Mighty Mouseman table sets hefty £42,000 record

Pick of the week The 23-year-old auction record

Mayfair event cancellation leaves big gap in new year London line-up

The Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair has

House moves to new Berkshire home and role as the Dreweatts chief executive officer

Henry House will join Dreweatts in early 2026.

Gold watch discovered with victim’s body sets a new high for Titanic memorabilia

A pocket watch belonging to a first-class passenger

HMRC reveals fees for anti-money laundering supervision will rise

HMRC is increasing its fees for anti-money laundering

Unknown Sistine Chapel study by Michelangelo comes to auction

Giada Damen, a specialist in Christie’s Old Master

Precious metals

On Friday, November 28, Michael Bloomstein of Brightonwaspayingthe

News in brief

Kahlo takes highest female artist price The overall

‘Soldier Bear’ provided comfort for Pte Loveland

Probably given to Private William George Loveland by

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Story time

Sustained scrap silver prices of more than £30 an ounce have sent large quantities of middle-of-the-road Georgian and Victorian domestic silver to the melting pot. Today, to sell well above the bullion price, it helps if silver comes with a strong narrative. Roland Arkell reports on a few great storytellers.

Joyce chalices give cause to rejoice

Richard Joyce, a member of one of the

Gale warnings and sale earnings

Scottish contemporary silver by Graham Leishman Stewart (1955-2020),

Huguenot talent turned up in Ireland

George III Irish folding corkscrew by Isaac D'Olier,

Vendor tastes sweet success with early Maltese sugar bowl

Maltese silver sugar bowl and cover c.1710, £7500

Strawberry dish goes solo

Although termed strawberry dishes, the classic early Georgian

Bidders on the scent of segmented pomander

German silver gilt pomander c.1600, £7000 at Chiswick

Collector who banged the drum for mustard pots

‘Drum’ form mustard pots – known at the

Hempel’s Dresden sauceboats once served to please at court

This pair of mid-18th century Dresden sauceboats were

Ashbee and Knox mix the old and modern

Charles Robert Ashbee’s pseudo medieval wirework silver and

Macdonald Mackintosh mysticism

Shakespearean themed watercolour takes hammer price of £75,000 as confirmation of the artist’s status

Marks uses his bird brain to boost artistic income

Send your art news to Alex Capon at

The Bard for a third and fourth time

While nowhere near the level of the First Folio of Shakespeare’s work, later versions are still big sellers

‘Extraordinary window into events that shaped the early 20th century’

Four lots once belonging to British army officer,

On a winner with Nobel Prizes

Due to an error last week we inadvertently published in ATG No 2720 the Books & Works on Paper section from issue no 2719. Apologies for the unnecessary repetition. The online version of No 2720 was corrected and here we include the correct pages in your print edition

Settle’s heartfelt, personal tribute to (insert name here)

A Funeral Poem to the Memory of the

Rackham’s art version of Wagner

Arthur Rackham illustration for an edition of Wagner

Previews

This rare panorama of London was published in

The CRW work once owned by HG

Thames view by Modern British artist Nevinson was acquired by another leading early 20th century figure

‘Maximalism and eclectism in demand’

There could be good times ahead for dealers

Philadelphia fair to be put on hold in 2026

Philadelphia Museum of Art, East Entrance (photo: Philadelphia

Glass galore as Cotswolds dealership hosts Christmas show

A green wineglass in the Prince of Wales

Two exhibitions and charity delivery for very busy gallery

Gray MCA has a couple of busy months

London dealer launches poster expert event

London dealer Kirill Kalinin of AntikBar has launched

Old Master sleepers awaken

Works by Ambrosius Benson and an unknown artist possibly from Antwerp go way beyond estimates

Two bidders battle for a kris probably made for royalty

Indonesian kris and scabbard, $10,000 (£7450) at Akiba

Third record now set by another Wedgwood Fairyland lustre piece from Pellet source

For the third time in a year, a

Patience rewarded as Oscar Wilde teapot makes $16,000

The 1882 Royal Worcester porcelain Patience teapot has

How two birds were better than one in New Hampshire

Late 19th century French or Swiss singing bird

The original and authoritative sales listing

This is a calendar of art, antiques and

Get ready for a hectic few days

First up is the AS Fairs one-day event at Lincolnshire Showground – then the nearby IACF two-dayer kicks in

Thoughts on Carter, Oliver, Cribb, Cooper and an extraordinary fight

With regard to your article on the Carter/Oliver

Riley-Smith ruminates on his art market journey

Crispian Riley-Smith, managing director and CEO of Art

Obituary – Howard L Rehs (1959-2025)

New York dealer Howard L Rehs, president of