2020

The latest sale of Russian art at Sotheby’s posted the highest individual price for a painting sold at an auction so far during the worldwide lockdown. However the online sale’s overall total was 46% down on the equivalent live auction held last year.

The house contents of Portobello Road market stalwart Joan Dunk (1930-2019) is to be sold in Newbury next week.

A prayer book that once belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87) will be offered at auction during Christie’s Classic Week of sales.

Results from an online prints fair prove that sales continue at online events.

With estimates from £200-20,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.

A Roman bronze from the 1st century AD drew fervent competition and led Sotheby’s sale of works from the collection of London dealer Daniel Katz.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of an all-time high for gold being recorded in the UK.

London Art Week is set to have record participation this summer as it launches an altered, online-focused format.

IACF, organiser of the UK’s largest outdoor antiques fairs and markets, is making tentative steps back into the live events arena.

ATG’s selection of hammer highlights this week includes a late 17th century Delft blue and white tulip vase that made over 25-times estimate and a 19th century carriage clock which may have been a gift from Florence Nightingale.

LAPADA has postponed its annual September fair in the wake of continued uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic.

Christie’s series of sales titled ‘The Collector’, which take place in Paris, London and New York, are events which focus on traditional fields such as furniture, silver and ceramics. The latest London sale in this category is currently taking place as an online event running until June 1.

Sotheby’s has announced that the second tranche of works from the Najd collection of Orientalist paintings will now be offered in an online sale next month.

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has bought a watercolour depicting the grand entrance hall of college's residence.

Auction houses, art and antiques shops, galleries and markets can reopen to the public in June in England – as long as strict new measures are adhered to.

An American silver-plated cocktail shaker fashioned as a lighthouse from c.1927-29 was among the lots commanding interest at Sotheby’s sale of prohibition-era items.

With estimates from £3000-60,000 here are four previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of how the government’s easing of lockdown restrictions applies to the art and antiques trade.

The Cotswold Antique Dealers Association (CADA) have been hosting an online initiative to coincide with the Chelsea Flower Show.

ATG’s selection of hammer highlights this week includes a German rococo revival snuff box which was a gift from Kaiser Wilhelm II to a loyal courtier that made five-times estimate.