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Newly identified Mary Beale portrait sold to Boston museum
04 December 2023Dealer Peter Harrison has sold a recently reidentified portrait by 17th century painter Mary Beale (1633-99) to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
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Of mice and men and a pesky pup
04 December 2023Scrap of paper came as result of half a manuscript book being chewed into ‘confetti’ by Steinbeck’s dog
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Major Old Master emerges as Velázquez portrait of Spanish queen comes to Sotheby’s
30 November 2023A large full-length portrait of Isabel de Borbón, Queen of Spain, by the great Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) will be offered at Sotheby’s New York in February.
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Exceptional English chairs emerge in US
27 November 2023A fine pair of 18th century English chairs sold for $120,000 (£100,000) in Asheville, North Carolina, on November 16-18.
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Escher’s deep fascination with the Amalfi Coast
27 November 2023Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) arrived on the Amalfi Coast in 1923 and ultimately created more than 100 works there based on the landscape.
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Autogiros made by Britains soar in Pittsburgh
27 November 2023Created in the late 1920s by Spanish aeronautical engineer Juan de la Cierva (1895-1936), the autogiro entered service in the late 1930s.
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Sleeping ‘imperial poem’ plaques awakened at New Jersey auction
27 November 2023Catalogued simply as an ‘ornate Chinese plaque’ and estimated at $600-800, a Qing lacquer and porcelain panel hammered for a remarkable $440,000 (£359,000) at Regency Auction House in Rockaway, New Jersey.
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Triton set to make a splash in Chicago
27 November 2023The grandnephew of Parisian art and antiquities dealer Ernest Brummer (1891-1964) is parting with this second-century AD Roman marble head of a triton at Hindman in Chicago.
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Japanese post-war toys – the novelty that has not worn off
27 November 2023The highly imaginative post-war toys made in Japan for the US market are sought-after lots at auction
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Marx goes to war in a big way with a huge toy soldier playset
27 November 2023The first American Civil War playset produced by Marx came in 1958 but in 1961 a real blockbuster version appeared: the Giant Blue and Gray Battle Set.
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Sculpture that stunned Rodin bid to six-figures at Rago auction
27 November 2023Eminent artist stepped aside once he saw the monumental figure by younger colleague Maillol
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Deaccessioned works receive big auction welcome
27 November 2023Classical Chinese furniture deaccessioned from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts produced some sensational results at a dedicated Asian Art sale held by Brunk Auctions (23% buyer’s premium) in Asheville, North Carolina on October 19.
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Roman marble bust of Hadrian flies over estimate at US auction
27 November 2023This Roman marble bust hammered for $47,500 (£39,100) against an estimate of $2000-3000 at Wiederseim Associates (25% buyer’s premium) in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania on October 20.
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T Kimball Brooker delights span eight sales
27 November 2023Dispersal of renowned collection launches with the first auctions including Aldine ‘crown jewels’
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Early chair by Eames team shows that detail counts when it comes to value
27 November 2023In the Mid-century market, the devil is in the detail.
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Ramses and Renoir go toe to toe
27 November 2023An ancient Egyptian sculptural fragment was the most eagerly contested lot in Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ (20% buyer’s premium) Autumn Majestic sale on November 10-12.
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Shooting gallery target to get your teeth into
27 November 2023In September 2020, Soulis Auctions knocked down record prices at a sale of the Richard and Valerie Tucker collection of carnival shooting gallery targets.
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The Russell Fling textiles collection goes under the hammer in Philadelphia
20 November 2023Material Culture, Philadelphia specialists in ethnographic art, is selling the Russell S Fling collection of rugs and textiles on December 4.
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Doulton genius from Tinworth and Noke comes to Florida auction
20 November 2023Works by the Doulton dominate the two-day British Ceramics and Pottery Auction at Lion and Unicorn in Hollywood, Florida.
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Mid Century art and design show market strengths in upstate New York sale
20 November 2023Line Vautrin (1913-97) began her career selling her cast metal jewellery door-to-door.
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