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Hanson's Historica team with Charles Hanson

Hansons Auctioneers launches new coins and antiquities department

15 September 2016

Derbyshire based Hansons Auctioneers are expanding into coins and antiquities with a new department called Historica.

Bird exterior

John Bird's new nest: West Sussex dealer takes boutique warehouse

14 September 2016

Dealer John Bird was long established in Petworth when the tenure of his old shop came to an end, but this did not spell and end for the West Sussex furniture specialist.

Australian artist Herbert Badham’s Snack Bar

Australia bans UK-based collector from taking home painting bought at auction

14 September 2016

A UK-based art collector has been banned from exporting a World War II era painting from Australia.

Brigitte Bardot

Fine Art Society showcases 1960s British Pop art in new exhibition

14 September 2016

A forthcoming Fine Art Society exhibition will feature over 70 works by leading British Pop artist Gerald Laing

Mallett's Pall Mall home

Dealers Mallett to move with Fine Art Auction Group to Pall Mall

14 September 2016

Pall Mall is known for its members clubs but The Fine Art Auction Group, parent company of Dreweatts-Bloomsbury and Mallett, are to set up a London hub on the street in a bid to relaunch their interiors business.

London Auctions, the new name of High Road Auctions

High Road Auctions renamed by new owner

14 September 2016

High Road Auctions will be relaunched as London Auctions after a refurbishment by the new owner of the Chiswick based saleroom.

The Jam memorabilia

That's entertainment: exhibition of The Jam memorabilia to be sold off at Adam Partridge

13 September 2016

The majority of a collection that was previously part of a long-running public exhibition of The Jam memorabilia comes to auction in Liverpool this October.

Wedding dress made from war maps

Home Front Vintage design wedding dress from Second World War maps

13 September 2016

We meet the imaginative designer who makes wedding dresses from repurposed silk 'escape and evade' war maps.

Group with staff

Auctioneers and dealers toast 45 years of the Antiques Trade Gazette and the Class of ‘71

13 September 2016

As London sizzled in a late summer heatwave, the antiques industry cooled off by raising a glass to 45 years of the Antiques Trade Gazette. Next generation mingled with more seasoned players at the party hosted in the LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair pavilion.

Print of Lowry’s The Beach

Lowry and Vicari in the mix at Kent auction

13 September 2016

A collection of Lowry prints and a painting by Andrew Vicari, previously known as one of the richest living artists, are up for auction at Grand Auctions in Folkestone next week.

A rare 95 per cent complete dodo skeleton

Rare dodo skeleton comes to Sussex auction

13 September 2016

This rare dodo skeleton – the first almost complete specimen in nearly a century – carries an estimate of £500,000 at Summers Place Auctions’ November 22 sale.

ArtAncient at LAPADA

LAPADA FAIR 2016: ArtAncient scoop best stand for second year running

12 September 2016

ArtAncient, the Chelsea-based dealers in ancient art, natural history and historical objects of interest, have won Best Stand at the LAPADA Fair for the second year in a row.

LAPADA FAIR 2016: ArtAncient scoop best stand for second year running

12 September 2016

ArtAncient, the Chelsea-based dealers in ancient art, natural history and historical objects of interest, have won Best Stand for the second year in a row.

Champions: the Capital Fine Art Removals team at the 14th annual fine art auctioneers vs dealers five-a-side football tournament.

Removals team lift trophy at auctioneers vs dealers annual football tournament

12 September 2016

It may have been their debut appearance at the 14th annual fine art auctioneers vs dealers five-a-side football tournament, but Capital Fine Art Removals carried all before them to lift the trophy.

Bellmans new saleroom in Winchester

Bellmans expand auction business to Winchester

12 September 2016

West Sussex auction house Bellmans have expanded over the border to Hampshire and will hold their first sale in their new home tomorrow.

Zora Neale Hurston at YNBF

Annual York book fair reaches record number of dealers in 2016

12 September 2016

This week’s York National Book Fair hosts the most exhibitors ever to feature in its 42-year history.

New MD for coin specialists Baldwin’s

12 September 2016

Coin dealers and auctioneers AH Baldwin & Sons have appointed Neil Paisley as managing director.

Bueche Girod gold watch

Memorabilia from rock band The Who to be auctioned

11 September 2016

A gold watch given by The Who drummer Keith Moon and John Entwistle’s Anello & Davide tan suede heeled boots are among the lots up for sale in the Film & Music Memorabilia Auction at Aston’s Auctioneers on September 15.

Marilyn Monroe’s famous dress

Marilyn Monroe’s famous dress to be auctioned

10 September 2016

The skin-tight sequined dress worn by Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe when she sung ‘Happy Birthday’ to the then-US President John F. Kennedy at a 1962 gala will go on sale at an auction in November with a £2.25m estimate.

Dylan Thomas sketch

High hopes for drunken night Dylan Thomas doodle at Welsh auction

09 September 2016

The market for Dylan Thomas memorabilia remains strong, says the auctioneer who is hoping for Welsh, English and American bidding on one of the poet's doodle that he is offering.