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2023
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National Trust unveils prayer book connected to Charles II's escape bought at Liverpool auction
27 June 2023The National Trust has confirmed its purchase of a prayer book at auction in Liverpool which is now on display at Staffordshire farmhouse Moseley Old Hall.
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Painting of London Bridge burning is among five lots to watch
26 June 2023With estimates from £100, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
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Top stories this week including news of a Gustav Klimt portrait at Sotheby’s that could set a record
25 June 2023The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a portrait by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) that could set a record for any painting sold in Europe.
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Compton Verney buys rare 17th century double portrait of black and white women
23 June 2023Compton Verney has confirmed the purchase of a rare 17th century double portrait depicting two women, one black and one white. It had previously sold at auction in 2021.
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15th century sapphire ring found by metal detectorist stars in our pick of five auction highlights
23 June 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a 15th century gold and sapphire ring unearthed near a medieval nunnery that more than doubled its estimate.
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Art Fund helps museums to buy 900 items in 2022 with £4.5m of funding
22 June 2023The Art Fund’s latest annual review revealed it had helped support acquisitions of more than 900 objects and works of art for museums in 2022.
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New auction premises in Derbyshire and Gloucestershire and new hires - a round-up of the latest art and antiques moves
20 June 2023Harper Field and Bamfords’ new salerooms are among the recent updates.
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JMW Turner view of Finchley among five lots to watch this week
19 June 2023With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
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Top stories this week including news of a rediscovered 16th century portrait making a record
18 June 2023The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a previously unrecorded version of portrait of a famous hirsute woman emerging in France.
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Top-selling Japanese cloisonné vase stars in our pick of five auction highlights
16 June 2023Our weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a fine example of Meiji cloisonné by Namikawa Yasuyuki that made over three times estimate in West Sussex.
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Gustav Klimt portrait at Sotheby’s could set record for a painting sold in Europe
15 June 2023One of only a small number of portraits by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still in private hands will be offered at Sotheby’s in London this summer.
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Letter by Marat murderer Corday bought by Normandy institutions
14 June 2023A letter of justification by the woman who assassinated the French Revolutionary journalist and politician Jean-Paul Marat has been bought by a group of Normandy institutions at auction.
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Ulster Museum buys a Renoir – the first Impressionist painting to enter a Northern Irish public collection
13 June 2023National Museums NI has bought Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s (1841-1919) L’allée au bois via the government’s Acceptance in Lieu scheme for the Ulster Museum.
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Doulton Lambeth bear model is among five lots to watch
12 June 2023With estimates from £2000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
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Top stories this week including a mysterious artist in high auction demand.
11 June 2023The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included a picture by an almost unheard of artist.
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Rare print of an early British tennis tournament stars in our pick of five auction highlights
09 June 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare print of one of the first British tennis tournaments that took more than 26-times estimate at auction.
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Constable drawing returns to Colchester
08 June 2023A John Constable drawing of St Botolph’s Priory is to return ‘home’ after Friends of Colchester Museums purchased it from a client of auction house Roseberys.
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Rare Fra Angelico panel comes to auction in London in July
07 June 2023A rare opportunity has come up to bid for a Fra Angelico work, a c.1419-24 panel rediscovered in 1996.
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Stolen 15th century altar panel returned to York museum after 43 years
06 June 2023A 15th century double-sided painted panel stolen from York Art Gallery in 1979 has been returned after it re-emerged at a Dorset auction.
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George I bookcase is among six lots to watch
05 June 2023With estimates from £200, here are six previews of upcoming items.