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Taxidermy of extinct New Zealand birds set to fly at auction
A display of huia birds from New Zealand will find its way to Moreton-in-Marsh on July 25 16 July 2024
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Georgian mahogany furniture features among four lots to watch this week
15 July 2024
Sotheby’s Global Fine Art team
Movers & Shakers: the latest art and antiques appointments including a shake-up in Sotheby's fine art team
15 July 2024
  • Top stories this week including news of a rusty sword selling for over 500 times estimate
    14 July 2024
  • Rare Liberty & Co terracotta sundial by Archibald Knox emerges in South London
    13 July 2024
  • ‘Holy grail’ Sex Pistols single makes record
    12 July 2024
  • Largest ever dinosaur skeleton at auction expected to fetch up to €5m
    12 July 2024

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NewsMineral water bottle pops up to break record
A new record for any English bottle was set at specialist saleroom BBR Auctions in Elsecar, South Yorkshire.
NewsBritish silver pieces from renowned Texas collection on offer
New Orleans dealership MS Rau has acquired 222 pieces of English silver from the collection of Texan businessman Billy Joe ‘Red’ McCombs (1927-2023).
NewsIntriguing timeline of a rediscovered Tompion clock
NewsCharity sales: should buyer’s premium be charged?
InternationalThe Japanese prints spoils of a seasoned bidder
Dealers’ DiaryA fair finding a winning formula
Books & Works On PaperPoetry work that awakened the genius of John Keats
FeatureSilver: Promising signs for market as metal prices rebound
Auction ReportsMarket for distinctive Neapolitan Nativity figures is full of life
Auction ReportsScottish art success at auction despite lack of single-owner collection big hitters

Ceramics and Glass

Recent coverage of the ceramics and glass market
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Ceramics and GlassMeissen freemasons rub shoulders with Lowestoft musicians
The most desirable element of a collection of 18th century white-glazed porcelain figures offered by Reeman Dansie was the Meissen group known as Two Freemasons.
Ceramics and GlassVincennes candleholders spark hot contest
Pair of rare and early French examples offered separately create a bidding frenzy despite condition issues
Ceramics and GlassOttoman tile packs in power of tiger and leopard
Ceramics and GlassWell-known Sèvres service delights bidders
Ceramics and GlassSoviet-era porcelain on the up
Ceramics and GlassGroup of prime period De Morgan tiles take close to six-figures
Ceramics and GlassLalique style leads selection of design classics
Ceramics and GlassFlower power: British majolica hits the bigtime
Ceramics and GlassNelson's Worcester teapot brings £42,000
Ceramics and GlassA taste of rare colour combinations at Bonhams

Jewellery Highlights

Recent coverage of the jewellery market
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JewelleryTiffany is tops at Toomey's jewellery sale
Snake bracelet among the highlights as period jewellery makes an auction debut.
JewelleryDealer Tomasso adds to personal collection with an auction purchase
A gold and cameo ring offered at Irita Marriott caught the eye of a number of jewellery dealers and bidders from as far as Paris and the US.
JewelleryThird Antiques Roadshow-discovered Burges brooch sells at auction
JewelleryRing by Dubret influenced by Lalique but at a more affordable level
JewelleryStrong markets that create key battleground
JewelleryCarved coral pendant created in a style typical of Trapani
JewelleryBrooch was ‘gift from Duke and Duchess of Windsor’
JewelleryWhite gloves for Chameroy’s eclecticism
JewelleryThe draw of a great sapphire and a great atelier
JewelleryHardman jewel with a Pugin connection

Modern British Art Highlights

Recent coverage of the Modern British art market
Modern British Art
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Modern British ArtBloomsbury Group attracts fresh buyers
Result of select offering in London shows a healthy market which now even includes Asian bidders.
Modern British ArtNewlyn artists are setting the scene
Recent works sold in Dorset from the Cornish ‘school’ show the market strength.
Modern British ArtArt innovator Richardson’s collection comes to auction
Modern British ArtNewcastle saleroom sets auction record for surrealist Pulham
Modern British ArtActor Peter Barkworth also had a private passion for collecting
Modern British ArtEarly Dod Procter portrait turns heads at West Sussex auction
Modern British ArtA feather in the cap of Eliot Hodgkin
Modern British ArtRight time and place for Lowry
Modern British ArtHow Gwen John sought creature comfort
Modern British ArtCadell still life sets house record

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Beswick Belted Galloway

Cows can fly: Beswick lot bid to 30 times estimate in Glasgow

12 July 2024
2652 NEDI NIB Queen Victoria Sketch

Teenage Princess Victoria’s sketches fetch £3200

11 July 2024

Aubrey Dawson launches new auction business

11 July 2024

Old Master hidden away for a century emerges at Newcastle auction

11 July 2024

Artillery museum shells out at auction to secure First World War battle scene

10 July 2024

Car boot Bowie bonanza comes to Derbyshire sale

10 July 2024

Pistols Napoleon wanted to use on himself make £1.4m

09 July 2024

A patinated bronze figure of Christ at the Column excels at auction

09 July 2024

Harry Houdini's silver padlock-shaped pocket watch stand escapes at auction for 17 times over estimate

09 July 2024

Single owner Clarice Cliff collection comes to Anderson & Garland

08 July 2024

Large Minton centrepiece vase is among six lots to watch this week

08 July 2024

Top stories this week including a Hanover Tompion clock selling for £3.5m

07 July 2024

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Lalique La Jour et La Nuit (Day and Night) timepiece
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Lalique glass has long been a world-famous brand, internationally admired and still in production today under Swiss ownership. But for René Lalique, it represented a second commercially successful career.
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