1) Personal collection of dealer and decorator Robert Kime comes to Dreweatts auction
Robert Kime, the collector, dealer and interior decorator who died last year, spent a lifetime building his own collection alongside his business.
2) Museum of life in East Germany comes to auction
The entire inventory of a museum devoted to life in East Germany will be auctioned by Historia Auctionata in Berlin on August 26.
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A Trabant P 601 L in military livery, first registered in 1988. It is estimated at €100-130 at Historia Auctionata.
3) Fairs boost security amid thefts alert
Market and fair organisers have told ATG they are bolstering security following a spate of recent thefts targeting the jewellery trade.
4) Auction record for Helen Allingham set in Malvern auction
Thoughts that the sweet homely watercolours of Helen Allingham (1848-1926) have fallen from favour commercially may be premature, at least judging by the performance of a couple of works sold at a recent regional sale.
5) Sower reaps benefit of a Millet likeness
A drawing of Jean François Millet’s (1814-75) most famous image generated unexpected levels of bidding in Alameda, California.
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Catalogued as ‘after Jean François Millet’, this drawing of The Sower took $42,500 (£32,300) at Michaan’s.
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