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2752PV Canterbury Emily And Bagpuss

Largest collection of artworks by illustrator of Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine and The Clangers comes to auction in Canterbury

08 July 2026

Around 500 original artworks by Peter Firmin (1928-2018) – creator of Bagpuss, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, The Clangers, Basil Brush and many other TV favourites – have been uncovered at the artist’s home in Kent where the family have lived since 1959.

A portrait of a naval officer by Henry Raeburn

Rediscovered Henry Raeburn portrait brings competition in Cambridge auction

07 July 2026

A previously unrecorded painting by Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) that “slipped through the net of all scholars” led the latest fine art sale held by Cambridge saleroom Cheffins (25% buyer’s premium).

Hand axe

Plea to UK museums to raise funds to keep Palaeolithic handaxes in the country

07 July 2026

Two 500,000-year-old flint handaxes discovered in Norfolk have been blocked from export in the hope a UK institution can raise the funds to keep them in the country.

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Alec Guinness’s copy of Hamlet is among six lots to watch

06 July 2026

With estimates from £100, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

Marklin model train

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a Marklin for Bassett-Lowke locomotive model

06 July 2026

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

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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.