Featured Links

Subscribe for just £1...

Find out more
Saleroom_Grey_Mags.jpg

Latest News

More News
Record-breaking Martin Brothers grinning crab barred from export
A ‘colossal and extraordinary grotesque grinning crab’ by the Martin Brothers that sold at auction last year has been temporarily barred from export from the UK. 18 June 2019
Crab
Chippendale
Victoria and Albert Museum acquires Chippendale's Harewood House pier tables and mirrors for the nation
18 June 2019
Sothebys NY headquarters IMAGE COURTESY OF SOTHEBYS.jpg
Sotheby's sold to media entrepreneur and art collector Patrick Drahi in $3.7bn deal
17 June 2019
  • Leonard Cohen's love letters to muse Marianne sell for five times estimate at Christie’s auction
    17 June 2019
  • Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Suffragette silver pepperette, a Cromwellian sword and an early letter written by Winston Churchill
    17 June 2019
  • Beethoven’s hair bid to £28,000 at Sotheby’s
    17 June 2019
  • Top stories this week – including news of a metal detectorist’s £460,000 discovery
    15 June 2019

Latest Print Edition

ATG's weekly print issue
All Issues
img_4-3.jpg
NewsOrganiser IACF expands with Peterborough antiques fair purchase
The International Antiques & Collectors Fair (IACF) has added the Peterborough Festival of Antiques to its extensive portfolio.
NewsChinese bronze censer used to hold tennis balls sold for £3.3 million
A Chinese parcel gilt bronze censer, that was being used to hold tennis balls when first seen by valuers last year, has sold at auction in Switzerland for close to £3.3m.
NewsFootfall rises and sales top £3m for ABA’s Rare Book Fair in Battersea
NewsBurne-Jones sketches head to Delaware museum via Cambridge
NewsCaroline Penman: ‘Will anyone save Chelsea?’
News DigestPick of the week: Early draft of colonial American map impresses at New York auction
News DigestPrecious metals: issue 2397
Auction ReportsChest attributed to Flemish-born London maker Gerrit Jensen tops furniture from Worcestershire manor
Auction ReportsPortrait of Augustus John’s painterly daughter brings bidding in Cambridge
Dealers’ DiaryChippendale sits comfortably at Masterpiece London

Jewellery Highlights

Recent coverage of the jewellery market
Jewellery
img_12-5.jpg
JewelleryGold ring dedicated to the Crimean War commander heads to the front
It was on the battlefield of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 that the name of James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868) first became etched into public memory.
JewelleryVictorian gold necklace shows cutting edge of the Grand Tour
A Victorian hardstone and gold necklace and similar brooch sold for an unexpected £7500 (estimate £600-800) at Lawrences of Crewkerne.
JewelleryFouquet fresh as a daisy
JewelleryFarnham’s fragrant bloom points to late 19th century Tiffany
JewelleryGrima and Kutchinsky move into the mainstream
JewelleryBrooches: major players in 2019
JewelleryRemarkable pieces of Australian gold rush era jewellery at UK sales
JewelleryAlfred Jewel discovered again
JewelleryThe rivière’s endless flow at auction
JewelleryRare timepieces from wartime in Penzance and West Sussex

Arms, Armour & Militaria Highlights

Recent coverage of the arms, armour and militaria market
Arms, Armour & Militaria
img_11-1.jpg
Arms & ArmourSinking the Tirpitz
Historical weapons from the personal armoury of Tipu Sultan will be offered for sale in Oxfordshire in the spring.
Arms & ArmourSnaring the Scharnhorst
Once the Tirpitz had been damaged by midget submarines, the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst was left to tackle British convoys to Russia alone. A trap was set by the Royal Navy in December 1943.
Arms & ArmourThe clasps that make the difference for the NGSM
Arms & ArmourBids for Albert Ball VC’s crash landing
Arms & ArmourPrivate Trickett’s very lucky penny
Arms & ArmourSaleroom glory for the 17th Lancers
Arms & ArmourPenning an escape from the Battle of Arnhem
Arms & ArmourThe special ops striptease
Arms & ArmourProtecting the monarch since the days of Henry VIII
Arms & ArmourContinental call to arms

Modern British Art Highlights

Recent coverage of the Modern British art market
Modern British Art
img_20-1.jpg
Modern British ArtCollection bought by county council sells in a white-glove auction
Once enthusiastic buyers on the art market, today’s cash-strapped councils have taken on the role of vendor, pushed in an age of austerity to sell their collections and other assets to balance the books.
Modern British ArtDealer sells Arctic Convoy pictures to Imperial War Museum
Dealer Andrew Sim has sold 14 Second World War pictures by Polish-born artist Feliks Topolski (1907-89) to the Imperial War Museum.
Modern British ArtTwo Bawden pier versions appear at auction a day apart
Modern British ArtFirst solo show of modern British painter Dorothy Rendell
Modern British ArtFemale artists coming to the fore
Modern British ArtCupboard opens up interest in Frederick Gore and Frank Avary Wilson
Modern British ArtLS Lowry teenage group takes £65,000 in Welsh auction
Modern British ArtCatching the Gosse in Ipswich auction
Modern British ArtBurmese scene by Gerald Kelly draws interest
Modern British ArtEdward Seago captures East Anglian atmosphere

Buy at Auction Online with the saleroom

The home of art & antiques auctions
thesaleroom.com

More News

More News
Summer-13 (1).jpg

Six places to see and buy art in London this weekend and beyond including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

14 June 2019
Oliver Brown 2.jpg

Antique silk top hats in demand ahead of Royal Ascot racing events

14 June 2019

An Augustus John portrait, a Fijian war weapon and an early golf putter – six auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week

14 June 2019

Only Fools and Horses millionaire cheque sold for £9100 at Bristol auction

14 June 2019

Who will pick Concorde’s nose? Nose cone from supersonic plane comes to auction

14 June 2019

Remarkable Moorcroft pottery collection comes to auction in Evesham

13 June 2019

Design specialists Rago and Wright merge, Hansons promotes book specialist and Phillips hires US lawyer – the latest Movers and Shakers

13 June 2019

Gun found in a field where artist van Gogh shot himself to be sold in Paris

13 June 2019

New association for catalogue raisonné creators ‘will help stem flow of art fakes onto the market’

12 June 2019

Lord Mackintosh’s viola player is toast of Toby jug collection at Bonhams

12 June 2019

First original cover art of Tintin sells at US auction for more than $1m

11 June 2019

Getty museum buys Stoss crucifix and Joseph Wright of Derby painting

11 June 2019

Collecting Guides

More Guides
Clarice Cliff May Avenue pattern
Need to KnowClarice Cliff
Need to KnowBeswick
Established in 1894 at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent by James Wright Beswick and his sons John and Gilbert, the Beswick Pottery first made its name producing affordable tablewares and ornaments.
Need to KnowLongcase Clocks
Need to KnowMouseman
Need to KnowMoorcroft
Need to KnowRoyal Doulton
Need to KnowWhitefriars Glass
Need to KnowWindsor Chairs
Need to KnowWorcester First Period
Need to KnowDie-cast Toys

Latest Job Adverts

More jobs

Specialist – Asian Art Department

London, Knightsbridge Bonhams

General Valuer & Cataloguer

Stamford Batemans

Office Manager

Masham, North Yorkshire TMC - Fine Art Auction House

General Valuer

Masham, North Yorkshire TMC - Fine Art Auction House

Information Guides

More Guides
silver hallmarks

Hallmarks
shipping01.jpg

Shipping and Insurance
MLR01.jpg

Money Laundering Regulations
weightsandmeasures01.jpg

Weights and Measures