2020

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare Dominion petrol pump globe from c.1937 that sold five-times over estimate in Chippenham.

Hibernian Antique Fairs opens its third virtual fair this week.

The government has confirmed that art and antiques businesses in England will be able to continue trading behind closed doors during the new lockdown.

Mayfair Art Weekend is hosting a late night for London galleries tonight ahead of tomorrow’s lockdown.

Jasper Johns’ screenprint 'Flags I' will be on display at the British Museum after the million-dollar artwork was donated to the institution.

While waiting for full details of government guidance on the new lockdown in England starting from Thursday November 5, art and antiques businesses have been announcing their plans for the coming months.

The National Museum of the Royal Navy hopes to raise £600,000 to stop the export of a group of hand-drawn Armada maps to an overseas buyer.

Art and antiques businesses are waiting for clarification of the new lockdown measures set to come into force in England from Thursday November 5.

With estimates from £300-60,000 here are four previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a 15th century Chinese vase stolen in Switzerland and valued at around £2.5m being recovered in London by the Met Police.

A symposium on collecting Impressionist art is being held this month as part of the Normandie Impressioniste Festival.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare portrait miniature of an Australian governor and a Lalique jewellery suite formerly belonging to a ‘scandalous’ Edwardian socialite.

In a ceremony broadcast online on Thursday October 29, Asian Art in London revealed the winners of its Outstanding Objects awards for 2020.

Auction houses Hindman in Chicago and Swann Galleries in New York have recently announced new roles.

A 15th century Chinese vase valued at around £2.5m has been recovered in London by the Met Police.

Next week TEFAF launches its new digital marketplace.

With estimates from £100-70,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of an ‘original and complete’ copy of William Shakespeare’s First Folio making an $8.4m record at Christie’s.

An extensive single-owner collection of boxed Hornby trains– much of it in largely untouched condition – will be offered at Ewbank’s in Surrey next week.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare wood engraving of a crowing rooster by Eric Ravilious that sold 25-times over estimate at an auction in Essex.