2020

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of two more UK fair organisers being forced to call off events due to indoor venues remaining closed.

During the seven days of London Art Week, St James’s gallery Colnaghi sold more than 50% of its exhibition.

The market for Lucie Rie (1902-95) reached a new high when Phillips New York sold this 5.5in (14cm) diameter footed bowl for $180,000 (£136,800) at its latest design auction.

Organisers of the Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia have reiterated that the event will go ahead and have announced measures to ensure safety for visitors and exhibitors.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a pair of ‘dry edge’ English porcelain figures that sold for 50-times estimate.

Sunbury Antiques Market, organiser of the bi-weekly Kempton Park Racecourse fair, is moving into London with a trial Sunday event in Wimbledon next month.

Art dealership Messums has opened a permanent exhibition space in Yorkshire.

A prayer book that once belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87) sold at Christie’s Classic Art evening sale in London.

Fans of antiques TV have a new show to try.

A self-portrait by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69) was knocked down for £12.6m at Sotheby’s latest live-streamed cross-category evening sale in London.

The price of gold jumped to a record high in the UK this week as precious metal markets across the world rose due to the current economic and political uncertainty.

Two more UK fair organisers have called off events as the closure of conference and event venues has been prolonged.

Ingredients for a tantalising sale don’t come much better than high society, glamour, famous names and an illustrious family combined with a varied, single-owner country house collection.

With estimates from £300-12,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.

A sensational competition emerged at Essex saleroom Sworders this week as a pair of Old Master drawings attracted 12 phone bidders as well as internet interest.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of an Old Master painting restored to the family of its original Jewish owner which will now be offered at Sotheby’s.

Watches owned by the first human in space and the captain of a mission including the first spacewalk are coming up for sale.

A very early and delicate Böttger Stoneware covered bottle vase featured in the Important Meissen Porcelain from a Private Collection auction at Bonhams in London sold for a hammer price of £105,000.

A royal presentation silver cigarette case given by George VI to his speech therapist Lionel Logue, the subject of the 2010 film 'The King’s Speech', sold for £61,000 at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury this week.

Modern master Alexander Calder (1898-1976) is featured in an online exhibition by Pace Gallery this month.