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Hand axe

Plea to UK museums to raise funds to keep Palaeolithic handaxes in the country

07 July 2026

Two 500,000-year-old flint handaxes discovered in Norfolk have been blocked from export in the hope a UK institution can raise the funds to keep them in the country.

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Alec Guinness’s copy of Hamlet is among six lots to watch

06 July 2026

With estimates from £100, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

Marklin model train

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a Marklin for Bassett-Lowke locomotive model

06 July 2026

ATG's Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of auction prices, keeping you on top of the latest market values

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Top stories this week including an Oscar Wilde letter bought for tenner being sold for £10,000 at auction

05 July 2026

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of an ATG reader’s successful purchase and sale of an Oscar Wilde letter

Secretaire chest of four drawers

'Textbook' chest of drawers makes for a worthwhile journey from Malta

03 July 2026

Maltese furniture was largely overlooked in the 1960s and 70s.

Charles Pears wartime scene

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a wartime scene by Charles Pears

03 July 2026

ATG's Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of auction prices, keeping you on top of the latest market values

The Hamilton Laocoön

‘A singular miracle in art’: The Hamilton Laocoön generates extraordinary demand at Sotheby’s

02 July 2026

A remarkable bronze cast of one of the most revered ancient sculptures, Laocoön and His Sons, drew fierce bidding at Sotheby’s on July 1 and led the latest round of ‘Classic art’ sales in London.