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Frieze plans creative changes for London events
10 July 2024Frieze is unveiling a new design approach for its annual London contemporary art fair while it has announced a new curatorial direction for 'Frieze Masters'.
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Artillery museum shells out at auction to secure First World War battle scene
10 July 2024The Royal Artillery Museum has emerged as the winning bidder for a rare eyewitness view of a First World War battle sold at a recent auction in Farnham.
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Harry Houdini's silver padlock-shaped pocket watch stand escapes at auction for 17 times over estimate
09 July 2024Intriguingly catalogued under the category Magic, Conjuring & Escapology in Bamfords of Derby Collector’s Grand Tour sale on July 4, was a somewhat battered looking Edwardian silver padlock-shaped pocket watch stand.
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Single owner Clarice Cliff collection comes to Anderson & Garland
08 July 2024The collection features numerous rare designs of one of the 20th century's most influential ceramic artists.
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Tulwar sword hilt with tiger stripes reveals Tipu tempter
08 July 2024With a rusty blade and seemingly anonymous scabbard, an ornate hilt was the key as to why an Indian tulwar sword estimated at £100-200 instead sold for a huge hammer price of £109,500 (plus 22% buyer’s premium).
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Titian work helps Christie’s record “strongest Old Masters evening in over a decade”
04 July 2024The ‘Longleat’ Titian and the rediscovered primary version of Metsys’ Madonna of the Cherries provided what Christie’s deemed its “strongest Old Masters Evening sales at in over a decade” on July 2.
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First naval Victoria Cross of the First World War comes to London saleroom
02 July 2024The first naval Victoria Cross of the First World War is coming to auction as part of an extensive collection on offer at London saleroom Noonans on July 23.
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Hanover Tompion sells for £3.5m at the Treasure House Fair
01 July 2024A Thomas Tompion masterpiece was the star turn at The Treasure House Fair. Carter Marsh & Co. sold it in the same city where it was created 300 years ago.
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Bidders fired up for exceptional flintlock
01 July 2024A flintlock duck gun hailed as exceptional by Olympia Auctions fully lived up to its billing when it shot past an estimate of £60,000-80,000 to hammer down at £380,000 on June 26.
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Shakespeare’s First Folio lands in Tasmania
29 June 2024London rare book dealer Peter Harrington sold the copy to an edgy Australian museum
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Elaborate Italian Renaissance armour emerges for public auction
28 June 2024Elaborate Italian Renaissance armour emerges for public auction
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Eye of the Collector combines old and new in lavish style
28 June 2024Early sales at Eye of the Collector reflected the mission of the event, bringing both contemporary works and 20th century pieces to the forefront of conversation.
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Daoguang bowls left in attic fetch £162,000 at auction
28 June 2024A box of Chinese porcelain left in an attic in the Lincolnshire Wolds for more than two decades sold for £162,000 at auction.
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Photo and badges reveal little known but vital work of the Second World War Lumberjills female forestry workers
28 June 2024While the work of British women on the home front in both world wars is now widely recognised in a wider sense, many of the specific units set up remain obscure and largely forgotten.
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The Treasure House Fair returns with a lively opening
27 June 2024Key event in the summer calendar opens its doors once again
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Newly discovered American portrait miniature of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale comes to a London saleroom
26 June 2024A rare opportunity has come up to bid for a portrait miniature of the first US president, which has been found in the UK.
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A present for Sir Bufton Tufton? Complete run of Private Eye mags on offer at auction
26 June 2024A complete set of Private Eye is coming to auction on July 17, presenting almost certainly a unique opportunity to acquire every copy up to now.
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California dreaming as rediscovered Hockney drawing brings £320,000
25 June 2024A large prime period ‘California’ drawing by David Hockney, recently rediscovered by Chiswick Auctions, has sold for £320,000.
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Filipino painting provides an art house record
24 June 2024Bury St Edmunds might not be the most obvious place to find pieces of Filipino modernism.
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Coffin shaped poison bottle to appear at auction
24 June 2024Prior to the Poisons and Pharmacy Act of 1908, there was no legal requirement that a bottle containing poison should carry a warning.
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