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A collection of decoy pigeons and a Great Exhibition piano are among seven lots to watch

04 April 2022

With estimates from £150-5000, here are seven previews of upcoming items.

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Top stories this week – including news of a Japanese folding screen flying over estimate

03 April 2022

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a rare four-panel folding screen by Nishimura Sozaemon selling for more than seven-times estimate.

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UK buyer needed for £1.5m pair of group portraits by artist Angelica Kauffman

02 April 2022

A pair of group portraits by artist Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807) have been temporarily blocked from export in the hope a UK buyer will pay the £1.5m needed.

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Late Gothic marble wellhead stars in our pick of seven auction highlights sold this week

01 April 2022

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a 15th century Istrian marble wellhead that sold for a six-figure sum in West Sussex.

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Tom Österman of Auctionet with Lawrences' Helen Carless.

Swedish firm Auctionet buys Lawrences of Crewkerne

30 March 2022

Auctionet, the online auction platform, has bought Lawrences Auctioneers in Somerset but the team at the Crewkerne firm will remain in place.

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British art market takes hit from Brexit and VAT, says global report

30 March 2022

The red tape of Brexit and the continued imposition of VAT on art imports is having a material impact on the British art market according to a macro-level analysis of global art commerce.