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St Roch rises miraculously among New York lots
12 February 2024A Venetian Old Master painting of St Roch attributed to the circle of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696- 1770) awoke from the slumber of a $600-900 estimate to hammer for $75,000 (£59,000).
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Obituary: editor and antiques dealer Joan Root
12 February 2024Joan Root, who has died aged 96 was born two days after Christmas in 1926 and given Elizabeth as her middle name as Princess Elizabeth had been born a few months earlier.
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Bid Barometer: issue 2630
12 February 2024ATG’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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Banknotes from coronation year
12 February 2024Spink’s April 13 banknotes sale included a near-complete run of Malaya & British Borneo Elizabeth II specimen notes issued in the coronation year on March 21, 1953.
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Lalique and Doulton star in Florida saleroom
12 February 2024A small 8in cast bronze relief or architectural element c.1900 designed by Art Nouveau and Art Deco master René Lalique was offered in Florida.
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Comprehensive East India Company collection
12 February 2024A remarkable Canadian single-owner collection of coins of the East India Company was offered by Noonans on February 8-9, 2023.
Books and works on paper auction calendar, February 14-29, 2024
12 February 2024Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions
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Masterpiece of Greek numismatic art
12 February 2024One of the great masterpieces of ancient Greek numismatic art, this silver tetradrachm was struck in c.460BC in commemoration of the refounding of the city of Naxos. Its citizens had been exiled to Leontinoi by the tyrant Hieron of Syracuse.
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West Country painter Michael Morgan's work offered en masse for first time
12 February 2024Core group of 14 works by the artist on offer could represent significant moment in secondary market
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Persian and Greek tributes paid
12 February 2024Mithradates IV was ruler of the Hellenistic kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 169-150BC. He ushered in a period of relative friendship with the Roman republic that would continue until his grandson Mithradates VI (the Great) became its most formidable and determined opponent. Mithradates IV’s coinage draws attention to his Persian and Greek origins.
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‘Patience and taste personified’: more lots from the outstanding Ann and Gordon Getty collection
12 February 2024New York auctioneer remembers Ann and Gordon Getty as the latest lots come to market
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Argentina starts to emerge in coins market
12 February 2024Prior to its unification, what is now Argentina was comprised of over a dozen autonomous and semi-autonomous regions.
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Dambuster scored a direct hit using bombsight he designed
12 February 2024The Distinguished Flying Cross group of five given to Flt Lt Edward ‘Johnnie’ Johnson, who flew during Operation Chastise – the Dambusters – was sold for £105,000 (plus 20% buyer’s premium) at Spink on November 29.
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Italian tazzae take top prices as part of Belgravia selection
12 February 2024The first part of a sale offering the contents of a house on Belgrave Square went under the hammer at Bellmans (25% buyer’s premium).
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Coins & medals: Stable currency but market is far from static
12 February 2024Total sales across London coin and medals auctions were £61.6m in 2023, just a fraction down on 2022’s record aggregate
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Octavian coin sets a house record
12 February 2024Spink posted a house record for a classical coin when it sold this Julius Caesar and Octavian gold aureus on April 3 for £220,000 plus 20% buyer’s premium against an estimate of £60,000-100,000.
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Black Prince with lions and ostriches
12 February 2024Estimated at £14,000-18,000, this Pavillon d'Or issued by Edward, Prince of Aquitaine (1362-72), took £36,000 plus 18% buyer’s premium at Harmers on November 1.
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Classic Ashbee piano comes with fine provenance
12 February 2024Heading Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) January 16 Design sale in Stansted Mountfitchet was a recently rediscovered version of one of the best-known Guild of Handicraft designs.
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Slave trader who repented his sins tells his own story
12 February 2024John Newton (1725-1807) is today perhaps best remembered as the writer of the hymn Amazing Grace. However, before his religious conversion he spent his early life as a slave trader.
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