UK

The United Kingdom accounts for more than one fifth of the global art market sales and is the second biggest art market after the US.

Through auctioneers, dealers, fairs and markets - and a burgeoning online sector - buyers, collectors and sellers of art and antiques can easily access a vibrant network of intermediaries and events around the country. The UK's museums also house a wealth of impressive collections

Prince of Wales

Mason museum buys rare glass painting of Grand Master

09 November 2016

The Library and Museum of Freemasonry in London has revealed the latest addition to its collection.

Chinese brush pot

Chinese brush pot takes £155,000 at Shrewsbury auction

09 November 2016

A Chinese cinnabar lacquer brush pot sold for £155,000 at Shrewsbury auctioneers Halls earlier today.

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Freya Mitton holds Modern British art exhibition in pop-exhibition restaurant of former Masterchef contestant

09 November 2016

Twentieth-century British art dealer Freya Mitton is staging an exhibition within the pop-up restaurant run by Andrew Kojima of Masterchef fame.

Art dealer Philip Mould

Dealers Philip Mould and Simon Phillips weigh into St James's planning row

09 November 2016

Dealers Philip Mould and Simon Phillips have intervened in the fight to save Jermyn Street's tapestry gallery and archive in St James's.

Lorfords Tetbury

Lorfords to open London satellite store

09 November 2016

Lorfords, the Cotswolds-based antiques and interiors business, has announced the opening of a new London showroom.

James Lewis of Bamfords

Auctioneers Bamfords introduce ban on solid ivory

08 November 2016

Derbyshire-based Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers has announced it will no longer sell solid ivory objects.

Attenborough auction at Sotheby's

‘Immense passion and a very distinctive eye’ – Richard Attenborough’s collection comes to auction

08 November 2016

A second tranche of Lord and Lady Attenborough’s collection will appear at auction later this month.

Regency facade

Call for bids for Regency-period stonework

08 November 2016

A Regency-style façade from Cirencester that has been in storage for a decade will be up for sale in Guildford later this month.

S Franses

London dealers plan pressure group to protect St James’s

08 November 2016

Gallery owners in the St James’s area of London are to form a pressure group in the hope of preserving the area as an art and antiques hub.

L&T debate panel

Digital technology drives younger dealers and the art market in China

07 November 2016

The younger generation in China is fuelling the art market and the trade must embrace digital technology to compete, according to a panel of Asian art experts.

Sir Nicholas Winton

Kindertransport hero Sir Nicholas Winton's treasures sold at auction

07 November 2016

The inscribed personal bible of Sir Nicholas Winton drew fervent bidding at auction last week in Oxfordshire.

Forum and Fellows join forces for jewellery auction in London

07 November 2016

Forum Auctions and Fellows are to join forces for a jewellery sale in London at the end of this month.

ATG quotes of the week

They said what?! The week (31 Oct-6 Nov) in quotes from the art and antiques world

06 November 2016

In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others – from dreaming up a new television series to raising money to secure art for the nation.

Barry Cunningham

JK Rowling's hand-written and personalised 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' comes to auction

05 November 2016

The publisher of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books is to auction his copy of 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' at Sotheby’s next month.

Canaletto gouache on paper

Canaletto gouaches on view in London prior to auction in Genoa

04 November 2016

Two unusual works by Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto (1697-1786), will be on display in a Mayfair Gallery this week prior to their sale at auction later in the month in Genoa, Italy.

Rudd Desk

WR Harvey’s book and autumn exhibition celebrate 65 years in the business – and one notorious woman

04 November 2016

This mahogany and inlaid dressing table, which is on offer at WR Harvey Antiques 65th anniversary exhibition opening tomorrow, is remarkable in part because of its infamous original owner, an 18th century society woman whose crimes eventually sent two men to the gallows.

Aubrey Dawson

New auction firm sets up in Maidenhead

04 November 2016

A new auction business is to open in the Berkshire town of Maidenhead with a debut sale planned for January 21.

Nixi Cura

Historians should value the art market, says Chinese art expert

03 November 2016

Art historians should embrace the trade and understand the value of the art market, argues a programme director at Christie’s Education.

Carlisle lodge

Antiques dealers open their first shop on the grounds of Carlisle Cathedral

03 November 2016

Two dealers and fair organisers are opening an antiques shop in Carlisle Cathedral Lodge.

Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer

Landseer’s Monarch of the Glen reappears at Christie’s after 100 years

03 November 2016

Sir Edwin Landseer’s famous painting of a Highlands stag, Monarch of the Glen, will be offered at Christie’s next month with an estimate in the region of £10m.

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