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New auction high for an English silver coin
24 May 2024An auction record for an English silver coin has been set in Zürich.
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Geoffrey Cope collection of British and Roman coins to be sold in Zurich
10 April 2024An outstanding collection of British and Roman coins comes to auction in Zurich this year.
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On a wing and a prayer at a Swiss saleroom
26 February 2024One of the earliest pieces in the auction of works of art at Koller in Zürich on March 21 is a copper and enamel figure of a dove.
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Fuseli fantasies on offer in Basel saleroom
26 February 2024Paintings by the Anglo-Swiss artist Henry Fuseli, who was born in 1741 as Johann Heinrich Füssli, seldom make it to auction.
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Morphy unveils transatlantic tie-up
08 February 2024In a move that will be watched closely by US and European auction houses, Pennsylvania-based Morphy Auctions has launched a new operation in Switzerland.
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Beautiful Quran bought for nearly £300,000 at Swiss auction
08 January 2024The extensive auctions at Schuler (23/20/16% buyer’s premium) in Zürich always contain at least one truly spectacular result and the latest three-day sale was no exception.
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Still-lifes and landscapes reflect the Dutch Golden Age
18 September 2023Golden Age Dutch works in the form of still-lifes and landscapes will be on offer at Koller in Zurich in an auction of Old Masters on September 22.
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Police appeal for stolen Ming dynasty Chinese doucai cup
22 August 2023The Metropolitan Police is offering a Serious Crime Reward of up to £10,000 for information leading to the recovery of a Ming Dynasty cup stolen in 2019 but still missing.
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Asian buyers battle at auction for relics of their regions
24 July 2023Recent sales of Asian art achieved some memorable prices, paid not surprisingly by Asian buyers.
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Time to consider pocket watches as a collecting option
19 June 2023Recent auction results in Germany and Switzerland give a snapshot of the market beyond wristwatches
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Miniature masterpiece gold stater retakes title of the most expensive classical coin
29 May 2023A Panticapaeum gold stater, struck in present day Crimea c.350-300BC, has regained the rank of the world’s most expensive classical coin.
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Hungary's Munkácsy bid to more than three times estimate at Swiss auction
29 May 2023Like many of his colleagues, the Hungarian painter Mihály Munkácsy (1844-1900) visited the major art centres of his day, such as Munich and Düsseldorf, before finally settling in Paris in 1871.
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French artist’s nude makes four times estimate in Geneva
24 April 2023The stand-out lot offered at a recent sale at Piguet (23% buyer’s premium) of Geneva was a female nude by Jean Souverbie (1891-1981).
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Anker sketch with Renaissance undertones
24 April 2023Works by Albert Anker (1881-1910) are as popular with today’s Swiss collectors as they were in the late 19th century
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Lion hunt painting proves a real catch in Zürich auction
24 April 2023The biggest surprise at a sale held by Schuler (23/20/16% buyer’s premium) came when the dramatic depiction of The Lion Hunt was offered for SFr3000
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Industry news: Artcurial expands into Switzerland and a new Edinburgh saleroom for Bonhams
20 April 2023A round up of industry news including French auction house Artcurial buying Swiss firm Beurret Bailly Widmer Auktionen.
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Pomodoro in the round
21 November 2022This 1966 work by the Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro (b.1926) will feature in Koller’s Post War and Contemporary sale on December 1 in Zurich.
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Swiss selection of Russian silver
17 October 2022A three-day auction held by Schuler (23/20/16% buyer’s premium) in Zurich achieved numerous notable results.
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Rich harvest nine years later
17 October 2022The private collector who consigned a painting he had bought at Sotheby’s in London in 2013 to Koller (25/22/15% buyer’s premium) in Zurich for the auction on September 23 will have been most agreeably surprised by the result.
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Merian marvel in Switzerland
12 September 2022The Books & Autographs auction at Koller in Zurich on September 21 features the greatest work by artist and naturalist Maria Sybilla Merian on the insects and fauna of Surinam, estimated at SwFr120,000-160,000.
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