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Chess set inspired by 1980s strike goes on display at National Coal Mining Museum
04 June 2024Pieces feature key political figures such as Margaret Thatcher and Neil Kinnock
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Museum makes $500,000 from auction guarantees
03 June 2024A museum in the US has revealed that it made $500,000 by acting as a third-party guarantor at high-profile sales.
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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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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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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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Auction firms team up for ceramics sale
27 May 2024Dreweatts and Christie’s will jointly sell the Stanley Goldfein collection of ceramics across two sales this year.
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Lighthouse clock right on time in Norfolk auction
27 May 2024One lot entered into TW Gaze’s dedicated Clocks & Watches auction in Diss on May 16 caused a wave of interest among maritime historians.
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Chinese wine warmers proved hot stuff to sell at nearly 33 times the top estimate
27 May 2024Roseberys and Dreweatts both posted two six-figure prices during the spring round of UK regional Asian art sales.
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Grand Duke was a huge fan of pedal power
27 May 2024According to the engraved plaque, this Russian silver cycling trophy, offered by Antiqon (25% buyer’s premium) in Riga, Latvia, on May 18, was presented by Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich to the best cyclist in northern Russia and champion of the Tour of St Michaels.
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New auction high for an English silver coin
24 May 2024An auction record for an English silver coin has been set in Zürich.
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British Museum recovers more stolen works but over 800 objects still missing
24 May 2024The British Museum has recovered a further tranche of stolen and missing objects from its collection.
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Rare collection of Fabergé animals to go to auction
22 May 2024Mostly acquired over a four-year period, a 20-lot collection of Fabergé animals comes to Elmwood’s
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Roma Numismatics to close doors this week
20 May 2024London ancient coin dealers and auctioneers Roma Numismatics is to close.
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Christie’s sales go ahead despite cyber attack
20 May 2024Auction house Christie’s went ahead with its sales last week as planned despite suffering a ‘technology security incident’ that brought down its website.
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Jonathan Pratt joins Berkshire firm Dawsons
20 May 2024Dawsons Auctioneers has appointed Jonathan Pratt as managing director.
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Eye on the needle for Firsts fair
20 May 2024A book elaborately illustrated with needle-work samples and commemorating Queen Victoria’s first trip to Ireland as monarch was one of the standout sales as 'Firsts London’s Rare Book Fair' opened.
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Flowers to soothe the pain of St Helena exile
20 May 2024This wreath of helichrysum (immortelle or everlasting) flowers was apparently sent to Napoleon on St Helena as a token of support from two of his sympathisers in London.
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Online dealer showcase announced as part of LAPADA 50th anniversary celebration
20 May 2024LAPADA has unveiled plans for its 50th anniversary including a summer exhibition and a new series of events around its flagship fair.
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