2023

With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of Sworders holding an on-the-premises sale of furnishings from the Guinness family.

British Museum director Hartwig Fischer has announced that he will be stepping down from his position with immediate effect after a series of thefts emerged.

ATG’s selection of items coming up for auction in the US includes a Thomas Webb cameo glass perfume bottle mounted in silver by Elkington.

A group of 23 works by Sir Oswald Birley and his wife Lady Rhoda Birley which were previously part of their personal collection at their Sussex home will be offered for sale at Cheffins in Cambridge on September 20.

Twenty years ago a man walked into Anne Boleyn’s bedroom at Hever Castle and stole five miniature portraits from a glass vitrine cabinet.

The Metropolitan Police is offering a Serious Crime Reward of up to £10,000 for information leading to the recovery of a Ming Dynasty cup stolen in 2019 but still missing.

Auctioneer Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr has died at the age of 84.

With estimates from £2000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a series of sleepers that were awoken at three recent UK regional auctions.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a set of five prints of early 19th century Canada that sold at 17 times estimate in East Sussex.

The British Museum is investigating the theft of jewellery and has dismissed a member of staff following the discovery that items from its “collection were found to be missing, stolen or damaged”.

A rare near complete copy of Piranesi’s ‘Vedute di Roma’ comes to auction in Germany this month.

A single owner collection from Lord Iveagh will be offered by Sworders at the Guinness family’s stately home Elveden Hall in Suffolk.

With estimates from £40, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of fair organisers bolstering security following recent thefts targeting the jewellery trade.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a bird jar reminiscent of the Martin Brothers original designs but made by Royal Doulton.

Events organiser IACF (International Antiques & Collectors Fairs) is to launch a new fair in the Midlands.

After 70 years, the Volvo Estate - the workhorse of countless antiques dealers over the years - is being withdrawn from the UK market.

Following the arrival of the first British colonists and convicts to Australia in 1788, early accounts of the settlement on the continent were created.