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Icart print given beauty treatment at LA auction

20 March 2026

The 1931 etching, drypoint, and aquatint titled Two Beauties by French artist Louis Icart (1888-1950) features subjects he knew and loved.

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Famous for grand portraits, de László shows a more intimate side

20 March 2026

Paintings of youngsters prove popular but provide a looser, less formal and spontaneous appeal

Books and works on paper auction calendar, March 25 to April 15, 2026

20 March 2026

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

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Bidders see the point of needlework

20 March 2026

A diminutive but rare mid-17th century needlework picture sold for £11,000 in Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) latest Fashion, Costume and Textiles Sale.

Utagawa school prints

Bid Barometer: issue 2736

20 March 2026

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

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ATG letter: Fine netsuke demonstrates why ivory act is ‘ridiculous’

20 March 2026

I’m really sorry to hark back to the ridiculous Ivory Act, 2022.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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Kossoff's swimming pool makes a splash in strong Modern British line-up

13 March 2026

Works by Modern British artists dominated the latest series of Modern and Contemporary art auctions in London.

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Elizabethan Golden Age table shines at auction

13 March 2026

This “incredibly rare elaborate, fantastical and exquisitely carved” oak draw-leaf table, dating from the Golden Age of the English Renaissance, stood out at the Paul Fitzsimmons – A Life in Oak sale.

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Buchinger drawing on offer in Cambridge

13 March 2026

A rare drawing by Matthias Buchinger (1674-1740), the remarkable 18th-century German artist born without hands or feet, is going under the hammer at Cheffins on March 25 estimated at £1000-1500.

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Corkscrew? Saw? Screwdriver? Yes, but it’s not a Swiss army knife

13 March 2026

A rare silver multi-functional gentleman’s tool by the celebrated firm Holtzapffel & Co proved to be the stand-out lot at Flints' latest sale.

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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

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