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Precious metals prices: issue 2739

10 April 2026

On Thursday, April 9, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold trading price of: $4726.08 / €3068.43 / £3526.93

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Cape Town connects the world

10 April 2026

Single-owner collection reflects both the port’s position linking trade routes and the artisans it attracted

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Market that relies on a stand-out selection of South African Modernists such as sought-after Stern

10 April 2026

The South African auction scene is heavily dependent on the work of the handful of painters who played a key role in shaping the nation’s art in the first half of the 20th century.

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CADA London report: ‘A great fair – where else would you rather be?’

10 April 2026

Sales abound as annual event run by Cotswold dealers association returns to Chelsea

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The trick is to keep it original when it comes to magical content

10 April 2026

Magic books library reflects obsession of collector who prized exceptionally clean examples

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LAPADA fair bookings on the rise

10 April 2026

LAPADA has confirmed details and early exhibitor names for its autumn fair.

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Ehret record price grows as magnolia blossoms in the US

10 April 2026

An original Georg Dionysius Ehret illustration of a magnolia blossom hammered for $330,000 (£242,000) at Arader Galleries (20% buyer’s premium) on February 7 in New York.

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Chinese cushion cover came from British military source

10 April 2026

The March 3-4 sale at Chorley’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire, was topped by a good example of Qing imperial needlework: a yellow ground silk and metal thread cushion cover.

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Previews: issue 2739

10 April 2026

Our selection of lots from seven upcoming auctions

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Gallery visit showcased in art sells at auction house after international bidding contest

10 April 2026

Nine potential buyers from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, and the US engaged in a bidding battle for a 17th century Dutch genre painting in Lille.

Stuart Triggol with his dog

Triggol alert: time for retirement

10 April 2026

Stalwart of the saleroom Stuart Triggol is retiring. He featured in ATG No 2717 to mark his 50 years in the trade.

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Battle of the bookcase Old Master

10 April 2026

Bidding competition breaks out in south London for Mannerist work discovered in a west London house

Books and works on paper auction calendar, April 8-27, 2026

02 April 2026

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

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Indian auction house expands to London

02 April 2026

Indian online-only auction house AstaGuru has expanded into the UK and set up home in west London.

David Bomberg’s Russian Ballet suite

‘Working archive’ of prints inspired Sorel

02 April 2026

Roseberys’ Prints & Multiples auction on April 16 includes 56 lots from the collection of avant-garde artist Agathe Sorel (1935-2020) and her husband Gabor Sitkey, also a painter and textile designer.

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Dorset museum’s fundraising secures letter from pioneeering fossil hunter Mary Anning

02 April 2026

The Lyme Regis Museum’s fundraising campaign successfully raised enough to buy a letter fragment from Mary Anning (1799-1847) offered at a Bonhams auction.

Beatric Potter letters

Beatrix Potter letters reveal her love for antiques

02 April 2026

Eighteen letters written by Beatrix Potter to an antiques dealer between 1933-43 come for sale in Nottingham this month.

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Indian art continues to make headlines across the globe

02 April 2026

A newly discovered prime period untitled work by Indian Modernist Akbar Padamsee (1928-2020) established a new house record for Roland Auctions in Glen Cove, New York, on March 28.

Pimlico Road

Roseberys auction house expands from south London with a Pimlico Road shop

02 April 2026

South London auction house Roseberys will join the antiques and interiors shops in Belgravia this spring.

Treen tobacco stopper

Bidders pipe up for treen at Yorkshire auction

02 April 2026

This Georgian treen tobacco stopper or pipe tamper sold for £2900 at Hartleys in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.

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