Auctioneers
The auction process is a key part of the secondary art and antiques market.
Firms of auctioneers usually specialise in a number of fields such as jewellery, ceramics, paintings, Asian art or coins but many also hold general sales where the goods available are not defined by a particular genre and are usually lower in value.
Auctioneers often provide other services such as probate and insurance valuations.
Mark Knopfler guitar auction makes more than £7m at Christie’s
01 February 2024A six-hour sale of 122 lots from the collection of singer-songwriter and Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler took £7.01m (or £8.84m including buyer’s premium).
Maltese silver coffee pot shines at auction
01 February 2024An exceptional Maltese silver coffee pot took six-times estimate at auction.
Bayeux Museum buys Victorian replica of the famous tapestry from the collection of Rolling Stones drummer
31 January 2024The Bayeux Museum in France has bought a life-size Victorian replica of the Bayeux tapestry from the Charlie Watts sale.
Louvre buys Vénus de Milo cast at auction
30 January 2024The Louvre Museum has used its pre-emption right to successfully secure a 19th century cast of the Vénus de Milo at Artcurial.
William Shakespeare, Samuel Pepys and Charles Dickens feature in part two of the famed Foyle family library sale
30 January 2024The second part of the auction of The Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey is returning to Dominic Winter Auctioneers.
Sotheby’s reveals sales total of $7.9bn for 2023
29 January 2024Sotheby’s revealed its full-year results for 2023, revealing consolidated sales of $7.9bn (£6.2bn), just a touch down on the $8bn of 2022.
Auction buyers get claws into Wemyss cats
29 January 2024This smiling tabby cat formed part of an extensive collection of Scottish Wemyss Ware sold at Lyon & Turnbull.
Pick of the week: The ‘engraving’ that bidders discovered was a JMW Turner drawing
29 January 2024A somewhat innocuous-looking lot at Hansons (26% buyer’s premium) proved to be anything but as a number of eagle-eyed bidders spotted a significant discovery contained therein.
New auction records for under-represented artists as museums show purchasing power
29 January 2024The desire by top museums to buy works by under-represented groups, including women and minority ethnic artists, has led to two new auction records in the US.
Art Market: Cadell captures the Cassis light
29 January 2024Scottish Colourist likened the French port to Iona – but with more time to paint given the weather
French auction sales totals: A year of ‘expected stabilisation’ after bumper period
29 January 2024Auction firms in France followed a more traditional course in 2023 according to the latest figures.
Entertainment memorabilia produces star prices
29 January 2024Entertainment memorabilia specialist auction house Propstore held some of the most successful sales of 2023.
Strong markets that create key battleground
29 January 2024Jewellery, watches and luxury goods have become a key battleground in the regions. A persistently strong market has brought competition from specialist departments and the arrival of new designated auction firms based in and around the London area.
‘For everyday items it will continue to be a buyer’s market’
29 January 2024In Ireland, Adam’s of Dublin held 32 auctions over the course of 2023, raising a hammer total of €13.8m (£12m) which was up from €12.6m in 2022.
Claret jug bits and pieces combine for healthy sums
29 January 2024The novelty silver mounted glass claret jugs made in the form of birds and animals in the later Victorian era by goldsmith firms such as Alexander Crichton and Sampson Mordan were very popular in the later part of the 19th century.
Annual auction totals: Dreweatts takes top spot again in an increasingly selective market
29 January 2024Regional firms report that while big buyers remain active the middle level is challenging
Dublin auction offers single-owner collection of Chinese jewels made using bright blue feathers
29 January 2024The bright blue iridescent feathers of the kingfisher have been used to decorate objects and jewellery and items of personal adornment for over 2000 years in China, where the birds are also known as jade or jadeite birds.
Original watercolour for Little Prince makes top price among an array of manuscripts and letters
29 January 2024An original watercolour of the 'Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry fetched nearly 10 times its low estimate, selling for a record £240,000 hammer.
Allan Ramsay the royal favourite
29 January 2024The precise and sensitive portraiture of Allan Ramsay (1713-84) earned him widespread acclaim, aided by his prodigious intellect and social flair.
Two rare Bessie MacNicol works appear at auction in a week
29 January 2024Works by Glasgow Girl Bessie MacNicol (1869-1904) – who died in childbirth aged 34 – are represented in many public collections, especially in Scotland.
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