2021

Our weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a documented netsuke by the great Tokyo carver Nakamura Tokisada which sold six-times over estimate at auction.

A rare concert poster promoting The Rolling Stones’ run at the Windsor R&B club in the early Sixties sold for £30,000 on October 28.

A rare Fabergé jade carving of a Tyrannosaurus Rex comes for sale at a US regional auction house this week.

Stamford saleroom Batemans is to offer items from the collection of British artist and actress Jean Shepeard (1904-1989) on November 6.

With estimates from £250-3000, here are five previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a cache of French 17th century gold coins discovered by builders working on a manor house in Brittany.

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has acquired a painting by Venetian artist Jacopo Bassano (c.1510-1592).

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a copy of William Shakespeare’s Third Folio that more than tripled its estimate.

With its annual festival of exhibitions and sales in full swing, Asian Art in London has announced the winners of its East Asian art awards.

The auction record for a British coin has been broken again by the same coin that set a new benchmark just seven months ago.

This autumn, ‘The Auction’ by LS Lowry (1887-1976) will be offered at Sotheby’s Modern British Art sale in London.

A 18ct gold hunter case pocket watch and chain referred to in James Joyce’s masterpiece as the action takes place across a single day is up for sale at Bonhams in Paris on November 4.

With estimates from £400-50,000 here are four previews of upcoming items.

The most read stories on this website over the last week included an Orientalist painting authenticated on BBC show 'Fake or Fortune?' heading to auction at Sotheby’s.

The largest triceratops skeleton ever discovered has been sold in France by Binoche et Giquello.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Christopher Dresser electroplated jug that made 10-times estimate in Eastbourne.

As its annual festival of exhibitions and sales gets under way, Asian Art in London has announced the winners of its Indian and Islamic awards.

A group of Lucie Rie (1902-95) ceramics bought at auction in 1997 has been stolen from a home in north London.

The latest Movers & Shakers across dealers, fair organisers and auction houses.

Thomas Coulborn & Sons has celebrated BADA Week by announcing the sale of an 18th century commode to Leeds Museums & Galleries for close to £200,000.