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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.
Rare prototype Star Wars figures could make auction record
30 October 2019A new record for any Star Wars toy is anticipated next month with the appearance at auction of a rare prototype action figure.
Stroud Auctions gets to the point with a huge collection of bayonets for sale
29 October 2019Tom Mason’s collecting bug began when his father used to send him postcards and gifts from places he had been posted to in the Second World War, and on his return brought home a number of items of military memorabilia.
Cimabue panel found hanging in kitchen sells for over £20m at auction in France – watch video of auction
28 October 2019A panel ascribed to the Italian artist Cimabue (c.1240-1302) drew dramatic competition this weekend at French auction house Actéon, becoming the eighth most expensive Old Master ever sold.
Cedric Morris market in full bloom as Sworders set auction record
28 October 2019London art dealer Philip Mould was the successful bidder for three works by Cedric Morris (1889-1982) sold in Essex last week. One set a new auction record for the artist plantsman.
Linthorpe pottery enters new price territory
28 October 2019A Linthorpe pottery sake bottle designed for the Middlesbrough pottery by Dr Christopher Dresser has sold for a record £17,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium).
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a novelty Victorian vesta case, a 1930s Britains toy lorry and a rare portrait of Rousseau
28 October 2019With estimates from £80-15,000, here are five previews of upcoming sales this week.
Bid Barometer
28 October 2019ATG’s selection of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com from the period October 17-23, 2019. This includes both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.
Missing in action but spotted shooting at a bottle of schnapps
28 October 2019‘Highly unusual’ is how the Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium) cataloguer described a Second World War medal group ahead of its sale in Dorchester on August 22 for £420, just over top estimate.
Tudor manor houses artistic gems from across the centuries
28 October 2019The old-fashioned country house sale hardly ever fails to cause excitement. The on-the-premises sale of contents from Athelhampton House, a Tudor manor house in Puddletown, Dorset, was no exception.
Nineteenth century views of Constantinople at Chiswick Auctions
28 October 2019Pictured below is one of the 26 views, after Coke Smyth, that form a first edition copy of John Frederick Lewis’ 'Illustrations of Constantinople, Made During a Residence in that City &c., in the Years 1835-6'.
Stuck sculpture shows athletic inspiration
28 October 2019The German artist Franz von Stuck is generally associated with portraits of sultry, mystical fin-de-siècle women, laden with symbolism.
Charlotte Brontë’s teenage miniature manuscript returns to auction
28 October 2019Parsonage Museum ‘determined to make the most of second opportunity’ to own miniature manuscript
Powell stained glass panels shine in sale
28 October 2019As part of a House & Garden sale, the top-seller at Mallams (22.5% buyer’s premium) in Abingdon was a set of six stained-glass panels by James Powell & Sons of Whitefriars.
Austin pedal car trundles into Cheshire saleroom
28 October 2019As one of the most meticulously made pedal cars ever produced, the Austin J40 is always a target when it comes to auction.
Vroom shows a sense of perspective
28 October 2019It was a visit to the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino with his parents that first whetted the 15-year-old Thomas Vroom’s appetite for perspective.
Silver tureen salutes captain’s fighting spirit
28 October 2019American naval expertise and gallantry came as a big shock to the British, who had become used to the Royal Navy ruling the waves.
Regimental badge is a cut above
28 October 2019A white-metal regimental badge estimated at £50-100 sold for £4800 at Lindsay Burns (20% buyer’s premium) in Perth, Scotland, on September 3. Why? It probably hailed from the time and place of the American War of Independence (1775-83).
Hands of history for Nelson memorabilia collectors
28 October 2019The great appeal of an otherwise typical early 19th century longcase offered for sale on September 12 by Malvern auctioneer Philip Serrell was its painted dial.
Bastille lot with English connection
28 October 2019Estimated at £10,000-15,000 in a Forum Auctions sale of November 21 is a French indenture agreement of 1421 with a certain added English appeal.
Panels portray palaces and architectural scenes
28 October 2019One of the highlights at Lempertz in Cologne on November 15 is a set of nine late-18th century scagliola panels.
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