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Potter around a special Battersea selection

01 May 2026

Gardening and vernacular furniture displayed as imagined from Beatrix Potter's Mr McGregor’s garden shed forms a highlight from the upcoming The Decorative Fair on May 12-17

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Modern British art highlights including an early Ivon Hitchens and an unusual work by Beryl Cook

01 May 2026

Among the Modern British art highlights sold in the regions so far this spring was a striking landscape that made a significant sum for an early Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) at Kinghams’ (26% buyer’s premium) latest British Art & Design sale.

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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.

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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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Bank on a couple of winners

01 May 2026

Make the best of the Whitsun weekend with two fairs being staged in scenic venues close to each other

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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

The bog standard is high

01 May 2026

You could say that Emma and David Mann are flushed with the success of their small antiques business, a former public toilet, in Hastings Old Town in East Sussex which celebrates its 11th year in business.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2742

01 May 2026

On Thursday, April 30, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold trading price of: $4627.42 / €3955.25 / £3427.72

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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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Ignatius Sancho second edition sells in New York

01 May 2026

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African, tells the remarkable story of an African born on a British slave ship who earned a place among the London elite.

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Dublin-made Egyptian revival mirror brings competition between 16 bidders

01 May 2026

An Irish Regency overmantel mirror in Egyptian Revival style by the Dublin artisan Joshua Kearney (1797-1849) hammered for $22,000 (£16,400) against a $6000-8000 guide at Andrew Jones Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Los Angeles.

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