2020

Like many fairs this year, because of the Covid-19 crisis, Fine Arts Paris, which was due to be staged at the Palais Brongniart in the French capital in late November, has changed from a physical event to an online platform showcasing exhibitors’ works.

With estimates from £40-12,000 here are nine previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of auction houses Bonhams and Phillips both increasing their buyer's premium

The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair is launching new digital initiatives after being forced to cancel two out of its three annual events.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a letter from Prince Philip where the Duke of Edinburgh gives his views about New Zealand.

A still life by Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) which included his tipple of choice, a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label, sold at Sotheby’s this week for £800,000.

A Hampshire saleroom has expanded and there are new faces at a host of auction houses – read our latest Movers and Shakers.

A Spitfire pilot and his family are appealing to the public and the antiques trade to spot a stolen photograph.

Event organiser IACF has scheduled new dates for the next Newark Antiques and Collectors Market.

Sworders is offering an oil sketch of the Suffolk countryside by John Constable (1776-1837). It will be offered for sale on December 8-9, estimated at £100,000-150,000.

With estimates from £80-100,000 here are six previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of the government confirming that art and antiques businesses in England will be able to continue trading online and behind closed doors during the new lockdown.

The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) has bought a First World War ‘dead man’s penny’ memorial plaque.

ATG’s latest selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes features six pieces of Chinese art including a Kangxi-period porcelain wine-bottle cooler that sold above estimate in Dorchester.

Rare books stolen in a ‘Mission: Impossible-style’ raid on a warehouse in west London in 2017 have been returned after a joint operation with Met police officers and Romanian authorities.

A painting by Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) was among the highlights at the inaugural staging of TEFAF Online.

The latest Movers & Shakers across UK salerooms including new departments and sales at Lyon & Turnbull and Elstob & Elstob.

With estimates from £1000-70,000, here are four previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of what the lockdown in England means for art and antiques businesses.

Fat Sod, Skinhead, Colin the Amiable Crocodile and Victor Pratt the Stupid Twat were introduced to the public in the form of a comic offered in a Newcastle pub in December 1979.