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Sixteenth century Old Master sleepers awake in Switzerland

08 May 2026

In recent sales at Artcurial, Bailly, Beurret and Widner (25% buyer’s premium) in Basel, works of art from the renowned collection of Lotar Neumann in Gingins have been consigned by his descendants and achieved notable results.

Transformer

Bid Barometer: issue 2743

08 May 2026

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

Thank you ATG for a ‘wonderful Kaleidoscope of fascinating art and objects’ in my retirement

08 May 2026

I would like to add my tribute to the wonderful ATG following others I have read on the Back Page.

Peter Coulborn

Obituary: Peter Coulborn (1939-2026)

08 May 2026

Peter Coulborn, a long-time figure in the British antiques trade, died peacefully on January 29, aged 86.

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Dressed to kilt, a £15,000 Highlander

08 May 2026

The association of native American and Scottish Highlander advertising figures with tobacconists began in England and Holland in the 17th century and later spread to America.

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Taken up a peg or two: early 19th century wooden doll makes a record

08 May 2026

An early 19th century wooden peg doll featuring the original costume of a straw bonnet and cream silk dress with a mother of pearl belt, and red leather shoes, has sold for £3000 to a UK collector.

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Collector interview: Book buying is such a blast

08 May 2026

Callum White, a young book collector from Birmingham, won last year’s ABA National Book Collecting Prize awarded in December for his collection Splitting the world: The atomic scientists and their second acts. He told ATG about his background, how he started the collection and his plans for it

George Claessen painting

Dealer news in brief including Grosvenor Gallery now representing the estate of George Claessen

08 May 2026

A round up of new developments from around the art trade

Primavera vase by Ercole Barovier

Cracking price for rare crackled Primavera glass

08 May 2026

Vases and other vessels employing the Primavera technique belong to the rarest types of glass produced in Murano.

The Ephemerist

Joining offer from the Ephemera Society packed with promise

08 May 2026

How about this for a special deal?

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Keeping it in the Fleming family

08 May 2026

Ian Fleming’s scions will be at Firsts London book fair this year, as they continue to play an important part in both promoting their relative’s books and book collecting as a whole.

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Scalextric Bugattis slot into the highest auction price bracket

08 May 2026

Back in October 2024 Lewes saleroom Wallis & Wallis made what was thought to be a record price for Scalextric, taking £7750 for a C70 Type 59 Bugatti.

Zsolnay charger by Armin Klein

Actor star value pushes up prices

08 May 2026

Collection of popular and well-respected Austrian figure puts in a notable performance at auction

On Mendip by Alfred Parsons

Major record for Alfred Parsons as view of the Somerset hills flies over estimate

07 May 2026

Alfred Parsons (1847-1920) is generally considered a solidly collectable Victorian-Edwardian artist but has never been in the same league as the major masters of the age, at least in terms of auction prices.

Oscar Wilde photograph

Unrecorded photograph of Oscar Wilde discovered at Gloucestershire auction

06 May 2026

A seemingly unrecorded photograph of the poet and playwright Oscar Wilde taken during his time at Magdalen College, Oxford has been found by Gloucestershire auction house Dominic Winter.

Mamluk bowl

Two auction records smashed in Islamic and Indian art with 14th century glass and 17th century scientific instrument

05 May 2026

Two auction records were broken during the London spring series of Islamic and Indian art.

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Area of Ardingly fair cordoned off after dealer discovers Second World War shell

01 May 2026

One of the dealers stalling out at the latest two-day Ardingly International Antiques & Collectors Fair was shocked to discover a Second World War shell among his possessions.

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New York book dealers help to foil attempt to sell stolen love letters by John Keats

01 May 2026

A group of rare books and a bound collection of 37 love letters written by the Romantic poet John Keats to his fiancée Fanny Brawne have been recovered and returned to the family.

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Gentileschi goes head and shoulders above estimate

01 May 2026

A fragmented Old Master portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1654), with the head and shoulders of the sitter cut out, took a hammer price of €650,000 (£563,305) at Dorotheum.

Lawrence Prentice

Antiques dealer Lawrence Prentice joins the Lillie Road line-up

01 May 2026

A new dealership has joined the ranks of the art, antiques and interior specialists of Fulham’s Lillie Road.

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