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US Constitution copy takes $41m at New York auction
19 November 2021A hedge fund billionaire has outbid a group of crowdfunded cryptocurrency fans for a copy of the US Constitution and has agreed to loan it to a museum.
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Fabergé T-Rex soars at sale thanks to ATG advert
15 November 2021A rare Fabergé jade carving of a Tyrannosaurus Rex emerged for sale at a US regional auction house to sell for $65,000 (£50,000).
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Hermit plaque emerges in Kansas
15 November 2021This KPM porcelain plaque will feature in Woody Auction’s next sale in Kansas on December 4.
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Rediscovered Fabergé T-Rex takes five-figure sum at US auction
09 November 2021A rare Fabergé jade carving of a Tyrannosaurus Rex emerged for sale at a US regional auction house to sell for $65,000 (£50,000) last week.
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Spider-Man flies high at Heritage
08 November 2021Spider-Man became the most expensive comic book superhero in a Heritage (20% buyer’s premium) sale this autumn.
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Rare Fabergé jade Tyrannosaurus Rex emerges in US regional auction
03 November 2021A rare Fabergé jade carving of a Tyrannosaurus Rex comes for sale at a US regional auction house this week.
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Garniture given to Napoleon up for sale in Illinois
01 November 2021The 200th anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s death has brought some important consignments to market.
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Marx and Lehmann motor to saleroom
01 November 2021The Milestone (20% buyer’s premium) auction held in Cleveland, Ohio, featured just over 700 lots of toys – the majority from one collection.
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English oak took root in the US
01 November 2021The opening 320-plus lots of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ next sale, Autumn Majestic, from November 12-14 in Maine, comprise the works from the estate of New York advertising photographer Frank Cowan (1934-2003).
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Lalique jewellery takes flight
01 November 2021Naturally inspired creations underline the renowned designer’s range of talents
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Getty Museum acquires major Italian Old Master
30 October 2021The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has acquired a painting by Venetian artist Jacopo Bassano (c.1510-1592).
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High-profile lots stack up to a bumper offering
27 October 2021The top two UK auction houses have announced a string of high-profile consignments coming to auction in the autumn/winter season.
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Pioneering photography emerges in US saleroom
27 October 2021An archive of very early photography is to be offered at auction in the US next month.
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Charles Dickens Christmas Books provide early festive gift
27 October 2021Though the matching bindings were much later ones commissioned by London dealer Sotherans, a set of Charles Dickens’ five famous Christmas Books offered on August 28 by Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) of Chicago were all firsts of 1843-48, and in some instances first issue or first state copies.
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Munnings leads the Los Angeles field
27 October 2021Equestrian works by the British artist shine as ‘English country house meets Californian chic’
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Elephant in the room: an exceptional clock
18 October 2021A rare 17th century elephant automaton clock was the star of the Christie’s New York Exceptional sale when it sold at $2.15m (£1.58m) to a private buyer.
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Cuffs that could not hold Houdini
18 October 2021On October 30 in Chicago Potter & Potter is holding the first part of the Ken Klosterman collection of magic-related artefacts.
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Breguet astronomical quarter repeating watch
18 October 2021On October 22 Skinner in Massachusetts is holding a sale of watches and timepieces from the estate of David G Newsom.
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Sherlock Holmes on the comeback trail
18 October 2021This handwritten page from the manuscript of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles will feature at Heritage Auctions.
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Orientalist painting authenticated on BBC show 'Fake or Fortune?' heads to auction at Sotheby’s
13 October 2021A picture bought for around £4000 and eventually authenticated on the BBC programme 'Fake or Fortune?' as by 19th-century French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme is to be offered at Sotheby’s with an estimate of £80,000-120,000.
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