Antiques Trade Gazette 25-07-31

Thursday 31 July 2025
Morning briefing for buyers and sellers of art & antiques

Jewellery
Discovery: Elizabethan grasshopper ring jumps to four times estimate
The discovery of a previously unrecorded Elizabethan signet ring brings to 10 the known number of rings in the so-called ‘Grasshopper’ series. FULL STORY

Vintage Luggage
Travel time: Second Louis Vuitton trunk steams into Surrey saleroom
Following the six-figure sum sale of a rare 1920s Louis Vuitton Explorer trunk at John Nicholson’s last month, a second example emerged at the same saleroom. READ MORE

Art Market
One to watch: Pair of paintings by first known black American professional portraitist come to auction
A pair of portraits by Joshua Johnson (c.1763-c.1825) are to be offered for sale for the first time in more than 200 years. READ MORE

TV Show
Fake or Fortune: Two Renoirs – or are they?
The latest episode of 'Fake or Fortune?' featured two separate artworks belonging to different owners purporting to be by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). READ MORE

Roster of East Anglian brocante fairs on the cards READ MORE
Quiz time with ATG's Summer Word Search 2025 READ MORE
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