2019

ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week includes a second edition of the King James Bible from c.1613 and a mid-19th century Chinese gilt and black lacquer workbox.

Women get behind and in front of the lens (and sometimes both at once) at three exhibitions on show in London this weekend.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a Leica ‘photo gun’ being snapped up for £138,000 at Special Auction Services, setting a house record for the Newbury saleroom.

A lost portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) has been uncovered in the latest episode of the BBC’s ‘Fake or Fortune?’.

Helped by the weakening pound, the price of gold in the UK has hit a seven-year high.

One consequence of the growing prevalence of charity shops on the high street is that auctioneers are receiving more and more items that these organisations want to check in case they are valuable.

Art programme Fake or Fortune? is returning tonight (August 1) for the second episode of its eighth series with a mystery portrait that art dealer Philip Mould believes could be by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830).

The estate of Cornish artist Peter Lanyon’s (1918-64) widow, Sheila Lanyon, has agreed a tax deal allowing three pictures by the artist to be acquired by the nation for museums across the country.

Auction sales at the top of the sector have slowed in the first half of this year.

Dates and preliminary details for the second London Art Week winter edition have been announced.

A rare portrait of the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky has been temporarily stopped from export from the UK in the hope a museum can raise the funds to keep it in the country.

As part of the new prime minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet reshuffle, new ministers for culture and for the environment have been appointed.

Dix Noonan Webb (DNW) has become the first UK numismatics auctioneer to set its buyer’s premium beyond 20%. The London-based coins, medal and jewellery specialist will charge a premium of 24% from September.

With estimates from £200-30,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.

The market for Wedgwood ceramics may not be as bullish as it was three decades ago but this range of wares, produced from the First World War through the interwar period, continues to enjoy some of the strongest demand for the factory’s products which stretch across two and a half centuries.

Adult telly and banned substances. It’s all go in this edition of our weekly quotes roundup from the art and antiques trade, including the retail power of antiques and a surprising dollhouse.

Sotheby’s has announced a major sale in Paris this autumn of works from the personal collection of the celebrated French designers François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne.

Art programme ‘Fake or Fortune?’ returned to TV screens last night for its eighth series with a mystery surrounding a possible Thomas Gainsborough painting.

The Newbattle Abbey Kunstkammer is the latest work of art to be granted an export licence this year, despite the arts minister’s attempts to retain them for the nation.

The sun is out and so is school. It’s an ideal time to check out some of the capital’s diverse art offerings.