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Top stories this week including news of a Royal Doulton dragon vase setting a house record

07 September 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a Devon saleroom selling a stoneware dragon vase for eight times estimate

Nicholas Hilliard portrait miniature

Rediscovered 16th century portrait miniature with links to Shakespeare sells for six-figure sum

05 September 2025

A rediscovered miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, believed to depict Shakespeare’s muse Henry Wriothesley, the 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624), has sold for a six-figure sum.

La Lecture (Marie-Thérèse) by Pablo Picasso

Christie’s to offer works from the Weis collection in flagship New York series

05 September 2025

Christie’s will offer works from the collection of Robert and Patricia Weis at its upcoming series of Modern and Contemporary art auctions in New York.

Portrait of Joanna Leigh

National Trust acquires two Joshua Reynolds paintings in £24.5m tax deal

04 September 2025

Two key paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) have been acquired by the National Trust from the Rothschild collection.

Old Town Hall

Wiltshire auction house Henry Aldridge & Son plots expansion

03 September 2025

Wiltshire auction house Henry Aldridge & Son is expanding, investing a seven-figure sum in its home town of Devizes.

Antonin Merci bronze of David

Large cast of Mercié’s David statue emerges at Canterbury Auction Galleries

03 September 2025

Antonin Mercié’s (1845-1916) sculpture of David vanquishing Goliath caused a real stir when the French artist first exhibited the original plaster model in 1872.

George III Masonic deacon’s jewel

Rare Freemasonry relic brings demand as collar jewel fetches over 50 times estimate

03 September 2025

Following disagreements over ritual and governance, two rival Freemasonry grand lodges – the Antients and Moderns – had emerged in the 1750s.