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Discover must-see shows across London and Edinburgh, featuring everything from Fabergé to The Scottish Colourists.

As the Chelsea Flower Show celebrates the nation’s love of gardens, we’re turning our attention to the hidden value of outdoor spaces. From lost studio pottery to Roman busts and rare garden design pieces, recent auctions show how overlooked garden items can carry serious financial and historical significance.

Find out what our team of valuers would love to find under the Christmas Tree this year. From jewellery to rare books – or even a chinchilla!

During September, Sotheby’s London held their inaugural ‘Popular Culture’ sale. The market for memorabilia has been a focus for international auction houses in recent years. Sotheby’s historically was one of the first major players in memorabilia but chose to move away from the field in the early 2000s. Recently, with several highly successful sales internationally [...]

Dame Magdalene Odundo (Kenyan/ British, b. 1950) is arguably one of the most important artists working in Britain today and the definitive contemporary ceramicist of the modern era. Odundo’s oeuvre typically consist of sculpture in clay and on occasion in glass. These forms simultaneously traditional and modern – equally unpretentious and layered with meaning. Her [...]

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