2018

ATG’s selection of highlights sold at auction in the last week include a stunning Giuliano bracelet, a picture postcard showing Manchester United’s original ground and rare posters from a music festival in Bath.

King Arthur, Cheddar cheese, Agatha Christie and cider: the south-west of England has been home to many of Britain’s cultural treasures.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of the art and antiques trade’s response to the business rates reprieve announced in the Budget.

Auction house Sotheby’s reported its third-quarter results for the three months to September 30 revealing a net loss of $27.8m (£21.43bn) - down 19% on the $23.5m posted a year ago.

An Assyrian relief unearthed from the royal palace at Nimrud in modern-day Iraq has set the second highest ever price for a piece of ancient art at auction after selling at Christie’s New York.

November is the UK’s busiest month of Asian art sales with a glut of auctions taking place in both London and the regions.

Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £650 included an avant-garde image of the Pont Neuf in Paris. A charcoal drawing of Ebenezer Scrooge is among three upcoming lots offered over the next fortnight.

Bonhams is to offer an extensive handwritten draft of Robert Schumann’s 1837 piano masterpiece Fantasiestücke Opus 12 – written in the composer’s own hand.

The latest Titanic sale at Devizes saleroom Henry Aldridge & Son in Wiltshire achieved a 93% sold rate, with the top lots including life-boat plaques and an 18ct gold pocket watch.

Small antiques shops and art galleries have been given a reprieve on business rates with Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond announcing a cut by a third for many small businesses.

From the first book ever written in the Antarctic to a silver chocolate stirrer, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.

From the earliest known clock made in Stockport to a 24-hour video installation, an abundance of clocks and timepieces is available to see and buy in the UK this month.

The UK government’s Brexit documents reveal that in the event of a no-deal with the European Union it will not be aligned with EU regulations on cross-border trade for cultural property.

November is a major month in the Paris calendar for photograph events. The central focus is the mammoth Paris Photo fair at the Grand Palais which opens to the public from November 8-11.

Art and antiques experts reflected on new careers, changing technology and growing companies this week. Read what they said with our weekly quotes round-up.

Harold Hardman’s journey from amateur footballer and solicitor to chairman of Manchester United in the era of the Busby Babes is a fascinating story in itself. But a medal coming up for auction in Oxford on November 14 adds even more appeal.

A painting made by artificial intelligence has sold at Christie’s for a hammer price of $350,000 (£273,420).

A Banksy print, a Suffragette medal and a rare piece of British automobilia are among ATG’s selection of highlights that sold at auctions this week.

A major collection of late 19th and early 20th century jewellery amassed by a Buckinghamshire collector over half a century, comes to auction next week.

The most popular stories on the website over the last week included news of Christie’s auction house receiving criticism from the Advertising Standards Authority of a ‘misleading’ advert and a Japanese black lacquer cup that took a surprise £23,000 at auction.