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Huge group of Hollywood movie props expected to raise over $10m at Propstore's auction
30 July 2024Props from Indiana Jones, Star Wars and The Godfather all to feature at auction in the US
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US library comes to auction after college closure
25 July 2024The library of Birmingham-Southern College, featuring early works on the history of North America and classics of science and literature, will be sold at Grant Zahajko Auctions in Davenport, Washington over two days on July 31-August 1.
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King of Pop Michael Jackson’s drawings to appear at auction after court ruling
24 July 2024King’s Auctions of Las Vegas has been appointed by the Superior Court of California to sell a collection of original artworks signed by Michael Jackson (1958-2009).
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‘World’s most valuable coin collection’ to be offered in series of sales
22 July 2024The extraordinary coin collection of Danish butter magnate Lars Emil Bruun (1852-1923) is coming to auction at long last.
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Remarkable British medieval jug flies to eight times estimate
22 July 2024An outstanding example of British medieval pottery sold as part of the Stanley F Goldfein collection of ceramics drew fervent bidding at a recent US auction.
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Key Mormon work was taken in the spirit intended
22 July 2024First edition of key Mormon work lists Joseph Smith as ‘author and proprietor’ of text not ‘translator’
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Tiny Chinese porcelain incense box sells at over 400 times estimate
19 July 2024The latest biannual offering of Chinese, Japanese, and Indian works of art at Tremont Auctions (22% buyer’s premium) was dominated by the multi-estimate performance of a single lot.
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Hey Diddle Diddle – the toy bid over the moon
16 July 2024The range of nursery rhyme and sporting figures made by Phillip Segal Toys are among the most desirable of all hollowcast lead ‘civilians’.
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Poetry work that awakened the genius of John Keats
15 July 2024Only 29 books from the library of John Keats are recorded - among them a 1679 printing of the collected works of the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser given to him by the artist Joseph Severn (1793-1879).
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British silver pieces from renowned Texas collection on offer
15 July 2024New Orleans dealership MS Rau has acquired 222 pieces of English silver from the collection of Texan businessman Billy Joe ‘Red’ McCombs (1927-2023).
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Illustration done on a grand scale: fantastic fish watercolours from naturalist Sarah Bowdich Lee
15 July 2024Naturalist produced a fish-focused work featuring nearly 3000 original watercolours across 50 copies
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The Japanese prints spoils of a seasoned bidder
15 July 2024Collector never seemed to give up in a battle to win more magnificent ukiyo-e works
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Original Harry Potter artwork takes a magical $1.6m result
08 July 2024The original artwork for 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone' sold at Sotheby’s for $1.6m (£1.3m) plus 20% buyer’s premium in New York on June 26.
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Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze seals a sensational price
08 July 2024Concept Art Gallery (22% buyer’s premium) in Pittsburgh enjoyed a sensational result on June 8.
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Princess Diana clothes given royal send-off at Beverly Hills auction
03 July 2024In what was the largest curated collection of her personal items since 1997, dresses, hats, shoes and personal letters were all up for grabs at Julien’s.
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‘G’ marks jug as a Gorham production
01 July 2024Although the designer and silversmith are unknown, this silver snake jug forms part of the group of trompe l’oeil objects produced during the 1870s-80s by the Gorham factory in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Harry Davis Royal Worcester polar bears on the prowl in the US
01 July 2024Three Royal Worcester vases on offer were all painted by the versatile decorator
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Wheellock from French king’s famed collection comes to US saleroom
01 July 2024A wheellock sporting arm from the renowned Cabinet d’Armes of King Louis XIII (1601-43) is for sale at Rock Island Auction Company (RIAC) from August 23-25.
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Innovative Earth design ready for assembly
01 July 2024Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was one of 20th century USA’s most prominent architects, inventors and designers.
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Artist who was blown away by hot air balloons
01 July 2024With very few exceptions, the French artist Victor Philippe Lemoine-Benoit (active 1831-50) devoted almost all of his painting career to one subject: hot-air balloons of the type made famous by the Montgolfier brothers in the late 18th century.
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