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Roseberys' MD Vicki Wonfor leaves after 15 years at the auction house
29 April 2024Roseberys’ managing director Vicki Wonfor has left the south London auction house after 15 years at the firm.
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Judith Miller’s final price guide is now available
29 April 2024The latest 'Miller’s Antiques Handbook & Price Guide' has been published, the last to have been written by the late Judith Miller.
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Auction buy set to shed light on Jane Austen
29 April 2024A 78-page manuscript bought at a Bonhams auction could help to shed light on author Jane Austen.
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French royal snuffbox found in vendor’s bathroom cabinet stars in single-owner sale
26 April 2024A French gold and diamond Royal presentation portrait snuffbox was among the lots drawing strong interest at a large single-owner sale at Gloucestershire saleroom Chorley’s.
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Klimt portrait sets Austrian auction record but fails to ignite bidding battle
25 April 2024A late portrait by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) that emerged at Vienna auction house im Kinsky has sold for €30m (£25.9m).
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Jewellery taken during ram raid at Hansons auction house
22 April 2024Hansons’ saleroom in Derbyshire has been the victim of a ram-raid break-in.
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The Treasure House Fair hopes to ease Brexit red tape
22 April 2024The Treasure House Fair hopes to tempt more overseas exhibitors to future fairs with a new deal designed to make importing and exporting simpler and cheaper.
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Spink sells Coins of England reference book to Sovereign Rarities
22 April 2024The industry-standard reference book for British coins has been sold by Spink to fellow London numismatic dealership and auction house Sovereign Rarities.
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Collectors respond to call for earliest phone bidding at Massachusetts auction
22 April 2024Relics from the dawn of the electro-magnetic telephone created a sensation when they appeared for sale in Massachusetts.
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Blancpain watch bought in 1957 surfaces at auction
22 April 2024The Fifty Fathoms diving watch was born in the 1950s from the encounter between the Swiss firm Blancpain and the French Ministry of Defence.
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New Messums gallery to aid Lowestoft regeneration
22 April 2024Messums, the modern and contemporary art dealership in London and Wiltshire, plans to open a new premises in the east of England next spring.
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The National Gallery buys its first work by Impressionist painter Eva Gonzalès
22 April 2024A painting by French Impressionist painter Eva Gonzalès has been acquired by The National Gallery via a private treaty sale from a British collection for a “tax-advantageous price” of £1.49m.
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Sotheby’s to offer Sutherland study for ‘loathed’ Churchill portrait
18 April 2024Sotheby’s will offer one of the most complete surviving studies of Sir Winston Churchill by Graham Sutherland (1903-80). It was painted in preparation for the famous final portrait – a work which the sitter violently loathed and was later destroyed.
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How to spot faked or forged antique silver hallmarks
16 April 2024Delegates attending the latest Goldsmiths’ Company London Assay Office seminar on April 12 were warned to be alert for faked objects purporting to be by the preeminent 18th century Huguenot silversmith Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751).
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Art dealer rediscovers 16th century portrait miniature by Lavinia Fontana in Texas
15 April 2024A ‘lost’ late 16th century portrait miniature by Italian painter Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) has been rediscovered by an art dealer.
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Art and antiques trade warned about latest rise in thefts
15 April 2024The antique jewellery and precious metals trade has been warned to stay vigilant in the face of a rise in attacks and thefts.
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Highest price paid for not doing your duty
15 April 2024Dating from March 1-October 13, 1748, a journal for sale at London maritime specialist Charles Miller’s auction on April 23 was written by Admiral John Byng (1704-57) during the final negotiations of the failed Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle and some eight years before his infamous actions off the coast of Minorca.
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Classic Antique Fairs buys Art and Antiques for Everyone web domains
12 April 2024Growing fair brand seeks to preserve reputation of NEC fair
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Dealer sells portrait by female artist to Getty Museum
11 April 2024With international institutions keen to rebalance their collections to include more works by female artists, the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles announced this week that it has bought an early portrait by Sophie Frémiet (1797-1867).
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Geoffrey Cope collection of British and Roman coins to be sold in Zurich
10 April 2024An outstanding collection of British and Roman coins comes to auction in Zurich this year.
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