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29.8.24 Webpv Marquard Card

Cigarette card lights up Reading auction

30 August 2024

A c.1912 cigarette card showing baseball pitcher Rube Marquard was given a ballpark estimate of £300-500 at Loddon Auctions.

Lucas Cranach the Elder portrait

Christie’s to sell Cranach portrait after US museum and Jewish heirs make agreement over restitution

30 August 2024

A portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) and his workshop which has been in an American museum since the 1960s will be offered at Christie’s New York in January following an agreement between the institution and the heirs of a Jewish collector.

2658 AR Thomson Roddick KOSB Pith Helmet 2

Boer War tropical pith helmet fights the good fight at Edinburgh Auction

29 August 2024

Thomson Roddick Callan (20% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh held a mammoth two day sale on August 14-15, featuring nearly 1400 lots of antiques and militaria from the Michael Hall of Galashiels Collection.

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National Portrait Gallery appoints its first female director

29 August 2024

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) has announced the former fair organiser Victoria Siddall as its new director.

Moorcroft ‘Florian Ware’ vase

Macintyre Moorcroft Florian Ware 'peacock' vase shows off at West Sussex auction

29 August 2024

The most sought after pieces of Moorcroft are signed by either William or Walter, and for William date from the earlier period of production from 1897-1912.

Babe Ruth's jersey

Babe Ruth’s ‘called shot’ New York Yankees jersey sets record for any sporting collectable

28 August 2024

The 1932 World Series jersey sold at Heritage Auctions for $24.1m, setting a new high for any piece of sporting memorabilia

WEB Rock Island Wheellock Record

Gun from Louis XIII’s famous cabinet sets a record for a wheellock firearm at auction

28 August 2024

Result reflects quality and provenance of the remarkable weapon from a renowned collection

Arthur Hughes seascape

Why two coastline views made contrasting prices at Canterbury auction

28 August 2024

Two views of the same stretch of Cornish coastline by Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) both attracted interest but made contrasting sums at a recent sale at Canterbury Auction Galleries (25% buyer’s premium).

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Soho gallery celebrates 50th anniversary of David Bowie album

28 August 2024

David Bowie's 'Diamond Dogs' was released in 1974 and Muphoria in Soho is marking the occasion with a Pop Art show

2658 AR Hannams Porcelain Flowers

Rare Vincennes porcelain flowers raise their heads at Selborne auction

27 August 2024

A rare lot catalogued as ‘a pair of 18th century European porcelain flower pots probably Meissen or Sèvres… with porcelain flowers’ emerged at Hannam’s Fine Antiques & Collectables sale on August 20.

27.8.24 Webpv Would You Believe LP

Would you believe it? Rare Billy Nicholls LP appears at auction

27 August 2024

'Would You Believe' was geared up to be Britain’s response to 'Pet Sounds' by The Beach Boys but was instead shelved

Georgie Hopton 17 Highres

Mayfair dealer Lyndsey Ingram launches new gallery

27 August 2024

Lyndsey Ingram spent the last year restoring an Edwardian stable and is launching the new Mayfair space with a Georgie Hopton show

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George Jones generates majolica animal magic

27 August 2024

The 14in (35cm) high giraffe and stag centrepiece, designed at the peak of the majolica boom c.1875, is considered the most coveted of all George Jones models.

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Gujarat group generates Bucks bidding frenzy

27 August 2024

For Amersham Auction Rooms, it was just another house clearance.

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Wreck of a Spanish galleon proved valuable for some

27 August 2024

A rare James II and Queen Mary of Modena silver medal commemorating a Spanish shipwreck recovered in 1687 sold for four times the top estimate.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, August 28-September 11, 2024

27 August 2024

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

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Boxing clever for the Aubreys saleroom debut in Surrey

27 August 2024

The inaugural Aubreys (25% buyer’s premium) live auction was held in the grounds of Loseley Park in Guildford.

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Textiles: Sumptuous stumpwork emerges from Eve Clarke collection

27 August 2024

Examples of this three-dimensional technique stand out as part of a dealer’s collection

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Bid Barometer: issue 2657

27 August 2024

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

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Take a dive into the prints world of sought-after artist Ravilious

27 August 2024

Small group of wartime lithographs that surfaced in a Scotttish saleroom provided a market test

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