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Last hurrah for the Ann and Gordon Getty collection
31 January 2024Finding antiques with the wow factor was Ann Getty’s forte and she did it with great dedication, some good advice and an outstanding bank balance.
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New auction records for under-represented artists as museums show purchasing power
29 January 2024The desire by top museums to buy works by under-represented groups, including women and minority ethnic artists, has led to two new auction records in the US.
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Five questions with Jesse Rossa of Triolet Rare Books
29 January 2024Jesse Rossa of California firm Triolet Rare Books is one of the exhibitors at the California International Antiquarian Book Fair.
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California fair reveals a 19th century version of AI
29 January 2024Catalogue of ‘mechanised thought’ counts as one of the stand-out items for sale at San Francisco event
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Entertainment memorabilia produces star prices
29 January 2024Entertainment memorabilia specialist auction house Propstore held some of the most successful sales of 2023.
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Venini glass designs from two Italian architects build up transatlantic interest
29 January 2024Two exceptional pieces of Venini glass surfaced at auction in the final days of 2023 on different sides of the Atlantic.
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Edward Hopper etching tops Bonhams’ print sale in Los Angeles
25 January 2024American artist Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is known for his moody views of his native New York with his paintings often imbued with garish light and contrasting bright and muted colours.
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Keeping the dust jacket was definitely not a dumb move
22 January 2024An original dust jacket made all the difference when Weiss Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) offered a first edition copy of Agatha Christie’s Dumb Witness in Lynbrook, New York.
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US president mesmerised by Lillie Langtry
22 January 2024Though largely forgotten today, Lillie Langtry (1853-1929) was probably England’s first superstar, moving effortlessly from the stage to high society.
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Tobacco wealth fuelled commission of Tiffany vase
22 January 2024This extraordinary Tiffany & Co. silver and mixed metal vase has many of the characteristics of the firm’s chief designer and director of its silver works, Edward Chandler Moore (1827-91).
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Captain America punches in for a debut comic appearance
22 January 2024Top lot in the Potter & Potter (25% buyer’s premium) comics sale featured the debut of Captain America – introduced on the cover punching Hitler.
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Artist’s neighbour was Cubist legend
22 January 2024Pierre Hodé (1889-1942) learned his trade in Paris, a resident of the famous Bateau-Lavoiri building in Montmartre where his close neighbour was Juan Gris.
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Hawaiian high: Sandwich Islands noblewoman sells for 180-times top guide
22 January 2024Portrait of Sandwich Islands noblewoman who visited London on diplomatic tour in 1824 appears in Maryland auction
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Lalique scents an opportunity at Illinois auction
22 January 2024For René Lalique, glass making represented a second career.
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Fertile imagination can generate a healthy price
22 January 2024This terracotta figure is typical of the highly stylised pottery models honouring a fertility or mother goddess, made in Persia in the first millennium BC.
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A new demonic possession: a 1950s horror film poster in demand at auction
22 January 2024Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins and Niall MacGinnis are not exactly household names these days but they starred in what is now regarded as one of the best horror films of the 1950s.
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Six-figure candlestick stands out as a shining example of Mamluk artistry
22 January 2024Estimated at $5000-10,000, a 14th century candlestick made during the classical period of Mamluk artistic production hammered for $100,000 (£79,500) at Leland Little (20% buyer’s premium) in Hillsborough, North Carolina, on December 1.
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Two Old Master artworks to benefit from this year’s TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund
20 January 2024Museums in Ireland and Connecticut are recipients of the annual grant
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Exceptional George II chairs lead Manolovici collection at Doyle
19 January 2024Three exceptional George II period chairs lead the line in the upcoming Old Masters, English & Continental Furniture auction at Doyle New York.
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Bronzes from the Biennais Napoleonides series surface in upstate New York
19 January 2024Spotted in a regular ‘Thursday Morning at Stair’ sale in upstate New York, a trio of French Empire gilt bronzes by Martin-Guillaume Biennais sold way above expectations on January 15.
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