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Gyula Batthyany painting

Monumental Hungarian painting makes 60 times the high estimate in West Sussex

30 June 2025

A large diptych depicting a profusion of colourful and curious figures attracted spectacular bidding at a recent sale held by Toovey's (24.5% buyer’s premium).

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Union Castle advertising sign is among five lots to watch

30 June 2025

With estimates from £80, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

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Top stories this week including a coin hoard discovered hidden in a wall

29 June 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included a ‘treasure trove’ of rare coins found hidden in a house in France selling at auction

London's Treasure House Fair

Opening night sales heat up Chelsea's Treasure House Fair

27 June 2025

Early sales in the first hours of Treasure House Fair heated up the third edition of the Chelsea fair.

Sotheby’s auction

Tamara de Lempicka leads latest London Modern and Contemporary art series

27 June 2025

The latest Modern and Contemporary art auctions in London raised a combined £97.8m. This compared to £132.3m from the equivalent series last year.

Copper ‘rescue’ button

‘Rescue’ button from search for lost Franklin expedition bid to eight times estimate in Exeter

27 June 2025

A copper button, made in 1852 as part of the effort to find survivors of the doomed Franklin expedition to the Arctic, has sold at auction for £6000.

Cecilia Gave and Knut Knutson

Swedish auction house take-over as Stockholms Auktionsverk buys Uppsala

26 June 2025

The latest saleroom round-up including news of Stockholms Auktionsverk acquiring fellow Swedish auction house Uppsala Auktionskammare