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Plaques that mean no meat, alcohol or sex

29 September 2025

A recent sale at The Cotswold Auction Company (24% buyer’s premium) in Cirencester included three famille rose porcelain abstinence plaques.

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Kangxi bowl once bought for £95, now £65,000 at Wimbledon Auctions

29 September 2025

Invoice reveals the original deal for a Kangxi bowl that emerged from a London private collection

Les Lanceurs de Pierrers (The Stone Throwers), a 19th century stipple engraving with contemporary watercolouring

Tents event covers antiques buys

29 September 2025

Biannual Herefordshire fair now in its 12th year is held in a large marquee at country house location

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Art Nouveau 'fishing' vase sells at six times estimate

29 September 2025

On numerous occasions, Théodore Deck, who has often been called the father of Art Nouveau ceramics, collaborated with the sculptor and designer Joseph Chéret, brother of the painter and lithographer Jules Chéret.

L’hiver procession de Nöel (Les quatre saisons) by Marc Chagall

Chagall to shine in historic venue

29 September 2025

St James’s gallery Stern Pissarro is taking part in Canopy, a pop-up exhibition in Marylebone at the Grade II-listed building 14 Cavendish Square.

The Dover Airship Patrol by Norman Wilkinson

Dealership makes move to show travel illustrations

29 September 2025

Campaign furniture specialist Christopher Clarke Antiques has broadened its horizons for its next exhibition and is focusing on travel illustrations.

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ATG letter: Fifty-three years after placing an advert, I’m still subscribing

29 September 2025

I was sorting through some old paperwork and came across ATG No 52 dated September 23, 1972, which we had kept being the copy we placed an advert in.

Building an Airfield, Pegu (Burma) by Thomas Hennell

Dealer Sim supports Thomas Hennell museum showcase

29 September 2025

A museum show on war artist and poet Thomas Hennell (1903-45), marking the 80th anniversary of his death, has been put together with the help of Modern British art dealer Andrew Sim of Sim Fine Art.

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Mighty mice: Zsolany vase taken to €24,000

29 September 2025

In 1896, Vilmós Zsolnay, director of the eponymous ceramics factory in the south-western Hungarian city of Pécs in Hungary, presented his newly invented Eosin lustre glaze at the National Millenium Exhibition in Budapest.

John Bull taking a luncheon by James Gillray

How posthumous copies of Gillray prints have a history of their own

25 September 2025

The story of James Gillray’s (1757-1815) print plates is something of a mixture of comedy and tragedy – not unlike the great caricaturist’s life itself.

Dunhill aquarium lighter

Special commission: Dunhill lighter showing 50-1 Ascot winner sells at David Duggleby

24 September 2025

A specially commissioned Dunhill 'aquarium' table lighter marking the victory of an unfancied horse at Ascot sold for £12,500 at auction in Scarborough.

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Looming US anti-money laundering rules could do ‘more harm than good’

22 September 2025

Trade bodies are warning that a proposed anti-money laundering bill in the US could adversely impact art and antiques dealers operating in the country.

Qianlong soup plate

Alerts issued after spate of thefts across the UK

22 September 2025

A number of thefts of art and antiques have been reported in the past week.

Carlton Ware

Pick of the week: Sensational bidding for Carlton Ware ceramics in the Scottish Borders

22 September 2025

One of the strongest sums for Carlton Ware in recent times has been set in the Scottish Borders.

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Carriera carried away in Cambridge at a new high

22 September 2025

Underlining the current demand for works by female Old Masters, a portrait of an English MP set an auction record for the Italian artist Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757) at Cheffins.

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Alan Titchmarsh downsizes and puts antiques up for auction

22 September 2025

TV presenter, gardener and author Alan Titchmarsh is selling his large collection of antiques ahead of downsizing.

George III commode

End of an era as Hyde Park Antiques closes New York gallery

22 September 2025

After 60 years on Broadway, Hyde Park Antiques is closing its gallery and holding a stock clearance sale at Sotheby’s.

The Kiss II woodcut by Edvard Munch

Remarkable family collection takes Munch prints prices to an unprecedented level

22 September 2025

Galerie Kornfeld in Bern devoted the evening session at its auction on September 11 to a remarkable collection of prints by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. It was rewarded by some equally remarkable prices.

Aethelstan I of East Anglia silver penny

Anglo-Saxon discoveries on their way to Coinex

22 September 2025

Spink’s Official Coinex auction on September 30 to October 1 features two significant discoveries from the Anglo-Saxon period.

Gustav Klimt’s portrait of Elisabeth Lederer

News in brief including a Gustav Klimt headlining the New York autumn auctions

22 September 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a Klimt from the Leonard A Lauder collection coming to Sotheby’s

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