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Top stories this week including an Oscar Wilde letter bought for tenner being sold for £10,000 at auction

05 July 2026

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of an ATG reader’s successful purchase and sale of an Oscar Wilde letter

Secretaire chest of four drawers

'Textbook' chest of drawers makes for a worthwhile journey from Malta

03 July 2026

Maltese furniture was largely overlooked in the 1960s and 70s.

Charles Pears wartime scene

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a wartime scene by Charles Pears

03 July 2026

ATG's Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of auction prices, keeping you on top of the latest market values

The Hamilton Laocoön

‘A singular miracle in art’: The Hamilton Laocoön generates extraordinary demand at Sotheby’s

02 July 2026

A remarkable bronze cast of one of the most revered ancient sculptures, Laocoön and His Sons, drew fierce bidding at Sotheby’s on July 1 and led the latest round of ‘Classic art’ sales in London.

Wuthering Heights first edition

Auction record for 19th century literature as Brontë sisters' book in rare cloth binding emerges

02 July 2026

An 1847 first edition of Emily Brontë’s 'Wuthering Heights' (together with 'Agnes Grey' by Anne Brontë) sold for £950,000 at Christie’s on June 30.

Henry Pettifer of Christie’s

Christie’s Old Master sale lead by Lawrence’s Duke of Wellington portrait at record £8m

01 July 2026

A well known portrait of the Duke of Wellington set an auction record for Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) at Christie’s latest Old Master evening sale.

Charles Rebel Stanton painting

Rare view of wartime wreckage sets major auction record for Charles Rebel Stanton

01 July 2026

Charles Rebel Stanton (1887-1954) was a flamboyant and multi-faceted artist. But, although he was something of a minor celebrity in his day, he remains largely unfamiliar to many and has never had a huge presence on the market.