UK

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

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Shannon artwork shipped from Flanders for sale in Surrey

29 September 2025

Among the most eye-catching pictures that emerged at the summer auctions around the country were a couple of early 20th century portraits of young women.

A Song from Afar by John Bulloch Souter

Antiques dealer who became an art dealer

29 September 2025

Dominic Sanchez-Cabello initially followed in his father’s footsteps to become an antiques dealer in Plymouth.

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Ticket for George III's coronation brings demand in Shropshire sale

29 September 2025

This official ticket allowed admission to Westminster Abbey for the coronation of George III on September 22, 1761.

Vintage blue and white china

Corn Hall weekly call for antiques and collectables market

29 September 2025

A lively antiques and collectables market has run weekly for the past 40 years in Cirencester’s 19th century Corn Hall in the centre of the town.

Fair rows off to new venue

29 September 2025

Established last year, a vintage and antiques fair which ran at the River and Rowing Museum in Henley is relocating to Lillibrooke Manor in Cox Green, Maidenhead, due to the museum’s permanent closure last month.

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Books auction previews: Bumper crop of autumn treats on offer

29 September 2025

Colder weather is on the way but so too are plenty of book sales to warm you up. Here we pick out a selection of upcoming lots

An Artist at His Easel by Evelyn Dunbar

Artists portrayed by artists at new exhibition

29 September 2025

West End art dealer Liss Llewellyn has teamed up with Modern British art museum Pallant House Gallery for a show of paintings of artists.

Visitors at the York National Book Fair.

‘The best book event in the whole of the UK’

29 September 2025

Dealers full of praise for annual York fair as international and trade buyers snap up their wares

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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

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.

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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Top stories this week including a Carlton Ware coffee service making over 100 times estimate

28 September 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of an auction record set for any piece of Carlton Ware

Francis Crick diaries

DNA pioneer Francis Crick’s diaries emerge at Essex auction

26 September 2025

Diaries written by Francis Crick (1916-2004), the English molecular biologist who played a crucial role in deciphering the helical structure of the DNA molecule, come for sale at Essex firm Sworders this autumn.

Peter Harrington's new gallery

Latest hires and expansion plans including a London rare book dealer opening stateside

26 September 2025

The latest Movers & Shakers from around the world of art and antiques

Stanley Royle painting

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a Stanley Royle country scene

26 September 2025

ATG Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of latest auction prices keeping you up to date with market values.

Emma Treleaven

Calling young book collectors: national competition open for entries

25 September 2025

The annual Antiquarian Bookseller Association (ABA) National Book Collecting Prize is open for entries.

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.

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