2026

A routine valuation day at Chiswick Auctions led to an evacuation of the venue and the surrounding estate after live shells, ammunition and a landmine were brought in.

Natural history and antiquities gallery David Aaron is involved in the planned exhibition of a theropod fossil at Hollytrees Museum in Colchester. The fossil may be key to uncovering a new dinosaur species.

The PBFA (Provincial Booksellers and Fairs Association) next event is in Harrogate where the fair returns to The Old Swan Hotel.

Art UK has a triple celebration: the Art UK platform was launched 10 years ago, it now has catalogued one million artworks and it has appointed a new chairman.

Auction house Sworders is selling a second tranche of artworks consigned by Kent County Council.

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A 30-year-old episode of the BBC show Lovejoy helped an antiques dealer return two stolen Napoleon Bonaparte III altar plaques that had been taken in 2014 to their former home.

A portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) of Lavinia Bingham (1762-1831), Countess Spencer, will be offered at an auction in Monaco next month.

Kensington and Chelsea council has announced a £4.4m plan for Portobello Road to “improve safety, accessibility, flood resilience, lighting and greenery”.

Two pictures by Elsie Gledstanes (1891-1982) that were found untouched in an attic after 40 years drew notable competition at an auction in Hampshire this month.

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

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of a rare Georgian gold badge found at a car boot sale selling at auction twice in quick succession

A winner’s medal from the first modern Olympic Games will be offered at Bruun Rasmussen in Denmark next month.

Emerging unrecognised from a London home, two ‘lost’ illustrations from a celebrated edition of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book will be offered at Roseberys next month.

The newly redeveloped Olympia, set to be unveiled this spring after a £1.3bn makeover, will host Photo London in May 2026.

Recent dealer catalogues include a Japanese Edo period mask, a private collection of British watercolours and a first edition of Pride and Prejudice.

All 156 lots of the Jeremy Mason collection are sold as bidders vie for choice items related to iconic figure.

Auction house Sotheby’s has amended its buyer’s premium, raising its baseline rate to 28% for works selling for a hammer price of under £1.5m.

New locations, hires and industry developments across the world of art and antiques

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