2022

Christie’s is offering one of LS Lowry’s most famous works, ‘Going to the Match’, two decades after it last sold at auction.

News of Bellmans opening a London office in South Kensington is among the latest moves and hires across the world of art and antiques.

With the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II scheduled for Monday September 19, changes to the auction and fairs calendars are rapidly taking place.

With estimates from £200, here are five previews of upcoming items.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a family making an extraordinary find while re-laying the kitchen floor at their North Yorkshire home.

Sotheby’s has announced that it will offer a group of Old Master paintings from the collection of Juan Manuel Grasset later this year.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a 19th century Russian silver, gilt and enamel incense burner that made over 30-times estimate in Bedford.

Barnard Castle antiques dealer David Harper and Ripon auction house Elstob & Elstob are calling on dealers, collectors and antique enthusiasts to join them as contestants for a new quiz.

Antiques dealer Benjamin Steinitz is to offer 58 lots of furniture and decorative arts at auction that will be registered and secured on a blockchain.

A flag from polar explorer Captain Henry Kellett (1806-1875) has been barred from export in the hope £120,000 can be raised to keep it in the UK.

With estimates from £200-6000, here are six previews of items coming up at auction this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a murky and unframed painting offered at a Norfolk auction selling for many multiples of its estimate after bidders detected the hand of an Italian Old Master.

Sir Joshua Reynolds’ portrait of Omai has been blocked from export to give institutions time to raise the funds to keep it in the UK and the National Portrait Gallery is leading the efforts.

Lincolnshire police and an antiques dealer are appealing for any information to help track down a stolen van filled with stock.

A family re-laying their kitchen floor in their home in Ellerby, North Yorkshire, discovered 264 gold coins stored in a small cup.

A group of photographs, letters, documents and objects relating to early 20th century Thailand appeared in a recent online sale at Winchester saleroom Rushbrooks Auctioneers (22.5% buyer’s premium including VAT).

Sotheby’s will sell around 400 works from the collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung (1930-2021) across a series of dedicated auctions in Hong Kong in October and London in December.

With estimates from £150-4500, here are five previews of items upcoming up at auction this week.

The top stories on this website over the last week included silver dealer Michael Baggott wondering if the days when dealers carried bundles of notes in their pockets is now a thing of the past.

An unprecedented collection of art belonging to the late Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, could break records as it goes under the hammer at Christie’s.