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Antiques dealers speak out over Kensington council’s plans for Portobello Road improvements

Kensington and Chelsea council has announced a £4.4m plan for Portobello Road to “improve safety, accessibility, flood resilience, lighting and greenery”. 24 February 2026

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Pictures emerge from attic to serve up a wartime treat

24 February 2026

Stanley Webb Davies dressing table is among five lots to watch

23 February 2026

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a 19th century door porter

23 February 2026
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22 February 2026
Winner’s medal from first Olympic games comes to auction

20 February 2026
‘Lost’ Jungle Book watercolours head to south London auction

20 February 2026

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NewsDresser to impress: chairs take £56,000

This pair of Aesthetic Movement ebonised and gilt salon chairs designed by Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) sold for £56,000 at Gildings in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, on February 17.

Feature ‘Mum went out to buy a coat but got a Lambeth delft candlestick instead’

Dealer from a Cotswolds family business acquired English tin glazed earthenware as a personal interest

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Fair Report‘The quality is wonderful… you can’t get this at a charity shop’

Fairs, Markets, Shops & CentresBazaar owner calls it a day in Somerset

Dealers’ DiaryEight highlights on offer at TEFAF Maastricht as fair gets ready to welcome new exhibitors

Dealers’ DiaryThe TEFAF view from a dealer: Stuart Lochhead gives his take on the huge selling event

Auction ReportsGold medal winning performances in the regions

FeatureHarry Davis designs for Royal Worcester bear up well at auctions

Auction ReportsBig Top brings big prices: circus memorabilia posters put in a super performance

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Ceramics and GlassHarry Davis designs for Royal Worcester bear up well

Of all the many subjects painted by Harry Davis (1885-1970) during his long and celebrated tenure at the Royal Worcester factory, among the rarest and most desirable are polar bears in an Arctic landscape.

Ceramics and GlassCeramic Highlander was made in the Lowlands

Ceramics and Glass‘Mum went out to buy a coat but got a Lambeth delft candlestick instead’

Ceramics and GlassGeorge Tinworth mice draw serious interest from collectors

Ceramics and GlassRoyal Doulton figures add touch of character from the 1920s

Ceramics and GlassTiffany lamp record set as Magnolia pattern turns heads

Ceramics and GlassMy search to identify a mystery Staffordshire figure

Ceramics and GlassSèvres plate too expensive for a French king sells in Germany

Ceramics and GlassMeissen with a Delft touch emerges in Nottingham

Ceramics and GlassEarly example of Gallé in demand

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JewelleryFrom Buckingham Palace vaults to saleroom highs

The Airlie tiara proved once again that fine examples associated with royalty and or aristocracy carry a financial premium.

JewelleryJavanese please: Items from the Indonesian island’s true golden age

Jewellery from Indonesia shows great artistic and technical sophistication that catches the eyes of collectors.

JewelleryRing deemed of ‘Tudor or Stuart’ origin rather than 18th century

JewelleryGetty Museum reveals latest purchases including ancient Greek ring

JewelleryThe ‘£50 box of costume jewellery’ sold for £600,000 at auction

JewelleryBrooches are ‘too often underestimated’ says Wartski specialist

JewelleryKoopman jewellery strong enough to ‘go it alone’

JewelleryWhy Child & Child was the artist’s choice

Jewellery‘The place where Tiffany glass and jewellery overlaps’

JewelleryGeoffrey Munn loans jewellery collection to V&A

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Modern British ArtPetal power: Eliot Hodgkin study brings ‘extremely wealthy’ collectors to Chichester sale

Berkshire-born artist Eliot Hodgkin (1905-87) is known for his highly detailed still-lifes of natural objects, depicting subjects ranging from fruit and vegetables to eggs and pastries.

