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Nice little urners at £54,000
25 January 2010THE highlight of Dreweatts' January 13 furniture sale at Donnington Priory was a pair of monumental, late 19th century Italian, sculpted alabaster, twin-handled urns.
Mauchline: putting in the penwork
23 January 2010WHEN St John Price bought his first sycamore and penwork box from Halcyon Days in Brook Street, London for £30 in 1966, the term Mauchline ware was yet to be invented.
Limerick makes its mark
23 January 2010IRISH silver carries its own cachet and, as in England and Scotland, pieces with rare provincial hallmarks are always more sought-after.
Arctic conditions help to push the bidding
23 January 2010This graduated pair of Staffordshire shaped oval meat platters are printed in green with scenes from the rare and desirable ‘Arctic Scenery’ series.
Sampson and Horne stock to be sold at auction
18 January 2010ANOTHER major dealership on the London antiques scene is to close with the announcement of the auction of the entire trading stock of Sampson and Horne Antiques at Bonhams on April 28.
Royal service resumed at £4600
18 January 2010THIS 17in (43cm) oval serving dish, seen at Chiswick Auctions latest sale, is from a breakfast service ordered by George III from Flight Barr and Barr of Worcester in 1805.
London Jewish Museum scoops Chagall for £26,000
18 January 2010THE London Jewish Museum of Art (the Ben Uri Gallery) have announced that they have purchased a crucifixion by Marc Chagall for what they believe to be a fraction of its real value at a Paris auction.
Salerooms post mixed annual results after difficult year
11 January 2010IT was undoubtedly a challenging year for many but two of the UK’s leading regional art and antiques salerooms enjoyed record sales in 2009.
Mother Superior Mouseman
11 January 2010AS part of a decision to downsize, St Joseph's Convent at Haunton in Staffordshire sold the remainder of their collection of oak furniture and accessories by Robert Thompson (1876-1955) at Richard Winterton of Lichfield.
Christmas time costs £340,000
04 January 2010The demand for golden age English clocks has been on something of a high for several years now and shows little sign of abating.
A warrior’s £19,500 battle cry
04 January 2010FOUR centuries of contact with the North American continent – exploration, trade, settlement, war and missionary activity – mean that, just occasionally, spectacular Native American art objects are found in the United Kingdom.
Crabtree glass collection toasts end of the year
02 January 2010Traditionally a glass sale is always one of the last pre-Christmas auctions in the London rooms.
Rayner hits top form in Stoke
22 December 2009THIS outstanding Louise Rayner (1832-1924) watercolour, depicting the Butter Market at Ludlow, Shropshire, posted a new house record for Louis Taylor of Stoke-on-Trent at their latest sale.
Baldwin’s to sell medals from Hall collection
22 December 2009THIS 15th century bronze portrait of Cecilia Gonzaga is one of more than 2000 medals in the collection formed by New York collector and former Hollywood actor Michael Hall to be offered by Baldwin's in London in 2010.
Christmas Carol at the top of the tree
22 December 2009A COPY of A Christmas Carol has now knocked Oliver Twist off the top of the tree to become the most expensive Dickens title ever sold at auction.
Trophy lots set new records at Old Master sales
14 December 2009The latest Old Master sales in London underlined the importance for auctioneers of securing the best works by major names.
Russian market stages a slow recovery but oligarchs go all out for heirlooms
07 December 2009As buyers took the chance the chance to swipe a glitzy stocking-filler in time for Christmas, the latest Russian sales in London showed that there is still plenty of money to be made in this sector, despite the downturn.
Why map reading can pay
07 December 2009IT wasn't just the London auction rooms that benefitted from the Russian influx last week. On November 29, Wilkinson's of Doncaster offered this 19th century Russian silver and niello work box.
House records fall to the Chinese across country
30 November 2009GUERNSEY’S Martel Maides and Byrne’s of Saltney, Chester have become the latest UK regional auctioneers to benefit from the insatiable demand for Chinese mark and period works of art. Both achieved house records last week.
Devlin’s in the detail at Suffolk auction
23 November 2009WOODBRIDGE, Suffolk saleroom Neal Sons & Fletcher included a small collection of post-War silver by Robert Welch, Gerald Benney and Stuart Devlin in their November 18 sale.
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