International
About 80% of the global art market by value takes place outside the UK. The largest art market in the world is the US with China in third place (after the UK) followed by France, Germany and Switzerland.
Many more nations have a rich art and antiques heritage with active auction, dealer, fair, gallery and museum sectors even if their market size by value is smaller.
Read the top stories and latest art and antiques news from all these countries.
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Superman and his wallpower
20 June 2022This Superman Krypto-Raygun is a vintage projector toy that allows the user to flash picture stories onto the wall.
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Deruta portrait plate offered in Paris
20 June 2022This Italian maiolica plate painted with a profile portrait of man and an inscribed scrolling ribbon comes from Deruta and dates from the early 16th century.
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Delftware acquired by US dealer couple offered in Pennsylvania auction
20 June 2022Pook & Pook of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, is to offer works from the estate of Mark and Marjorie Allen, antiques dealers from New Hampshire, over two days on June 30 and July 1.
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Civilotti revives Etruscan era
20 June 2022This 19th century, c.1850, archaeological revivalist 22ct gold necklace by Carlo Civilotti of the Civilotti family of jewellers in Rome will feature in Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ wide-ranging three-day auction taking place in Maine on July 8-10
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Buyers flock to Paris drawings show
20 June 2022Museums and collectors were not deterred by the Paris event’s date being pushed back.
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A rare war-time Rolex and a pointillist picture in our pick of five auction highlights
17 June 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare pre-Oyster chronograph made by Rolex and bought in 1940 by a serviceman killed during the Second World War.
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First part of the Givenchy sale at Christie’s Paris an 'historic night for decorative arts'
15 June 2022The first in a series of auctions of items from two homes of the late fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy was a white glove affair
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Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio comes to New York auction
14 June 2022An original copy of William Shakespeare’s First Folio, printed 400 years ago, will be offered at Sotheby’s in New York on July 21 with an estimate of $1.5m-2.5m (£1.2m-2m).
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‘Breakthrough’ for shipping art by sea
13 June 2022Plans to drastically reduce the carbon emissions of the art and antiques sector by cutting air freight have been put forward by a group of art market businesses.
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TEFAF: Special date for the summer
13 June 2022Flagship art fair TEFAF Maastricht has a later date than before as it returns to being an in-person event this year.
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Declaration before the declaration
13 June 2022“Congress have judged it necessary to dissolve all Connection between Great Britain, and the American Colonies; and to declare them free and independent States…”
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Previews: International
13 June 2022A selection of upcoming lots this summer season from international auctions.
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Pick of the week: Wheel time measured by real time machine
06 June 2022By 1920, as a new era of aero-engined racing cars threatened to break the 100mph barrier, the emerging sport of motor racing required better and more precise time-keeping.
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Porcelain displays skills of a Polish master
06 June 2022This Vienna porcelain tea bowl and saucer from the 1720s is painted en camaieu by Ignaz Preissler (1676-1741).
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An exceptional English chronometer auctioned in Hamburg
06 June 2022This English deck chronometer is Molyneux No 1326 – made by the London maker Robert Molyneux in c.1830.
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Peacock chair struts to five figures
06 June 2022Inspired by British Windsor chairs, the Danish designer Hans J Wegner created his so-called Peacock chair in 1947.
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Majorelle arrowhead table points to top-quality Art Nouveau
06 June 2022The latter years of the 19th century and the first of the 20th marked the most productive era of the French designer Louis Majorelle.
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Porcelain plaque inspired by Hofmann
06 June 2022Twenty-five finely decorated porcelain plaques, several from the legacy of a German aristocratic family, are being sold at auction.
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Frankenstein first now in second place
06 June 2022Just one other example of Mary Shelley’s famous tale has made more at auction
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Just what the doctor ordered
06 June 2022Numerous pieces in the Asian art sale at Lempertz in Cologne on June 11 come from the collection of the German doctor Ludwig Jansen.
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