Antiques Trade Gazette

What Antiques Trade Gazette does

Antiques Trade Gazette (ATG) is a weekly specialist trade publication covering the art, antiques, and auction market, founded in 1971 and published by Metropress Ltd, which trades as Auction Technology Group. ATG serves the global art and antiques trade with primary audiences of auctioneers (including major international houses such as Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams, and Phillips), dealers, museums and institutions (British Museum, V&A, Tate, National Gallery, Ashmolean, Fitzwilliam), and private collectors. The publication delivers weekly news, auction reports, market analysis, regulatory coverage, and price reporting across UK regional and international markets.

The product portfolio centers on a flagship weekly print newspaper (reaching issue 2754 as of August 2026) with complementary digital formats including an ePaper viewer, downloadable PDFs, and a content-rich website offering category-based browsing, auction calendars, a trade directory, collecting guides, a price reporter, and a jobs board. The underlying technology is a publishing platform with web-based content delivery and digital archive access; no proprietary AI or advanced technical components are disclosed.

Revenue is generated through a recurring B2B subscription model covering print, ePaper, PDFs, and website access, with an introductory offer priced from £1 for 4 weeks. Marketing and distribution are content-led across the website, email newsletter, print edition, and digital formats. ATG operates within the broader Auction Technology Group ecosystem, which also encompasses online auction platforms thesaleroom.com, i-bidder.com, and the bidspotter platforms — creating integrated content and transaction coverage of the art and antiques trade.

Name

Antiques Trade Gazette

Legal name

Metropress Ltd

Website

https://antiquestradegazette.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Antiques Trade Gazette is a weekly specialist publication serving the art, antiques, and auction trade through print, ePaper, PDF, and website channels, owned by Metropress Ltd (Auction Technology Group).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Art and Antiques Trade Media

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Finance & Industry Trade Magazines (MPAJAEAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Arts, Culture & Literary Magazines (MPAJAEAN)

Keywords

• Art antiques trade news
• Auction industry reporting
• Trade publication media
• Specialist weekly newspaper
• Collectables market intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Print Edition Subscription: Weekly print newspaper subscription providing news, auction reports, and market analysis for the art and antiques trade. Distributed to subscribers weekly with back issues available.
2. Digital Subscriptions (ePaper and PDFs): Online access to digital versions of the print edition including ePaper viewer and downloadable PDF versions. Offered as part of subscription packages.
3. Website Content: Free and subscription-gated access to online news, auction results, price reporter, and industry coverage.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Antiques Trade Gazette is a weekly specialist publication covering the art, antique, and auction market. It publishes a flagship weekly print newspaper supported by a digital platform (website, ePaper viewer, and PDF edition) that delivers news, auction reports, market analysis, price information, collecting guides, auction calendars, and a trade directory to auctioneers, dealers, museums, and collectors.

Product overview

Antiques Trade Gazette (ATG) is a weekly specialist publication for the art and antiques market, offering a single unified product portfolio centered on its print and digital media offerings. The core product is the weekly print newspaper, complemented by the online platform, ePaper digital edition, and PDF versions. Additional value-added services include the Price Reporter for auction results, Collecting Guides for educational content, Auction Calendar for event listings, Trade Directory, and Jobs Board. The company is operated by Metropress Ltd (t/a Auction Technology Group) and maintains partnerships with sister platforms including thesaleroom.com, i-bidder.com, bidspotter.co.uk, and bidspotter.com.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ATG Weekly Print Edition The flagship weekly print newspaper covering the art, antique, and auction industry with news, auction reports, market analysis, and price information, distributed to trade professional subscribers.
• ATG Online Platform The online digital platform providing news articles, category browsing, price reporter, auction calendars, job listings, and directory services for the antiques trade.
• ATG ePaper Online digital version of the weekly print edition allowing subscribers to view the newspaper in an electronic format.
• ATG PDF Edition Printable PDF versions of the weekly print edition available to subscribers for easy reading and home printing.
• Collecting Guides Educational resource guides covering antique furniture, ceramics, glass, silver, and other collectable categories to help collectors identify and value items.
• Auction Calendar Calendar feature listing upcoming auctions, fairs, and art events across the UK and internationally.
• Trade Directory Directory of auctioneers, dealers, organisations, and other trade services within the art and antiques sector.
• Jobs Board Recruitment section listing job opportunities within the antiques and auction trade.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• thesaleroom.comcoreTechnology or IntegrationOnline auction platform operated by parent company Auction Technology Group. The saleroom is featured prominently on the ATG website and provides online auction access for buyers.
• Auction Technology GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company (Metropress Ltd trading as Auction Technology Group) owning ATG, thesaleroom.com, i-bidder.com, bidspotter platforms. Provides integrated auction technology ecosystem.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Artnet News: Real-time digital art-market news service owned by Artnet, the auction database and analytics provider. Directly substitutes for ATG's auction reporting and news value proposition with a lower-cost, digital-only format.
• Artsy: Online art marketplace and editorial platform serving collectors, dealers and auction houses. Competes with ATG for art-market reader attention and ad spend with a digital-first model and broader buyer intent.

Regional players

• Christie's Magazine: Editorial property of a major auction house covered by ATG. Targets the same collector and dealer audience with auction-house perspective and reaches the same international attendee base as ATG's print and digital coverage.
• Bonhams Magazine: Editorial property of Bonhams, the international auction house. Targets the same collector and dealer reader base and competes for category authority across the same jewellery, fine art and decorative arts verticals covered by ATG.
• Sotheby's Magazine: Editorial property of one of the two dominant global auction houses. Competes for high-net-worth collector attention and category authority in fine art, jewellery and antiquities verticals that ATG also covers.

Direct peers

• The Art Newspaper: The leading global paid-for weekly covering the art market, auction world and museums. Closest direct competitor to ATG given overlapping readership of dealers, auction houses and institutions, and a similar print + digital subscription model.
• Apollo Magazine: Long-standing monthly print and digital publication covering art, antiques, museums and the international art market. Directly comparable trade magazine with overlapping editorial remit and collector/dealer audience.
• Artforum: Influential contemporary-art magazine and digital publication with a critical, art-world audience. Direct print/digital competitor for art-world attention and art-market advertising budgets even though contemporary-focused rather than antiques-focused.

Others

• MutualArt: Auction results database and art-market intelligence platform used by collectors, advisors and dealers. Adjacent to ATG's Price Reporter and news offering, selling structured data where ATG sells editorial.
• Artprice (Artmarket.com): Global art-market data and indices provider tracking auction prices across categories. Comparable to ATG's Price Reporter and Price Guide verticals with a pure-data model rather than editorial weekly publication.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/atg_editorial

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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