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Goldscheider glazed figures

New premises for auctioneer Kingham & Orme in Worcestershire

09 March 2018

Worcestershire auction house Kingham & Orme Auctioneers has relocated to a new premises a year after its debut auction.

TEFAF Maastricht 2018

TEFAF Maastricht 2018: Let the sales begin

08 March 2018

TEFAF Maastricht's preview opened today at the MECC with 275 exhibitors showcasing 7000 years of art history.

Il Guercino painting

Old Master dog portrait knocked down for £570,000 at Cambridge auction – video

08 March 2018

A previously unrecorded canine portrait by the Italian Old Master known as il Guercino (1591-1666) drew a dramatic bidding contest at Cheffins of Cambridge today.

Mayfair Art Weekend.

Fashion star Victoria Beckham to team up with Mayfair Art Weekend

08 March 2018

Leading fashion brands Victoria Beckham and Max Mara have partnered with Mayfair Art Weekend (MAW).

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Lord Ashcroft buys Sidney Day Victoria Cross medal group at Dix Noonan Webb auction

08 March 2018

While the record-breaking Victoria Cross medal sold in November last year may have eluded him, Lord Ashcroft is far from inactive when it comes to buying more of these honours for his medals gallery at the Imperial War Museum in London.

‘The Architect’s Home' by Peter Doig

Lack of market freshness deters bidding on Peter Doig’s ‘Architect Home’ at Sotheby’s auction

08 March 2018

Peter Doig (b.1959) prices have been on a roll with three works sold for over £15m at auction in the last 10 months. However, the latest major painting to emerge failed to attract any notable bidding in the saleroom at Sotheby’s and was knocked down under estimate.

North Mymms Park, Hertfordshire

“A sanctuary of fine art and antiques”: Sworders sweeps back the curtains ahead of historic Hertfordshire estate contents sale – video

07 March 2018

Sworders has said that its upcoming auction of the primary contents of the historic Hertfordshire estate North Mymms Park will be “among the finest house sales we have conducted in 30 years”.