Modern British ArtJohn Nash brings in big Bucks with his countryside scenes

Modern British ArtLargest Tirzah Garwood group to emerge in one go sets a test of the market

Modern British ArtGrandmother’s Alfred Wallis purchases bring reward for vendor

Modern British ArtNathaniel Sparks’ ‘masterpiece’ flies over estimate at Cambridge sale

Modern British ArtDemand emerges for Mary Potter still life at specialist East Anglian art sale

Modern British ArtStudio source brings strong results

Modern British ArtRich seam of modern art surfaces in Somerset

Modern British ArtAuction record set for George Chapman at Rogers Jones

Modern British Art‘Gem of a painting’ was created by key figure in Tempera Revival

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18 February 2026

Rare Taddy’s ‘Clown’ cigarette cards attract bidders at Reading sale

17 February 2026

Nurse’s Suffragette Medal, rediscovered at auction, goes on public display

17 February 2026

Walter Greaves portrait of his brother Henry turns heads at Dorset auction

16 February 2026

Original cabinet card photograph of Oscar Wilde is among five lots to watch

16 February 2026

Charity shop discovery takes four-figure sum at auction

13 February 2026

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Antiques dealers speak out over Kensington council’s plans for Portobello Road improvements

Pictures emerge from attic to serve up a wartime treat

Stanley Webb Davies dressing table is among five lots to watch

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a 19th century door porter

Top stories this week including a ‘car boot’ badge find making a windfall for its owners – twice

Winner’s medal from first Olympic games comes to auction

‘Lost’ Jungle Book watercolours head to south London auction

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NewsDresser to impress: chairs take £56,000

Feature ‘Mum went out to buy a coat but got a Lambeth delft candlestick instead’

BackpageFocus on a formidable character

Fair Report‘The quality is wonderful… you can’t get this at a charity shop’

Fairs, Markets, Shops & CentresBazaar owner calls it a day in Somerset

Dealers’ DiaryEight highlights on offer at TEFAF Maastricht as fair gets ready to welcome new exhibitors

Dealers’ DiaryThe TEFAF view from a dealer: Stuart Lochhead gives his take on the huge selling event

Auction ReportsGold medal winning performances in the regions

FeatureHarry Davis designs for Royal Worcester bear up well at auctions

Auction ReportsBig Top brings big prices: circus memorabilia posters put in a super performance

Ceramics and Glass

Ceramics and GlassHarry Davis designs for Royal Worcester bear up well

Ceramics and GlassCeramic Highlander was made in the Lowlands

Ceramics and Glass‘Mum went out to buy a coat but got a Lambeth delft candlestick instead’

Ceramics and GlassGeorge Tinworth mice draw serious interest from collectors

Ceramics and GlassRoyal Doulton figures add touch of character from the 1920s

Ceramics and GlassTiffany lamp record set as Magnolia pattern turns heads

Ceramics and GlassMy search to identify a mystery Staffordshire figure

Ceramics and GlassSèvres plate too expensive for a French king sells in Germany

Ceramics and GlassMeissen with a Delft touch emerges in Nottingham

Ceramics and GlassEarly example of Gallé in demand

Jewellery Highlights

JewelleryFrom Buckingham Palace vaults to saleroom highs

JewelleryJavanese please: Items from the Indonesian island’s true golden age

JewelleryRing deemed of ‘Tudor or Stuart’ origin rather than 18th century

JewelleryGetty Museum reveals latest purchases including ancient Greek ring

JewelleryThe ‘£50 box of costume jewellery’ sold for £600,000 at auction

JewelleryBrooches are ‘too often underestimated’ says Wartski specialist

JewelleryKoopman jewellery strong enough to ‘go it alone’

JewelleryWhy Child & Child was the artist’s choice

Jewellery‘The place where Tiffany glass and jewellery overlaps’

JewelleryGeoffrey Munn loans jewellery collection to V&A

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Modern British ArtPetal power: Eliot Hodgkin study brings ‘extremely wealthy’ collectors to Chichester sale

Modern British ArtJohn Nash brings in big Bucks with his countryside scenes

Modern British ArtLargest Tirzah Garwood group to emerge in one go sets a test of the market

Modern British ArtGrandmother’s Alfred Wallis purchases bring reward for vendor

Modern British ArtNathaniel Sparks’ ‘masterpiece’ flies over estimate at Cambridge sale

Modern British ArtDemand emerges for Mary Potter still life at specialist East Anglian art sale

Modern British ArtStudio source brings strong results

Modern British ArtRich seam of modern art surfaces in Somerset

Modern British ArtAuction record set for George Chapman at Rogers Jones

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