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2014
£67m to help borro lend more
20 March 2014Pawnbrokers borro have secured another £67m lending facility to help expand their activities in the field of asset-backed lending.
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Salisbury Museum declare bid for newly discovered Bronze Age hoard
20 March 2014Salisbury Museum is hoping to host a remarkable hoard of Bronze Age jewellery in a new gallery set to open this summer.
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Bell rings in a year of WW1 centenary sales
20 March 2014Theophilus Jones, a private in the Durham Light Infantry, achieved the unfortunate distinction of being the first soldier to be killed on British soil during the First World War.
Confusion as France’s auction watchdog ranks international auction houses
20 March 2014Bonhams have released their sales figures for 2013, with the company claiming third place in the global hierarchy after Christie’s and Sotheby’s.
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Is this Knibb’s earliest surviving clock?
20 March 2014This Charles II eight-day longcase clock by Joseph Knibb – a ‘snapshot’ of early longcase clock development – doubled its estimate to sell for £240,000 at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions sale in Donnington Priory.
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Fabergé discovery: Wartski win ultimate Easter egg hunt
18 March 2014A previously lost Fabergé egg has been found by Mayfair jeweller Wartski in the American Midwest.
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Lowry’s people on a promenade
14 March 2014A sketch by LS Lowry will be offered at Peter Wilson of Nantwich in Cheshire on May 1.
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Old Master to headline in Shrewsbury sale
14 March 2014A rare early work by the Dutch Old Master painter Dirck Van Delen (c.1605-1671) will be offered at Halls of Shrewsbury on April 16.
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“I fell in love with antiques all over again”
14 March 2014DEALER PROFILE – Carolyn Mackender started her professional life at Bonhams, changed direction to become a teacher and has now come full circle, working as a dealer in decorative, vintage and retro pieces.
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Retail therapy from the experts
13 March 2014ATG Editor Ivan Macquisten reports on the experts’ advice to the trade at this year’s LAPADA conference
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William Moorcroft vase up for sale in Surrey
12 March 2014This 13in (33cm) Macintyre & Co Florian ware vase dated to 1898 and designed by William Moorcroft is going under the hammer at Catherine Southon’s sale in Surrey.
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Meissen squirrels spotted in West Sussex
12 March 2014Auctioneers Bellmans will include a pair of Meissen squirrels, modelled by J.J.Kändler and dated to c.1750 in their forthcoming sale.
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Pietra-dura table in Manchester
12 March 2014First seen by auctioneers Capes Dunn in 1987 during an insurance valuation, this pietra-dura table has now been consigned to their next sale.
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Tiger Moth flies into London auction
12 March 2014A de Havilland Tiger Moth II will star in Holt’s next sale in London.
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Bidding battle sees rare Worcester mug taken to £34,000
11 March 2014This Worcester mug c.1754-55 proved the highlight of the Raymond Dennis collection of early English porcelain sold by Woolley & Wallis of Salisbury.
Trade call for viable solution to ivory issue
11 March 2014Leading specialists in the trade are actively seeking a solution that supports the ban on ivory without destroying valuable artefacts created often hundreds of years ago.
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New owners for Agnew’s as National Gallery buy archive
10 March 2014Just over a year since closing its Albemarle Street gallery, the long-established London art dealership Agnew’s has been acquired by new owners.
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More Lowry print copies emerge – and clues on how to spot them
10 March 2014Recent reports suggest the number of copied Lowry prints in circulation is increasing.
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Oxford conference returns in September
10 March 2014Following the success of last year’s Oxford conference for art and antiques professionals, Jeremy Lamond of Halls and Rupert Toovey of Toovey’s have announced the 2014 event will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 12-13.
Response to NAVA courses indicates demand for knowledge
10 March 2014In 2013 NAVA ran its first course for Valuers & Auctioneers of Chattels and its fourth competition for Young Auctioneer of the Year.