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The United Kingdom accounts for more than one fifth of the global art market sales and is the second biggest art market after the US.
Through auctioneers, dealers, fairs and markets - and a burgeoning online sector - buyers, collectors and sellers of art and antiques can easily access a vibrant network of intermediaries and events around the country. The UK's museums also house a wealth of impressive collections

Banksy: far from anonymous in the art market
29 March 2021For people who follow the art market, Banksy (b.1975) is now impossible to ignore.
Christie's changes category names for flagship art auctions
29 March 2021Christie’s has announced that from this summer it will be renaming its Impressionist & Modern and Post-War & Contemporary sales.

Dylan Thomas portrait from two months before his death offered in Cardiff auction
29 March 2021The Welsh Sale at Rogers Jones in Cardiff on April 17 includes a portrait of Dylan Thomas painted just two months before he died,

A Union Jack advertising sign and a George III Gothic chair are among four lots to watch at auction this week
29 March 2021With estimates from £80-5000 here are four previews of upcoming items this week.
British and Irish book auctions: March 30-April 17, 2021
29 March 2021Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.
ATG letter: Ivory fees – another committee fiasco
29 March 2021MADAM – As I read the ‘Fees proposal for ivory exemptions’ story (front page, ATG No 2484), I was overwhelmed by an attack of the Victor Meldrews.

Courting couple united by Bow
29 March 2021This rare Bow figure was spotted by English porcelain specialists at Kingham & Orme’s (23% buyer’s premium) two-day auction of Fine and Decorative Arts.

Get the feel of Derby in Macclesfield
29 March 2021The sale at Adam Partridge (20% buyer’s premium) in Macclesfield on March 18-19 included a collection of 18th century English porcelain figures offered in around 30 lots.

Banksy mania: Why the artist's screenprints are flashing up on investor’s dashboards
29 March 2021Famous for the sort of graffiti that morphs into street art and critical acclaim, Banksy is now bringing in big money in the form of screenprints

Distler toy car races to a £4100 finish
29 March 2021At 20in (50cm) long, this stylised tinplate racer and driver was the largest toy car made by the German toymaker Johann Distler.

Let us spray: an original rarity
29 March 2021While Banksy prints abound at auction, the number of original works that emerge is understandably much less.

Table by French designer Fred Brouard boosts new saleroom
29 March 2021The work of French designer Fred Brouard (1944-99) is not uncommon at sales in France and the US but seldom appears at auction in the UK.

Buyers throwing money around
29 March 2021The live webcast auction of Urban and Contemporary art held by Tate Ward (25% buyer’s premium) on March 24 proved well timed, coming just a day after Christie’s sold Banksy’s 'Game Changer' for £14.4m.

Closon clicks among clock fans
29 March 2021Peter Closon (c.1594-c.1662) was one of the most prolific of the so-called First Period lantern clock makers – although little is known about his life.

Having a laugh but delivering serious prices
29 March 2021Bonhams (27.5/25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) has been offering works by Banksy for some time now in a number of different sale types including Contemporary art auctions and specialist print offerings.

Pru’s view of a gritty world
29 March 2021Gravel pit subject was typical of artist’s move towards mundane subjects, as exhibition shows

Trolleys carries on giving
29 March 2021Among the Banksy works sold outside London recently was a screenprint of Trolleys that made £40,000 at Tennants’ (20% buyer’s premium) of Leyburn in North Yorkshire.

Ceramics of Shropshire and Song origins
29 March 2021Two very different ceramic objects illuminated The Spring Auction at Halls (20% buyer’s premium) in Shrewsbury on March 17.

JOS launches two events which complement the B2B fair schedule
29 March 2021This coming Easter weekend may be quieter than usual but many of us can plan to meet up with family and friends again in the coming weeks and months as lockdown restrictions ease around the UK.

Buckles go under the microscope at Wartski
29 March 2021These gold-mounted hardstone buckles are among only a few surviving examples of jewellery by the Dresden master goldsmith Johann Christian Neuber (1736-1808).

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