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Ring
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Eros and the grasshopper
30 March 2020This Grand Tour-era ring sold at Great Western Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) in Glasgow features an unusual banded carnelian intaglio carved with a putti holding the leg of a large grasshopper.
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Tudor merchant’s ring found in a garden by metal detectorist sells for £36,000
02 March 2020An early 16th century ring found by a metal detectorist in East Yorkshire has sold at auction for £36,000.
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Byronic collection offered at Chiswick Auctions
27 January 2020Chiswick Auctions will offer a single-owner collection of memorabilia relating to the second generation English Romantic poet, George Gordon Byron (1788-1824).
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Four cameo and intaglio rings indicating glyphic art is now at the cutting edge of fashion
27 January 2020Glyphic art was one of the success stories of 2019. The return to collecting fashion of this once dusty academic field is bringing more hardstone gems to the market.
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Plea for trade and auction houses to spot stolen bassoons and Cartier ring
04 January 2020A musician is calling on antiques dealers and auction houses to be alert to two stolen bassoons and a Cartier ring that were taken on November 21 from a home in north London.
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Second ‘lost’ Marlborough gem sparkles in Cambridge
23 December 2019An intaglio ring became the second of the ‘lost’ Marlborough jewels to surface at auction in 2019 when it sold for £36,000 (plus 22.5% premium) in Cambridge.
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Ring sheds light on Jewish soldiers in Roman army
23 December 2019A Roman bronze ring offered for sale by Pax Romana (15% buyer’s premium) in London on November 24 appears to shed light on a little known aspect of the imperial army: the contribution of Jewish soldiers.
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Oved’s animal magic
11 November 2019It was not catalogued as such, but this silver ring modelled as a standing lion with a gold-coloured mane is designed by Moshe Oved (1885-1958), the owner of celebrated Bloomsbury antique shop Cameo Corner where jewellery expert John Benjamin first learnt his trade.
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The sign of the Knights Templar
11 November 2019This early medieval gold ring dates to the time of the Crusades – its decoration of a five-fold ‘Jerusalem’ cross suggesting a link with the Knights Templar.
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The cutting edge of fashion
11 November 2019Out of favour for a generation, grand tour and ancient intaglios and cameos are enjoying a return to form.
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Shedding daylight on Art Nouveau
11 November 2019The November 18 sale titled California Jewelry held by Doyle New York on the West Coast includes a group of French Art Nouveau pieces described as ‘Property from an Important Jewel Collector’. Several display the plique-à-jour (‘letting in daylight’) enamelling technique revived in the late 19th century.
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Moshe Oved silver ring, rare British petrol pump globe and William Gladstone’s grandfather clock – six auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week
25 October 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights this week includes a silver ring by Moshe Oved that made 70-times estimate, a rare British petrol pump globe that doubled predictions and a longcase clock believed to have been owned by former British Prime Minister William Gladstone that chimed with bidders.
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Jewellery: How the circles of life affect values at auction
30 September 2019A poignant background story or strong suggestion of original ownership greatly adds to the appeal of early jewellery finds often unearthed by metal detectors
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Glyphic arts return to the cutting edge
30 September 2019Interest in glyphic art, which reached its collecting apogee during the Grand Tour collecting, is resurgent once more.
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Zucker’s diamonds across the ages
30 September 2019Pictured here is a Renaissance ring set with five point-cut diamonds – typical of the most opulent jewels produced in 16th century Venice. It forms part of the 35-piece private collection of precious stone dealer Benjamin Zucker that will be offered for sale at Les Enluminures in New York from October 24-November 9.
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The four ‘Cs’ – and the right location
30 September 2019Coloured diamonds aside, rubies command higher prices per carat than any other gemstone. Graded using the traditional criteria of the four Cs (colour, cut, clarity and carat weight), they are also evaluated on the basis of geographic origin with the stones from Burma commanding the most interest.
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Preview: Ancient and Neoclassical gems from Salisbury sale
30 September 2019The jewellery sale at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on October 30 includes over 60 engraved gems – both ancient and Neoclassical – from several single-owner collections. A selection of rings is pictured here:
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Jacobites retain their devoted following at annual auction
09 September 2019More reliable today than they ever were in their lifetime, the male line of the Stuarts attracted the familiar devoted following at the annual Scottish Silver & Applied Arts sale at Lyon & Turnbull (25% buyer’s premium).
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Long-lost Marlborough gem bid to £62,000
18 July 2019A sapphire intaglio ring that was identified as one of the long-lost Marlborough gems shortly before it was due to be auctioned was bid to £62,000 at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury today.
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Sapphire intaglio ring identified as one of the long-lost Marlborough gems
10 July 2019Ahead of its auction in Salisbury, a sapphire intaglio ring has been re-catalogued after being recognised as one of the renowned Marlborough gems.
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