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The $7.9m record stamp

23 June 2014

Sotheby’s set a new auction record for a stamp with the $7.9m (£4.85m) hammer taken for the 1856 British Guiana one-cent Magenta in New York last week.

Bonhams keep mum over sale rumours

23 June 2014

Bonhams have declined to comment on reports in the media that the company is up for sale for a price rumoured to be several hundred million pounds.

Artcurial show Austrian ambitions

23 June 2014

French auctioneers Artcurial are expanding their reach by opening an office in Austria, following on from the Milan and Brussels branches established in 2012.

NAVA to bring property and chattels auctioneers together at autumn forum

23 June 2014

NAVA have announced their new Autumn Forum will take place on Thursday, September 25.

Bowes Museum conference to focus on the Period Room

23 June 2014

A three-day conference focused on The Period Room will take place at the Bowes Museum on September 18-20.

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English cameo glass stars at $260,000 in Kansas

23 June 2014

English cameo glass was the star of the show at Woody Auction’s second dispersal from the collection of Dr Ernest and Karin Rieger held in Wichita, Kansas.

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Martin Brothers bird flies to record £75,000

20 June 2014

Knocking others off their perch, Salisbury’s Woolley & Wallis improved upon their own auction record for Martin Brothers with the £75,000 sale of this bird jar to Gloucestershire British art pottery dealers AD Antiques.