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Bid Barometer: issue 2727

16 January 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

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Back in circulation: Royal Society of Medicine items released for auction from vast collection

16 January 2026

Lots from the Royal Society of Medicine boost Christie's sale result to best of its type since 2016

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Carrick gunner and Thornycroft archer sculptures targeted in west London

16 January 2026

A highlight of the sale of European Works of Art, Objects & Silver at Olympia Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in west London was The Gunner by Scottish monumental sculptor Alexander Carrick (1882-1966).

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‘Springboard at the start of the year’

16 January 2026

London Art Fair stands out as a key early opportunity to showcase works to a domestic audience

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A lawyer writes: How well are museum images covered by copyright?

16 January 2026

The law on using such photos was put under the spotlight in a recent judgment

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Gallery hopes to reap rewards of cross-collecting

16 January 2026

Pairing old with new has become a familiar tactic in the art market.

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Devon harvest jug reaps reward across the Atlantic

16 January 2026

Dovecotes also cause a flutter in North Carolina as British pottery achieves strong prices

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No need to invade, just make a purchase

16 January 2026

In the light of world focus on Greenland, would-be collectors of polar ephemera might head to PBFA member Stuart Leggatt and his website Meridian Rare Books that has masses of it.

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Curious curios – new owners for two antiques centres

15 January 2026

Two dealers are celebrating the New Year by taking on the ownership of antiques centres in the Lake District and Glasgow.

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Portrait attributed to Rubens to be unveiled at BRAFA

14 January 2026

A sketch believed to be the work of Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), and which contains a distinctive second face, is to be offered at BRAFA this month.

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Paul Nash WWI scene doubles estimate at Suffolk auction

14 January 2026

Wartime scenes by Paul Nash (1889-1946) are a seminal part of his oeuvre, especially his famous series of paintings from 1917-19 showing the blasted landscape of the Western Front.

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Fraudster metal detectorist sentenced after passing off modern reproductions bought online as Roman artefacts

13 January 2026

A man who claimed to have found a significant Roman brooch while metal detecting in Lincolnshire has been sentenced after admitting he had actually bought the item on eBay.

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Precious metals dealer: ‘I’ve never known it so busy’

09 January 2026

Antiques are being scrapped in bulk as the price of silver continues to soar.

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Tributes paid to antiques dealer Matthew Upham who went missing at sea in Budleigh Salterton beach tragedy

09 January 2026

Antiques dealers and singer Kate Bush were among those paying tribute to Matthew Upham, 64, following his tragic disappearance at sea.

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Set of 12 Chinese export pictures portrays a production line of porcelain

09 January 2026

A set of 12 Chinese export pictures depicting the manufacture and distribution of porcelain was among the highlights of a recent sale held by Nadeau’s in Windsor, Connecticut.

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Bought for buttons, now worth £48,000

09 January 2026

Bought for just £40 last year, two rare bronze buttons designed by Alberto Giacometti for Elsa Schiaparelli hammered for £48,000 at the latest Modern Decorative Art & Design sale at Bonhams Knightsbridge.

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Mystery drawing could be the work of Antwerp artist Jordaens

09 January 2026

Bidders overlooked condition issues as a drawing flew to more than 50 times the top estimate in Gloucestershire.

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National Portrait Gallery acquires the only known photographs of Ada Lovelace

09 January 2026

Three photographs of computing pioneer Ada Lovelace (1815-52) have been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in a private treaty sale.

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Penguin egg picked up by Ponting

09 January 2026

An Adelie penguin egg collected by Herbert Ponting (1871-1935) on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition came for sale in Nantwich on January 8.

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News in brief including tributes paid to the late IACF chairman Keith Harris

09 January 2026

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the death of Keith Harris, the late chairman of fair organiser International Antiques and Collectors Fairs

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