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Royal Hesse Jubilee Brooch

Wartski uncovers famous Fabergé design for Royal brooch

16 October 2023

The original workshop drawing for a Fabergé jewel in the Royal Collection has been found in the Wartski archive.

Cedric Morris picture

Cedric Morris allegorical work from 1938 comes to auction

16 October 2023

An allegorical bird and flower oil painted by the artist-plantsman Cedric Morris (1889-1982) in the shadow of the Second World War comes to auction this month.

Stuart Devlin ‘flower box’

Exhibition showcases Benney and Devlin, giants of British silversmithing revival

16 October 2023

Elements from the Pearson collection of post-war silver - the largest assemblage of its kind in private hands - will be on display at Noonans in Mayfair.

Birdbath

Birdbath makes Battersea splash

16 October 2023

A stoneware birdbath designed by one of Rodin’s students was among the highlight sales at the autumn edition of the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair.

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Kauffman comeback after 140 years away

16 October 2023

Angelica Kauffman’s Penelope and Euriclea has been bought at auction by Stourhead, the National Trust’s Wiltshire stately home, and will go back on display at the property for the first time since the mid-19th century.

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Missing children wade back to Glasgow after auction alert

16 October 2023

A painting by a Scottish Impressionist has been recovered with the help of Art Loss Register (ALR) and Tennants Auctioneers after being stolen in 1989.

Robert Gemmell Hutchison’s Children Wading

Picture missing for 35 years returned to Glasgow museum

12 October 2023

A painting by a Scottish Impressionist has been recovered with the help of Art Loss Register (ALR) and Tennants Auctioneers after being stolen in 1989.

Penelope and Euriclea

Angelica Kauffman picture returns to National Trust’s Stourhead after 140 years

10 October 2023

Angelica Kauffman’s Penelope and Euriclea has been bought at auction by Stourhead, the National Trust’s Wiltshire stately home, and will go back on display at the property for the first time since the mid-19th century.

English School portrait

Auction of Robert Kime collection takes more than £7m

09 October 2023

The sale of the collection of dealer and ‘titan of design’ Robert Kime drew a flurry of interest at Dreweatts last week, raising more than £7.6m hammer across three days.

Fire Control Room by Eric Ravilious

Ravilious fires the imagination among big buys at British Art Fair

09 October 2023

Queues snaked around the block for the opening of British Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery in Duke of York Square.

Ann Forbes

Ann Forbes portraits show natural talent of an artist excluded from formal training

09 October 2023

While the Dundee-born painter Catherine Read (1723-78) is considered the first Scottish women to work as a professional artist, a close second was Ann Forbes (1745-1834).

Medal group

WW1 Jewish flying ace’s medals go to auction

09 October 2023

The Distinguished Flying Cross and bar awarded to the highest scoring Jewish ‘ace’ of the First World War is to be offered at Noonans’ auction in London on October 13.

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Suffragette hunger strike medal bought by museum

09 October 2023

Glasgow Women’s Library has bought a hunger strike medal at auction after more than 500 people donated to help secure the signi f icant piece of Suffragette history.

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Raphael goes into auction battle after new attribution of horseman study

09 October 2023

A study of a horse and rider billed as a late work by Raphael (1483-1520) is being offered at auction in Austria.

Study for the Battle of the Milvian Bridge

Preparatory sketch for Raphael’s ‘ambitious project’ emerges in Vienna

05 October 2023

A study of a horse and rider billed as a late work by Raphael (1483-1520) is being offered at auction in Austria.

Hunger strike medal

Museum buys Suffragette hunger strike medal after successful fundraising campaign

04 October 2023

Glasgow Women’s Library has bought a hunger strike medal at auction at Bonhams after more than 500 people donated to help secure the piece of suffragette history.

Charlie Watts’ copy of The Hound of the Baskervilles

Charlie Watts books sale: it’s all over now

02 October 2023

Christie’s sale Charlie Watts: Gentleman, Collector, Rolling Stone combined stardust with an extraordinary library of modern first editions.

Spade form

Two ‘exceptional’ Lucie Rie and Hans Coper collections on offer from significant sources

02 October 2023

What has been billed by Phillips as ‘the most exceptional and significant group of works by Lucie Rie and Hans Coper to ever come to auction’ will be offered in London on November 1.

Elizabethan silver and porcelain goblet

Elizabethan goblet good to go after further examination

02 October 2023

Following examination by a committee of experts and testing at Goldsmiths Hall, an Elizabethan silver and porcelain goblet comes to auction.

La Balancoire

LAPADA fair footfall up nearly a third as it returns after four years

02 October 2023

LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair returned after a four-year break with visitors beating a path to Mayfair pushing footfall up 30% on the preview day (September 26) compared with the 2019 fair.

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