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Armour
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Elaborate Italian Renaissance armour emerges for public auction
28 June 2024Elaborate Italian Renaissance armour emerges for public auction
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Protection using the elements
13 November 2023Pictured here are the plates from a 12th or 13th century klivanion (Byzantine armour).
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Nidhogg nestles in Yggdrasil: a Viking bronze die for armour
14 August 2023A fine example of Viking metalworking was offered at Noonans (24% buyer’s premium) in Mayfair on July 18.
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The greatest hits of arms and armour collector Elvis
23 January 2023Birmingham-born Roy Elvis (1944- 2022) inherited his family interest in antiques and started collecting furniture and decorative arts from an early age.
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London armour sale helps New York museum
15 August 2022A composite German full armour, c.1500-10, from a European Collection was one of the highlights of Thomas Del Mar’s (25% buyer’s premium) sale of Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria held at Olympia Auctions on June 29.
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Busy Brussels: BRAFA and Civilisations fairs coming up
30 May 2022From mid-June Brussels will be a hive of activity on the art and antiques front with plenty on offer to interest residents and draw visitors to the city.
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Pick of the week: German armour blows off to the Windy City
20 December 2021Catalogued as ‘fine and exceptionally rare’, a north German parade cuirass is on its way to the Art Institute of Chicago after being sold at auction.
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Why armour still shone well after its use had faded
01 February 2021Such was the demand for suits of armour from late 19th and early 20th century collectors that European master armourers were kept hard at work long after the practical need for such protective wear had passed.
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Castle hosts selected rather than huge sale
05 October 2020The Munich auction house Hermann Historica (25% buyer’s premium) is renowned for its huge multi-catalogue sales series, but on September 25 it mounted a special, selected sale of works of art held at Schloss Greding, south of Nuremburg.
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Head turners
05 October 2020Two eye-catching but very different armours, one suited to royal palace style and the other more to purist taste, captured bidders’ attention at a London sale.
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Zeus shield and grotesque mask armour
05 October 2020Armour made a strong showing at the sale held in Sarzana by Italian arms specialist Czerny (20% buyer’s premium) on September 19.
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Japanese face armour
24 August 2020A collection of Japanese arms and armour is a key feature of Cowan’s arms and armour auction to be held in Cincinnati on September 2.
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Armour from Susquehanna collection draws international demand to Pennsylvania sale
17 February 2020A 16th century composite suit of armour that had been assembled by a specialist curator in this field at the Metropolitan Museum of Art proved to be the toast of a sale held by Morphy.
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Armour through the ages: three lots commanding bids in winter sales
20 January 2020Rare and well-preserved armour from pre-history to the 17th century was well received in the pre-Christmas sales. Three examples are pictured here.
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Tipu Sultan battlefield spoils dispersed at Oxfordshire auction
01 April 2019A rifle from the personal armoury of Tipu Sultan sold for £60,000 in Oxfordshire last week.
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Armour that stands out in non-vintage season
06 August 2018It has not been a vintage season for armour in the saleroom, but some of the recent highlights from London and Munich are shown here.
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Guards at the Carmarthen sale forefront
06 August 2018A famous royal regiment was remembered at the Peter Francis (20% buyer’s premium) auction in Carmarthen.
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Zettler glass added to Del Mar’s specialist armory
07 August 2017Thomas Del Mar (24% buyer’s premium) sold the first instalment of de-accessioned arms and armour from the John Woodman Higgins Museum in Massachusetts back in 2013 and a second in 2014.
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Armour as art – auctions aim for wider audience
07 August 2017For many years auctioneers have been itching to move the finest arms and armour from the province of the specialist collector and establish them with a wider audience as works of art in their own right.
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Heavy metal makes big auction noise as suit of armour takes £880,000 at auction
24 July 2017A superb set of decorated armour sold at Sotheby’s (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) is believed to have set a record. The £880,000 hammer price for the three-quarter-length cuirassier protection is believed to be the highest auction result for 17th century armour.
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