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Singleton Painting Tipu Sultan Sons

Record price for Singleton as painting of the surrender of Seringapatam makes £1.7m

30 May 2025

A painting by Henry Singleton (1766-1839) depicting the surrender of Tipu Sultan’s two sons to Major General David Baird (1757-1829) made five times its estimate at Bonhams.

Freya Simms

Former LAPADA CEO joins Gloucestershire antiques and interiors firm as managing director 

30 May 2025

Freya Simms, the former chief executive of dealer association LAPADA, is joining businessman Toby Lorford to help grow his Gloucestershire based antiques and interiors firm.

Portrait of a young artist by Catherine Lusurier

Portrait of an artist: New benchmark for Catherine Lusurier at Christie’s

29 May 2025

When it came to works drawing good competition at the latest series of Old Master auction in New York at the end of May, three works in particular caught the eye at Christie’s.

V&A East Storehouse

New V&A site opens with chance to order and view more than 600,000 items

29 May 2025

The huge V&A East Storehouse opens this weekend giving the chance to view many of its items and objects for the first time.

Napoleon hat

Important Napoleon collection to be offered at Sotheby’s

28 May 2025

Sotheby’s is to offer over 100 important Napoleon items from the Pierre-Jean Chalençon collection in Paris on June 25.

Speedway

Artwork recovered after theft 30 years ago in Canada

28 May 2025

A 1930s linocut by British-Canadian artist Sybil Andrews has been recovered after being stolen more than 30 years ago.

Achill Horses by Mainie Jellett

Whyte’s sets second highest price for a painting by an Irish woman

28 May 2025

An important cubist painting by Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) set a major auction record for the Irish artist at Whyte’s this week.