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The late Matthew Higham.

Obituary: furniture dealer Matthew Higham (1946-2026)

26 June 2026

In Matthew, the trade has lost a great spinner of yarns, his accounts of deals and encounters, of meals with the gypsies in Romania and bar room brawls have left many spellbound.

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Burra Gateway opens a promising Mod Brit prospect

26 June 2026

A number of sales around the country in early June demonstrated how the market for Modern British art seems to be in a pretty good place heading into the key summer season.

An Art Deco lamp

Expect ‘great fun and serious buyers’

26 June 2026

As Premier Fairs, Richard Burtonshaw organises two glass and decorative fairs in the UK.

The entrance to the grounds at the Décor fair.

Sun, sales, and a stunning new location make Sanctum Fairs’ Décor event a deserved success

26 June 2026

Sanctum Fairs held its annual event at a new Henley venue, Stonor Park.

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BADA dips toe into Rutland for the first time

26 June 2026

A new venue for an art and antiques fair is a big bet.

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Cabinet on stand is linked to Gerrit Jensen

26 June 2026

Working in St Martin’s Lane, London, from 1680 until his death in c.1705, the Flemish-born cabinetmaker Gerrit Jensen is often associated with marquetry furniture from the William and Mary period.

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Fierce cockatrice glares over viewers

26 June 2026

This George II Palladian giltwood looking glass sold for £17,000 (estimate £2000-3000) at Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) in Crewkerne on June 17.

The late Bob Brunk

Obituary: Auctioneer Bob Brunk (1942-2026)

26 June 2026

Robert Sterling Brunk passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2026, at age 84.

Nu assis au collier by Amedeo Modigliani

Record for a single-owner sale in London as Lewis collection brings heated bidding at Sotheby’s

25 June 2026

On a sweltering night in the capital, a record was set for a single-owner sale in London as the Lewis collection raised an extraordinary £296.3m total at Sotheby’s.

Edward du Cann archive

As Starmer steps down, an auction lot reveals the inside story of how British prime minister Thatcher was set on the road to the top post

25 June 2026

As yet another British prime minister steps/is forced aside, a lot coming up at Lewes saleroom Gorringe’s on July 7 gives a reminder of an earlier momentous change in power.

Mizzen Topsail Luggers by Alfred Wallis

Lay’s to offer Alfred Wallis painting owned by potter Bernard Leach

24 June 2026

Painted with a scene of two St Ives double-ended mackerel luggers heeling to an offshore breeze, this Alfred Wallis (1855-1942) picture has what Mimi Connell-Lay calls “an absolute dream of a provenance”.

Emerald carved with head of Medusa

‘Medusa’ emerald pendant turns heads at Dorset auction

23 June 2026

Duke’s latest Fine Jewellery, Watches and Silver auction in Dorchester was topped at £170,000 by this George III hexagonal pendant centred by a carved Columbian emerald within a border of graduated cushion cut diamonds.

The Queen Esther tapestry

Tudor tapestry rediscovered at TEFAF Maastricht returns to National Trust home in Norfolk after a century away

19 June 2026

One of a group of seven 16th century tapestries that hung in Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk until they were sold at auction in 1924 has returned home after the National Trust was able to purchase it from an antiques dealer following TEFAF Maastricht last year.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

Dealers lose Ivory Act exemption appeals in a ‘laborious and very costly’ process

19 June 2026

The impact of the Ivory Act continues to be felt across the antiques trade as another dealer lost an appeal against the government this month.

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BAMF president Browne becomes OBE recipient

19 June 2026

The British Art Market Federation (BAMF) has announced that its president Anthony Browne has been awarded an OBE “for his distinguished services to the British Art Market”.

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Roman mosaic repurposed to create an 18th century furniture masterpiece

19 June 2026

Found objects from the ancient world were often used in 18th century interiors and furniture. Roman mosaics were frequently repurposed.

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Pick of the week: Hockney work sells two days after his death

19 June 2026

Just two days after the artist’s death, a rare and early mixed-media sketch by David Hockney (b.1937-2026), made when he was just 19, brought notable competition at Tennants (24% buyer’s premium)

Ismael Israel Mengs

Mengs self-portrait emerges ready for Classic Art London

19 June 2026

A rediscovered self-portrait by a famed Saxon Court enamel miniaturist will be on display for the first time since 1912 at Classic Art London.

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Bayes blackbird finials fly back to north London estate

19 June 2026

Two decorative sculptures of blackbirds that once sat atop washing line posts in a north London housing estate have returned home following a fundraising campaign launched by a local museum.

A Spanish Forger fake

Fake and fortune: Manuscripts by The Spanish Forger emerge in Dorset

19 June 2026

Two medieval illuminated manuscripts identified as being late 19th century or early 20th century fakes attributed to The Spanish Forger are being sold in Dorset on June 25 estimated at £500-1000.

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