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Pick of the Week: Orwell classic hammered down and out of saleroom at £46,000

02 January 2018

Complete with slightly frayed and browned but rarely seen jacket, a 1933 copy of George Orwell’s 'Down and Out in Paris and London' was bid to £46,000 by James Hall of Lucius Books in York at a Dominic Winter sale.

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Rupert Wace sells ancient Babylonian rarity in ‘London Art Week’ show

02 January 2018

A Babylonian brick with a stamped inscription was among the sales dealership Rupert Wace Ancient Art made as part of its December exhibition Dizygotica.

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Notable vesta case collection to light up Somerset saleroom a second time

02 January 2018

On January 15 Lawrences of Crewkerne will sell the second half of a remarkable collection of vesta cases or match safes pieced together over a 50 year period by the late John and Patricia McKenzie.

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Top gear drives auction highs in south London

02 January 2018

Which sector of the traditional antiques trade has been on an unbroken, record-busting rise since the early years of the century?

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