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Orpen portrait of muse and lover brings serious interest in New Jersey auction
05 August 2024The love affair between painter Sir William Orpen (1878-1931) and Evelyn St. George has always been a subject of great public interest.
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Paisley Art Institute consigns 100 works to auction after withdrawing collection from host museum
05 August 2024A selection of 100 paintings from the collection of the Paisley Art Institute in Scotland has been consigned to Lyon & Turnbull.
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Street view and galleon at sea surface in same south London sale
05 August 2024In a fortuitous coincidence, two Old Master drawings linked to leading Netherlandish painters emerged in the same auction at Roseberys (26/25/20% buyer’s premium) in south London.
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Schøyen sale: oldest known book in private hands finds new owner
05 August 2024Codex stands out as some of the world’s most important manuscripts come to auction in London
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Lot that shows loads of interest
05 August 2024The rarity of an unusual saleroom visitor - and its original condition - was confirmed after research by Bonhams’ arms and armour department.
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Future French king portrayed by female painter ‘Madame Tott’
05 August 2024Born in Constantinople, the daughter of a French nobleman of Hungarian descent, painter Sophie-Ernestine de Tott (1758-1848) spent more than two decades in London as an amateur painter and musician.
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Buyer chooses Choisy-le-Roi
05 August 2024Following the Franco-Prussian War, when Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by Germany, workers at the Sarreguemines factory rejected German nationality and brought important technical skills and artistry to Choisy-le-Roi.
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Pressing concerns: Novelty swan-form iron attracts bidding battle in US auction
05 August 2024The swan-form sad iron is a favourite of iron collectors and has been much reproduced.
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Wild West adventuress Lilian impressed Buffalo Bill Cody
05 August 2024It’s not often that you hear the phrase “grandmother of the vendor, by repute the first woman in the world to jump through a flaming hoop on the back of a horse”.
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Mahatma Gandhi writes to his ‘soulmate’ Hermann
05 August 2024Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) epitomised the power of words and, on June 25, that is what bidders had the chance to own in the form of those penned by the political and spiritual leader himself in a letter to his friend, South African architect Hermann Kallenbach (1871-1945).
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Dress code of a dynasty
05 August 2024The colours and designs of Qing dynasty robes were designed to convey rank and entitlement.
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News in brief including new faces at Anderson & Garland and Olympia Auctions
05 August 2024A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including two salerooms making a series of appointments
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It was nearly Napoleon Blownapart: pistols he once ‘intended to use on himself’ sell in French auction
05 August 2024A pair of pistols Napoleon Bonaparte supposedly intended to use on himself after defeat sold for €1.69m (£1.4m) including buyer’s premium at auction house Osenat in Fontainebleau, France.
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Arms and armour: A selection of swords in play at auction
05 August 2024Edged weapons have been a strong feature of the market recently and involve a wide range of ages, styles and countries
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St Agnes sparks a bidding battle
05 August 2024Overseas buyer emerges victorious as Old Master generates fierce competition in an Oxford sale
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Pick of the Week: Hong Kong fire helmet in demand
05 August 2024The building frenzy that followed the British arrival in Hong Kong in 1841 brought added fire risk. Any long spell of dry, windy weather could – and periodically did – prove disastrous.
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Norwegian dragon style swoops in
05 August 2024Spectacular gold dressing table set was made in the Arts & Crafts form inspired by Norse motifs
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Twelve hours selling a single owner collection… a day on the tiles
05 August 2024Huge Roger Hensman collection sale in Stourbridge featured up to 10,000 examples sold in 859 lots
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Cannon barrels point to date around time of Ottoman invasion and Siege of Vienna
05 August 2024On July 2, Vienna auction house Tiberius (27% buyer’s premium) sold the inventory of Laudon Castle, a privately owned, moated baroque residence on the outskirts of the Austrian capital.
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