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Mail coach watch is among five lots to watch

23 March 2026

With estimates from £50, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

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Top stories this week including Reuters uncovering Banksy’s identity

22 March 2026

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news agency Reuters publishing the findings of its investigation into Banksy’s identity

Martin Brothers vase

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a Martin Brothers vase with grotesque dragons

20 March 2026

ATG Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of auction prices, keeping you on top of the latest market values

Mary Anning letter

Dorset museum launches fundraising campaign for letter from pioneering fossil hunter Mary Anning

20 March 2026

The Lyme Regis Philpot Museum has launched a fundraising campaign in the hope it can secure a letter fragment written by the English fossil collector and palaeontologist Mary Anning (1799-1847). It is being offered at a Bonhams auction this month.

Top Gun prop

Movie buffs dream auction features more than 1500 props and collectables

20 March 2026

Auction house Propstore is calling film fans and collectors to its three-day Entertainment Memorabilia sale.

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Record prices for diamond jewels at UK auctions

19 March 2026

Two items of diamond jewellery achieved record sums for UK salerooms Duke’s and Elmwoods this week.

Studiolo fair

Studiolo announces second staging

19 March 2026

The second edition of the London fair Studiolo has been announced.

Ossowski 83 Pimlico Road

Pimlico Road dealer Ossowski closes with on-the-premises insolvency auction

18 March 2026

Longstanding Pimlico Road dealer Ossowski is thought to have closed with a liquidation auction held on the premises.

Movers

New faces at Sworders and Gorringe's and a promotion at Woolley & Wallis

18 March 2026

The latest Movers & Shakers from around the world of art and antiques

The National Army Museum

Lord Ashcroft's medal collection to be displayed at National Army Museum

18 March 2026

Lord Ashcroft’s collection of Victoria Crosses and George Crosses, the largest of its kind in the world, is to have a new home at the National Army Museum in west London.

battle scene painting

Bidding battle: Old Master brings fierce competition in Wimbledon

17 March 2026

A dramatic competition came for a Mannerist battle scene that emerged at Wimbledon Auctions’ (25% buyer’s premium) two-day sale on March 2-3.

Chalice

Police appeal after antique silverware stolen from Hertfordshire church

17 March 2026

A large amount of silver objects were taken from a village church in Hertfordshire including two chalices, a silver communion flagon, a silver plate and a box of other silver objects.

Ardbraccan House

Former Christie’s specialist-turned antiques dealer sells Irish country house contents at auction

17 March 2026

Serena Williams-Ellis, a former Christie’s specialist who became an antiques dealer then interior designer, owned and decorated Ardbraccan House in County Meath, Ireland for the past decade.

Jade Jagger

Designer and former model Jade Jagger auctions items from her Georgian home in Gloucestershire

16 March 2026

British jewellery and interior designer Jade Jagger, the daughter of Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger and his former wife Bianca, is selling works from her collection at Sworders.

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Victorian novelty nutmeg grater is among four lots to watch

16 March 2026

With estimates from £800, here are four previews of items coming up at auction this week

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Top stories this week including Dreweatts posting a record turnover for a UK provincial saleroom

15 March 2026

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of auction house Dreweatts revealing a 26% increase in annual turnover

TEFAF 2026

Museums and collectors help boost first day sales at TEFAF Maastricht

13 March 2026

A bustling and busy first preview day at TEFAF Maastricht heralded the start of significant sales at the annual fair.

Banksy's ‘Love is in the Bin’

Reuters investigation names the man behind the Banksy myth

13 March 2026

For more than 25 years, some people in the art world have been pondering one question: who is Banksy?

Nick Nicholson and Aviva Lehmann

New hires at Heritage Auctions and Lyon & Turnbull are among the latest Movers & Shakers

13 March 2026

From decorative arts and jewellery to new offices and law, here is a selection of the latest hires across the world of art and antiques

The Cornfield by John Constable

Texas museum’s Constable ‘copy’ now revealed as an autograph work ahead of auction

12 March 2026

A previously unknown study for The Cornfield by John Constable is being offered by Heritage Auctions in June.