2021

Christie’s is to step up its operations in the Far East with its first permanent saleroom and gallery space in Hong Kong.

With estimates from £80-20,000, here is our pick of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a Yongzheng vase demolishing its estimate at an Irish auction.

The first details of objects that dealers will exhibit at ‘TEFAF Online’ in September have been revealed.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare jizai okimono of a hawk that sold above estimate in Salisbury.

Welsh auction house Rogers Jones has broken its own record for a work by Sir Kyffin Williams (1918-2006).

An Art Deco cultured pearl and diamond bracelet owned by Princess Margaret and worn for her 19th birthday photograph taken by Cecil Beaton in 1949 is coming up at auction.

This week’s Movers & Shakers includes a group of new hires at online dealer platform 2Covet.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office is investigating a multi-million-pound Asian antiquities ‘trafficking ring’ and has arrested a British antiques restorer as part of the case.

With estimates from £150-30,000, here are five previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of Portobello Road dealers left reeling after a month of rain fell in 90 minutes and flooded homes and businesses in the area.

The National Gallery is to acquire a portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) with the help of charitable donations and advice from Christie’s.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a pair of Chinese export coffee cups and saucers commissioned by portraitist Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) that doubled estimate in Yorkshire.

What is believed to be the only father and son Polar Medal group to be awarded more than doubled the top estimate at Warren & Wignall (17.5% buyer’s premium) on July 14.

Art and antiques businesses are being impacted by staff shortages due to self-isolation requirements relating to the coronavirus pandemic.

A dozen items deemed national treasures were bought by institutions between May 2018 and April 2020 with a value of £7.6m, according to the latest report.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a consultation on extending the near-total ban on the antique ivory trade.

With estimates from £100-8000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a Leonardo drawing selling at auction and another caught up in a court battle.

BBC TV show Fake or Fortune? is returning later this month after filming progressed in between lockdowns.