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Top stories this week including bomb squad called in after Second World War shell found at Ardingly fair

03 May 2026

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team being called to the Ardingly fair

Lawrence Prentice

Antiques dealer Lawrence Prentice joins the Lillie Road line-up

01 May 2026

A new dealership has joined the ranks of the art, antiques and interior specialists of Fulham’s Lillie Road.

Anti-money laundering rules

Anti-money laundering rule change welcomed as a time saver

01 May 2026

The threshold of qualifying transactions for artworks under UK anti-money laundering rules will change from Euros to British pounds.

Pink topaz and diamond girandole brooch

Victorian topaz girandole brooch takes top honours at Scottish sale

01 May 2026

The 18th and 19th centuries were the golden age of topaz.

Pocket watch

Vendor ‘shocked and delighted’ with Swiss pocket watch auction result

01 May 2026

The watch-makers in the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland were a textbook 19th century cottage industry – typically self-employed men, and some women, working either in the ateliers based in the hamlet of Crêt-Meylan or at home. Seldom did they receive credit for their great skill.

Giuseppe Castiglione painting

Earliest known Castiglione court painting to headline Sotheby’s Hong Kong series

01 May 2026

Asian Art Week at Sotheby’s Hong Kong will be led by the earliest extant court painting by the Italian Jesuit artist Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766).

 Clarice Cliff wall charger

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a Clarice Cliff wall charger

01 May 2026

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

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De László portraits rediscovered in North Carolina auction

01 May 2026

Two pictures relating to the family of former US president George HW Bush added to catalogue raisonné

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Not just castles on castle-tops

01 May 2026

Cathedrals, palaces and abbeys were also among the sights featured as British tourism developed

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‘Try to find another one that’s not in a museum’

01 May 2026

This Flemish Baroque carved ebony table cabinet shown below opens to reveal intricate silk needlework images of flowers to the inside of its three doors.

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London gallery expands horizons as 15th to 19th century art is paired with focus on photography

01 May 2026

On a hot afternoon in 2000, as part of his broader exploration of marginalised communities, Italian photographer Marco Delogu (b.1960) visited a Roma camp on the outskirts of Rome.

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Previews: issue 2742

01 May 2026

Our selection of lots from 11 upcoming auctions

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Asian art auction previews

01 May 2026

While May’s series of UK Asian art auctions lacks the overall focus of the Asian Art in London initiative in the autumn or the pomp of other spring events in New York or Hong Kong, it remains a key moment in the calendar.

Robert Tucker in his home in Rochester

Collector Interview: looking back on three decades of restoring a Rochester landmark

01 May 2026

Robert Tucker lives in the Grade I-listed Restoration House in Rochester with his partner Jonathan Wilmot.

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Beauty of Brancusi’s world caught on camera

01 May 2026

Galerie Negropontes has turned to photography to explore the work of another canonical artist.

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Big bucks for British documents as James I royal warrant and Trafalgar order of battle emerge

01 May 2026

Two choice British documents emerged across two different sales at Amherst, New Hampshire firm RR Auction (25% buyer’s premium).

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Inscriptions tell tales of colonial silver items

01 May 2026

The group of Chinese ‘export’ silver offered by Gorringe’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Lewes on April 21 came by descent from Reginald Follett Codrington Hedgeland (1874-1967), an Oxford graduate from Exeter who joined the Chinese Maritime Customs Service in 1898.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, May 6-24, 2026

01 May 2026

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

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London calling for Welsh art as more Kyffin Williams works set high prices

01 May 2026

Cardiff auction indicates latest demand trends influencing the market for leading Welsh painter Sir Kyffin Williams

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Naturalist got into a flap after his pigeons book was hijacked

01 May 2026

While many people have a decided aversion to pigeons, this did not apply to the bidders at Kiefer (25% buyer’s premium) in Pforzheim, Germany.

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