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Amphora owl has a hoot at $13,000
03 June 2024This large porcelain lamp modelled as an owl perched on the capital of a corinthian column dates from the golden era of the Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel factory – better known as Amphora.
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States and dates drive Old Master print market
03 June 2024Impressions of all three of Albrecht Dürer’s (1471-1528) famous Meisterstiche (master engravings) were sold by Grogan & Co (25% buyer's premium) on May 4.
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Horticultural author based ‘at the flower pot’
03 June 2024Stephen Switzer (1682-1745), gardener, author, landscape designer and seedsman, was apprenticed in 1699 to George London, the senior partner of Brompton Park Nurseries.
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Franklin found in Italy bears striking similarity to well-known portrait
03 June 2024Recently found in Italy, a previously unrecorded portrait of Benjamin Franklin sold at Freeman’s Hindman (27/21/15% buyer's premium) in Philadelphia for $30,000 (£24,000).
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Dealer loses entire fair stock in van theft
03 June 2024A Colchester dealer has warned the trade of the risk of van thefts after his own vehicle, containing his entire stock for a fair, was taken from his driveway.
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A story of grape expectations in 17th century England
03 June 2024Seventeenth century guide to growing vines in England was published just before the Great Fire of London
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Button up for the bidding ride
03 June 2024Image of a horse-drawn coach takes top price as many desirable designs come up at auction
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Obituary: Sir John Boardman (1927-2024)
03 June 2024Sir John Boardman OBE FBA Hon RA, Emeritus Lincoln Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford and an Honorary Fellow of the Magdalene College Cambridge for 40 years, was not just the pre-eminent scholar of Archaeology and Ancient Greece, he also proved to be a remarkable friend to the antiquities trade and collecting.
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Top stories this week including an extraordinary group of Fabergé animals emerging for sale
02 June 2024The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a collection of Fabergé animals being offered with many works acquired by the vendor in the last four years.
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Charlie Chaplin archive revealing 'perfectionism' goes under the hammer at Bonhams
01 June 2024An extensive archive relating to Charlie Chaplin goes under the hammer at Bonhams next month.
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Striking Victorian seascape fetches over 20 times estimate
31 May 2024When the industrialist Fred Cooper and his family moved into The Grange in Perton in 1969, the South Staffordshire country house came already furnished with a notable collection.
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John Lennon’s lost Help! guitar sets auction record
31 May 2024Guitar belonging to the Beatle was rediscovered in an attic after 50 years
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Pocket watch linking two prime ministers more than doubles estimate at Berkshire auction
30 May 2024A pocket watch given to Sir Winston Churchill by Henry Herbert Asquith for Christmas in 1905 sold for £76,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Berkshire auction house Dawsons.
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Art Deco brooches inspired by Eltham Palace emerge at Newbury auction
30 May 2024Two Cartier brooches commissioned for Lady Courtauld and presented to her by her husband Sir Stephen Courtauld, with designs inspired by their Eltham Palace home, have come for sale at Dreweatts.
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Super Bowl founder’s Limoges plaques fly to 34 times estimate in Florida auction
29 May 2024An exceptional pair of 16th century Limoges enamels attracted remarkable interest after emerging for sale in Florida.
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BADA members get to grips with new EU import legislation
29 May 2024Trade organisation holds event covering regulations that will impact art, antiques and antiquities dealers
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US Medal of Honor awarded to Ukrainian soldier to be auctioned for charity
29 May 2024The only US Medal of Honor ever awarded to a Ukrainian soldier is being sold to aid Ukrainian humanitarian efforts.
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Floral dress worn by young Elizabeth II goes to auction
28 May 2024Worn by the late Queen around 1930 and kept by her nanny ever since, the cotton dress goes to auction in June
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John Duncan Fergusson anniversary marked with 17 works at Lyon & Turnbull
28 May 2024The 150th anniversary of the birth of the Colourist painter John Duncan Fergusson (1874-1961) is being marked at Lyon & Turnbull on June 6.
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