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News and previews of art and antiques sold at auctions throughout the UK and overseas, from multi-million-pound blockbusters to affordable collectables.
Books and works on paper auction calendar, October 1-18, 2024
30 September 2024Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales
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Appealing faces of Victorian furniture
30 September 2024Chairs and sofas by Howard & Sons are a pricey niche market these days, largely immune to the varying fortunes of the wider market for Victorian and Edwardian furniture.
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Lavery’s tennis match tops sale of works from Paisley Art Institute
27 September 2024A selection of 96 paintings from the collection of the Paisley Art Institute sold for £1.1m at Lyon & Turnbull on the evening of September 26.
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Shirt worn by first black player to play for England Viv Anderson goes to auction
27 September 2024Viv Anderson made his historic debut in 1978 against Czechoslovakia. Now the shirt he wore that day heads to Graham Budd Auctions
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Congressional naval medals show dramatic increase in value over two decades
27 September 2024Five historic Congressional naval medals awarded during the War of 1812 excelled at Noonans latest sale of British, World Coins and Historical Medals.
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First English edition of The Prince doubles estimate in Essex
26 September 2024A rare copy of the first English edition of Niccolo Machiavelli’s seminal 1532 book 'The Prince' was snapped up at an auction in Colchester.
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‘A treasury of theatrical and cultural life’: John Osborne collection comes to Olympia Auctions
26 September 2024The collection of playwright John Osborne (1929-1994) is coming to auction next month.
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Early Whistler portrait makes £320,000 at Bonhams
25 September 2024James McNeill Whistler’s (1834-1903) first portrait commission, a painting of his friend Lucas Alexander Ionides, drew a strong bidding battle at Bonhams earlier today.
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Seeds of success as rare advertising sign sells at three times estimate
25 September 2024A highly desirable British enamel advertising sign surfaced for sale in Scotland where it sold for £11,000.
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Retiring dealer puts career collection up for auction
24 September 2024Newcastle-based saleroom Anderson & Garland is holding an auction of the Graham Smith Antiques collection following his decision to retire from the industry.
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Trevillion's 'favoured' sketch of Churchill emerges at Hansons
24 September 2024A Winston Churchill (1874-1965) portrait personally signed by the former prime minister heads to Hansons on November 20.
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18th century Irish penal cross brings demand in North Yorkshire auction
24 September 2024Penal crosses take their name from the series of laws the restricted the rights of Roman Catholics and other nonconformists.
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Clock with orrery marks a moment in time and space
23 September 2024The highlight of the sale of Fine Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments at Dreweatts was this French mantel clock with orrery c.1810. Although unsigned, it is thought to be by the talented Paris clockmaker Antide Janvier (1751-1835).
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Rare David Hockney print among five lots to watch
23 September 2024With estimates from £800, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week
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Empire period Sèvres centrepiece surfaces in Ostend
23 September 2024This Sèvres porcelain basket-shaped centrepiece was one of the highlights in a sale held by Ostantix Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Ostend on September 3-4.
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Pope’s ‘planet pottery’ finds space to be loved
23 September 2024Founders Antiques is an online business which specialises in English period furniture, art and 20th century design. Proprietor Steve Foulkes was contacted by the family of the potter, Isabella Pope, who died in the 1990s.
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Golf narrated as a Greek epic
23 September 2024First printed book dedicated to the game took the intriguing form of a heroic clash on Leith Links
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Roll up, roll up for a great sale
23 September 2024Exhibited in New Bond Street over the summer, Bonhams’ auction titled The Greatest Show: The Fairground World of Ross Hutchinson was held over two days earlier this month: 150 lots at a live auction on September 10, with a further 150 through a timed online sale concluding the following day.
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The Antiques on High auction offering doubles up
23 September 2024Vincent Page is launching a second monthly auction room in one of his five antique centres which are currently in Oxford, Sidmouth, Harrogate, Taunton and Bowness-on-Windermere all with the brand title of Antiques on High.
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Autumn signals busy art market
23 September 2024With the Olympics over and the new season well under way, there is plenty of activity in the French art market.
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