2021

Our weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a portrait by artist Sarah Biffin which sold for more than ten times its estimate.

The UK government has confirmed that from July 19 in England many of the coronavirus restrictions will be relaxed.

France’s Ministry of Culture announced the acquisition by the state of the ‘120 days of Sodom’ by the Marquis de Sade and a number of other manuscripts.

With estimates from £1500-40,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of two antiques celebrities taking part in a valuation day to raise money for charity.

A book collector who travelled to an Oxfam shop in Tavistock, Devon every Tuesday by bus for the past decade has left his entire book collection to the charity.

Our weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare Charles II lignum vitae wassail bowl and cover that went above estimate in Salisbury.

A sketch of the head of a bear by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) has sold for £7.5m at a Christie’s auction in London.

New VAT rules have been put in place by the European Union for distance selling.

This week’s Movers & Shakers includes a new specialist for Roseberys’ Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples department.

The latest edition of London Art Week is underway and a series of talks and lectures accompany the in-gallery exhibitions held by dealers across London.

With estimates from £800-12,000, here are five previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a fascinating mid-17th century double portrait. Depicting a black woman from the Cromwellian period makes it rare enough, but the fact that she appears dressed as a social equal to her counterpart makes it rarer still.

Specialist Eric Knowles and auctioneer Charles Hanson will be taking part in a valuation day in Tunbridge Wells to raise money for charity.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare J Jarre & Co second type ‘harmonica’ pistol that made over four-times estimate in Italy.

Two paintings stolen from Greece's National Gallery in 2012 have been recovered and a builder has confessed to the crime, according to Reuters.

Sotheby’s is to hold sales in Germany and has opened a new office at The Palais Oppenheim in Cologne.

This week’s Movers & Shakers includes a new specialist for Bonhams’ popular culture department.

With estimates from £1500-60,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.