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Sotheby’s to offer major English collection this summer
An important English collection of Impressionist pictures, silver and furniture will be auctioned across eight different sales at Sotheby’s this summer. 25 May 2022
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Silver casket with Dr Anna Groundwater
Mary, Queen of Scots silver casket sold to Scottish museum for £1.8m
24 May 2022
Bristol plate
A Bristol delft polychrome plate and a Walter Sickert drawing are among six lots to watch
23 May 2022
  • Top stories this week – including news of a collector bidding a record price to buy back a Popeye tank
    22 May 2022
  • French photographer Gustave Le Gray’s Napoleon III army album comes to auction
    21 May 2022
  • Exceptional Chinese ‘nine dragon’ vase stars in our pick of six auction highlights
    20 May 2022
  • Art adviser Gurr Johns launches financing business
    19 May 2022

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NewsA Buddha in the hand at 350-times estimate
This 900-year-old Pala dynasty bronze figure of a Buddhist deity beat all expectations to bring £210,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Sworders’ Asian Art sale in Stansted Mountfitchet on May 13.
News'Kitchen' vase flies to £1.2m at Dreweatts and leads UK Asian art sales
A £1.2m house record at Dreweatts was the highlight of the recent round of UK Asian art sales.
NewsMasterpiece to include Wrest Park treasures
NewsMichelangelo discovery brings €20m at Christie’s in Paris
News DigestPick of the week: Top tables with a touch of Chippendale emerge in Edinburgh
BackpageObituary: Sir Angus Grossart
Fairs, Markets & CentresExperience Italy: How to combine visits to beautiful towns and cities with an antiques buying trip
InternationalDrug jars given auction treatment
Dealers’ DiaryDealers on the Brexit effect: Oven ready trade or a half-baked mess?
Auction ReportsArt market: Bingham collection ends on a high note

Jewellery Highlights

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JewelleryA gift from the Queen Mother shines at Essex auction
A sale of royal memorabilia included items from the estate of Miss Beryl Poignand (1887-1965), governess and confidante to HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
JewelleryNuggets of truth from the Kildonan Gold Rush
A locket that tells the story of the brief, and little known, Scottish gold rush of 1869 surfaces in Gloucestershire
JewelleryA Civilotti jewel to rival Castellani
JewelleryA Byzantine ring from Guilhou’s huge collection on offer in West Sussex
JewelleryEgyptian revival continues in Maidenhead
JewelleryBest of 'cut and paste' jewellery at Catherine Southon
JewelleryEdward Burch at the cutting edge
Jewellery‘Bulgari’ rescued from dressing-up box fate
JewelleryClassic Castellani jewellery creates Boston bidding demand
JewelleryPrince Albert’s drawings for Queen Victoria's coronet sell at auction

Asian Art Special

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Asian Art
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Asian ArtA new frontier as Vietnamese market opens up
Multi-estimate bidding is no longer just the preserve of Chinese works of art. During the recent Asian art sales, Vietnamese market objects excelled.
Asian ArtIndian & Islamic garments prove to be auction talismans
Indian talismanic shirts or Qur’an jama were believed to carry protective powers.
Asian ArtChinese porcelain in demand as medallion bowls bid to 260-times estimate
Asian ArtSoldier's scroll paintings turn out to be lucrative birthday presents
Asian ArtHow the Manchu dynasty tried to brush over Ming history
Asian ArtSino-Tibetan gilt bronze tops seasonal Asian art sales in UK regions
Asian ArtPoignant piece of palace art
Asian ArtJapanese carvings turn heads at Stride auction

Ceramics and Glass

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Ceramics and GlassJust what the doctors ordered: a healthy infusion from the 18th century
An 18th century teapot was among the stand out items in the sale of the collection of doctors-turned-dealers Wynn A Sayman Antiques.
Ceramics and GlassFamed for whimsical cats, but Louis Wain also took Futurist inspiration
Ceramics and GlassRoyal Crown Derby teapot serves up Surrealism thanks to Dalí
Ceramics and GlassHow majolica mania takes over
Ceramics and GlassBottle buyer feeling blue but happy
Ceramics and GlassFine Art Society promotes studio potter Waistel Cooper
Ceramics and GlassDish collected by porcelain obsessive Augustus the Strong brings bidding
Ceramics and GlassStudio ceramics show post-Driscoll sale positivity
Ceramics and GlassThe quality Aynsley appeal
Ceramics and GlassTiny teawares for a ‘little miss’

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17 May 2022

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16 May 2022

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16 May 2022

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15 May 2022

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13 May 2022

Farnham antiques centre targeted by thieves

12 May 2022

Titanic twists of fate: tale of two auction lots in the US and UK

11 May 2022

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10 May 2022

New appointments and premises across the world of art and antiques

10 May 2022

Second World War submarine’s Jolly Roger flag is among six lots to watch

09 May 2022

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