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Now a third Giambologna monkey emerges
25 March 2008Is the final chapter in the story of Colin Wilson's ‘Giambologna’ monkeys about to be written? Not, it seems, without a twist in the tale.
Delivering a £17,000 Dinky record
25 March 2008Pre-war delivery vans advertising commercial brand names have long been the kings of the Dinky collectors’ market. This was reinforced on March 10 when Vectis of Stockton-on-Tees sold the so-called 5th Avenue Collection, which included examples bearing well known and long-forgotten brands.
Summers Place fundraiser for May 16
25 March 2008Summers Place Auctions of Billingshurst, West Sussex, are to host The Glory Of The Garden in aid of St Catherine's Hospice, a Crawley-based charity, on May 16.
Jacobson art collection makes £664,000
17 March 2008“THE high point of my career,” was how auctioneer John Anderson described his most recent sale. He had waited 30 years but finally got the chance to offer the Lionel Jacobson collection at Anderson & Garland on March 11-13.
Photos of Canadian settlement project sell in Lincoln
17 March 2008It was in 1908 that the American entrepreneur Charles Barnes convinced the British Columbia Development Association (BCDA), a London-based investment syndicate, to purchase 6000 acres of land to establish a farming community for British settlers next to the Thompson River.
Gillot’s Islamic gems boost total at Christie’s in Paris
10 March 2008The 17.9m euro premium-inclusive total generated by Christie’s two-day sale of the ‘hidden’ collection of Charles Gillot in Paris last week may have wildly surpassed the auctioneers’ 5m euro predictions, but the performance of the 476-lot auction nonetheless ran pretty much along predicted lines.
From the Baltic to Penzance
10 March 2008It’s not just the London salerooms that are benefiting from the renewed enthusiasm for Russian works of art. The highlight of the sale conducted by David Lay of Penzance on February 28-29 was this late 19th century silver gilt and cloisonné enamel presentation vodka set.
English auctioneer spends nine hours at the crease in India
10 March 2008WHEN bidders turned up at the first Indian Premier League cricket player auction in Mumbai last month, it was an antiques auctioneer from England they found on the rostrum.
Fraudster poses as buyer to get away with auction find
10 March 2008A FRAUDSTER has tricked a US auction house into handing over a valuable Japanese artwork by posing as the representative of the buyer, an English dealer. It is thought they targeted the piece after realising that it was worth a great deal more than it sold for.
Two chances to gain an early impression…
10 March 2008Two works by big league Impressionists dating from the early years of the movement are in the spotlight this spring.
Private sale for WWII ace’s tin leg
10 March 2008Eleys Auctions in Boston, Lincolnshire have sold by private treaty 43 personal effects of the legendary World War Two double-amputee pilot Douglas Bader.
Christie’s to sell Sainsbury collection in this month
09 March 2008A highlight of Christie’s summer sale season in London will be their 350-lot sale of the collection of the late Hon Simon Sainsbury, scion of the famous retailing family.
Moving photos of Cleopatra’s Needle sold at auction
06 March 2008Historic archive from engineer who moved Egyptian obelisk surfaces in Exeter
Estimates are tempting bait for unusual catch
06 March 2008Here’s one that didn’t get away. A major collection of antique fishing tackle comes to auction at Moore Allen & Innocent’s Cirencester saleroom on March 11 via an unusual route.
Sotheby's set European record at contemporary sale
03 March 2008THE global contemporary art market received an important shot in the arm in London last week as Sotheby's set the highest total ever seen for a contemporary art sale in Europe.
Qianlong treasure at £31,000
03 March 2008Asked to sell the contents of a holiday home in Sidmouth, Devon auctioneers Potburys were pleased to find this 181/2in (47cm) high cloisonné vase standing in the hearth as a container for fire irons.
Vintage cars set Bonhams on the road to Paris sales
25 February 2008Bonhams staged their first auction in France on February 9 with a sale of vintage automobiles at the Retromobile car fair in Paris.
A secret sign for Bonnie Prince Charlie’s messenger
18 February 2008The significance of this unassuming oval cabochon emerald ring, is far greater than first appears.
London sales weather the financial storm
11 February 2008Knock-on effect of turbulence in money markets is less dramatic than feared at art auctions
Another one gets the ‘A’ grade
11 February 2008The appearance on the market of a piece of ‘A’ mark porcelain at Woolley and Wallis’s Salisbury rooms on June 4 will be an exciting occasion for English porcelain buffs, especially those of an academic persuasion.
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