1) Sotheby’s slashes buyer's fees and sets seller's commission at standard rate
Sotheby’s has announced a major shake-up of its customers’ fees, reducing its buyer’s premium for the first time since it was introduced in 1979 and setting seller's commission at a standard rate.
2) Third Qing ‘dragon boat’ flask emerges in US
A famille rose porcelain moon flask, possibly made at the imperial kilns for the Qing emperor Jiaqing, took more than 75-times estimate at auction.
3) Bag of coins donated to charity shop contained rare 19th century Australian specimen
A bag of coins donated to Oxfam in Orpington, Kent, contained an Australian New South Wales coin dating to 1813 which is valued at up to £7000.
![Australian New South Wales Fifteen Pence or Dump](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/99744/lot-753-new-south-wales-fifteen-pence-or-dump-1813-please-credit-noonans-1.jpg?width=700&height=500&mode=max&updated=02%2f01%2f2024+12%3a51%3a48)
A 19th century Australian New South Wales Fifteen Pence or Dump, estimated at £5000-7000 at Noonans two-day sale of Coins and Historical Medals February 6-7.
4) Harrison Ford’s Star Wars scripts found in his former London flat come to auction
A group of scripts, notes and letters from Hollywood actor Harrison Ford, discovered in a Notting Hill flat he rented, are coming to auction.
![Harrison Ford's script](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/99714/harrison-script-2.jpg?width=700&height=500&mode=max&updated=01%2f30%2f2024+16%3a52%3a27)
The script used by Hollywood actor Harrison Ford while filming Star Wars in the UK in 1976, showing original title The Adventures of Luke Starkiller. It is estimated at £8000-£12,000 at Excalibur Auctions.
5) Pick of the week: Chippendale’s Brocket Hall suite
A set of six George III giltwood side chairs made by Thomas Chippendale for Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, sold at Dreweatts neat their top estimate.
![Set of six George III giltwood side chairs](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/99914/six-george-iii-chair.jpg?width=700&height=500&mode=max&updated=02%2f05%2f2024+11%3a13%3a51)
The set of six George III giltwood side chairs made by Thomas Chippendale for Brocket Hall, £95,000 at Dreweatts.
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