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Top stories this week – including news of Stanley Gibbons offering shares in the world’s most expensive stamp
The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a plan to ‘democratise’ the ownership of the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp. 20 June 2021
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Lucian Freud and David Hockney
Freud’s portrait of Hockney comes to auction
19 June 2021
Sardonyx cameo depicting Napoleon
Top-selling cameo of Napoleon from 1810 stars in our latest pick of five auction highlights
18 June 2021
  • Fundraising begins for Brontë Honresfield Library collection after Sotheby's postpones auction to give museums more time
    17 June 2021
  • Infamous forgery 'Oath of a Freeman' doubles estimate at US auction
    17 June 2021
  • New faces in Dublin, London and Munich are among the latest hires
    16 June 2021
  • Henry VIII gold medal takes six-figure sum in Swiss auction
    15 June 2021

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British Guiana Magenta stamp
NewsBuy a share in the world’s most expensive stamp
Stanley Gibbons, the buyer of the world’s most expensive stamp at Sotheby’s New York last week, said it plans to “democratise” its ownership by inviting the public to buy shares in it.
NewsLondon charity is beneficiary of restituted art
A sight loss charity in London has benefited from a surprise windfall after pictures restituted to the estate of a benefactor were sold at auction in Vienna.
NewsFledgling Brussels auction house sells €800,000 altarpiece
News DigestPick of Week: Fred Perry medal nets £20,000 from Wimbledon museum
FeatureClocks & watches: Taylor made collection comes for sale
FeatureA ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ Omega brings £9000
Auction ReportsSilver buyers release pent-up demand
Dealers’ DiaryTEFAF goes through the keyholes of the art world experts
Fairs, Markets & Centres‘Horti’ happy with a full house
InternationalSalon du Dessin all set for its 2021 return

Books, Maps & Prints

Recent coverage of printed material
Books & Periodicals
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Books, Maps & PrintsLivres d’artiste: collecting the book as art
How the livre d’artiste can combine words and images beautifully – and be highly desirable.
Books, Maps & PrintsThe mapping of geopolitics
A brief history of maps designed to communicate ideas over geographical accuracy
Books, Maps & PrintsInterview: ‘There are more book buyers out there than we realised’
Books, Maps & PrintsMilitary letters: Unique piece of the action
Books, Maps & PrintsSpitting image: Napoleon mocked
Books, Maps & PrintsA fair to make Brighton rock
Books, Maps & PrintsOur pick of book auction highlights
Books, Maps & PrintsPrinting money: wall power and connoisseurship on a budget
Books, Maps & PrintsLearning the market for Grosvenor School
Books, Maps & PrintsThree booksellers’ associations open new digital chapter

Jewellery Highlights

Recent coverage of the jewellery market
Jewellery
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JewelleryModernist market thrives for Grima and Gard
Two unusual signed pieces by flavour-of-the-month Andrew Grima (1921-2007) recently sold at Dawsons.
JewelleryStoried jewels from Mountbatten
Sotheby’s sold the collection of Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, which include a fine selection of jewellery.
JewelleryNew audience brings tiara back in vogue
JewelleryMulti-gem necklaces: ‘Perfect for the enquiring mind’
JewelleryGold ring fitting for a de Vere
JewelleryChieftain’s brooch is still all the rage 2000 years later
JewelleryLalique’s dragonfly brooch brings high demand in Paris
JewelleryHey diddle diddle, the cat and the mandolin
JewelleryHuge demand for great example of Grand Tour glyphic art
JewelleryJewellery gifts from Queen Victoria in the spotlight

Arms, Armour & Militaria Highlights

Recent coverage of the arms, armour and militaria market
Arms, Armour & Militaria
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Arms, Armour & MilitariaGeorge Cross record broken again by London saleroom
The world record for a George Cross has been broken by a medal awarded to a courageous British soldier who died in captivity during the Korean War.
Arms, Armour & MilitariaLockdales finds high demand for militaria
The collecting of English military swords is a science in itself.
Arms, Armour & MilitariaColt icons become big money-earners
Arms, Armour & MilitariaFirearms collectors take aim at name recognition
Arms, Armour & MilitariaWhy armour still shone well after its use had faded
Arms, Armour & Militaria‘Attagirls’ items fly high at two auctions
Arms, Armour & MilitariaFishing trip that sank enemy ships
Arms, Armour & MilitariaAir Vice-Marshal's medal group flies high at Spink
Arms, Armour & MilitariaAn Indian Mutiny double
Arms, Armour & MilitariaMedal marks Cromwell triumph

Ceramics and Glass

Recent coverage of the ceramics and glass market
Ceramics
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Ceramics and GlassStrong selling rate as market responds to abundant Wedgwood offerings
A vast quantity of Wedgwood was on offer in a pair of decorative arts auctions.
Ceramics and GlassMug celebrating George Stephenson’s Rocket steams to triple-estimate
A Liverpool creamware transfer-printed frog mug was produced by the short-lived Herculaneum factory c.1830-33 just after the 1829 Rainhill Steam Trials.
Ceramics and GlassSèvres jug and basin for ‘Mylord Bolingbroke’
Ceramics and GlassVase sets Moser ceramics record
Ceramics and GlassTaking the market for toby jugs at face value
Ceramics and Glass‘The father of international law’ immortalised in glass form
Ceramics and Glass‘Earliest dated Irish glass’ sells at auction
Ceramics and GlassCollections of Worcester porcelain up to Scratch Cross
Ceramics and GlassHit the Deck for Orientalism
Ceramics and GlassTake tea with the queen – at a twelfth the normal size

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Two Dutch Old Master pictures recovered by the Monuments Men and eventually restituted to Jewish businessman’s heirs come to auction

09 June 2021

Sixteenth century Scottish Highlands manuscript bought by Edinburgh museum

08 June 2021

Reward offered for return of stolen treasures from Arundel Castle

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07 June 2021

Top stories this week – including news of an infamous work by master forger Mark Hofmann coming to auction

06 June 2021

Victoria Cross awarded for heroic defensive feat 'ranking alongside Rorke's Drift' comes for sale

05 June 2021

Five pictures that caught bidders’ eyes at Dreweatts’ Old Master sale

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