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A copy of JRR Tolkien’s 'The Hobbit' offered in a recent Surrey sale was a first-impression one of 1937, but essentially defined by its truly sad and defective condition.

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at upcoming auctions. Please note, due to the rescheduling of events in relation to the coronavirus outbreak, we strongly advise checking that the auction will take place as planned before travelling to the saleroom.

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at upcoming auctions. Please note, due to the rescheduling of events in relation to the coronavirus outbreak, we strongly advise checking that the auction will take place as planned before travelling to the saleroom.

Interest from bidders in more than 40 countries competed for what Stroud Auctions (18% buyer’s premium plus VAT) called a “world-class private collection of over 4000 military badges”.

The Crimea medal awarded to one of only two officers taken prisoner by the Russians during the calamitous Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854 sold for £14,000 at London saleroom Dix Noonan Webb (25% buyer’s premium).

Limited-edition work showing Salford artist’s famous football scene nets a new high

Three works selling at regional sales below £3500, including a print of 'Lowry Walking on Swinton Moss' by Harold Riley.

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at upcoming auctions. Please note, due to the rescheduling of events in relation to the coronavirus outbreak, we strongly advise checking that the auction will take place as planned before travelling to the saleroom.

The Paris drawings fair 'Salon du Dessin' has been postponed until the end of May because of the coronavirus alert, but some specialist auctions that are scheduled to coincide with the event are still going ahead at the time of writing.

With the UK auction calendar yet to undergo significant changes and cancellations due to the coronavirus outbreak, many sales took place last week. Here are three highlights from around the country.

Among the rarest of all Subbuteo games invented and manufactured by Peter Adolph in Tunbridge Wells are those without a sporting theme.

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at upcoming auctions. Please note, due to the rescheduling of events in relation to the coronavirus outbreak, we strongly advise checking that the auction will take place as planned before travelling to the saleroom.

Dealer’s London exhibition showcases the ‘exceptional’ but forgotten work of Paul Drury.

This pair of 19th century continental silver-gilt figure groups is among the objects from a Rothschild collection to be sold by Woolley & Wallis later this year.

On Friday, March 13, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1588.15 / €1424.37 / £1258.61

The first specialist sale of dolls and dolls’ houses at Lacy Scott & Knight (20% buyer’s premium) of Bury St Edmunds was based mainly around a single collection.

Online auction marketplace thesaleroom.com (owned by ATG parent Auction Technology Group) made the following announcement to reassure auction houses that internet bidding will continue uninterrupted:

Art and antiques dealers have welcomed news from Chancellor Rishi Sunak that the government will abolish business rates for small businesses for 12 months but warned more still needs to be done.

ATG’s selection of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com from the period March 5-11, 2020. This includes both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

Bosleys has launched a new format for its auctions, including a move from Marlow to Staffordshire.