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Bowes Museum celebrates 200 years of the antiques trade
17 December 2018The antiques trade is to be celebrated in the New Year at a museum exhibition in County Durham.
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Mod Brit art from Cumbrian collector to be auctioned at Sworders in Essex
17 December 2018A single-owner private collection, including significant works by artists from the Modern British canon, will be sold at Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet on January 15.
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Viennese fancies: £440,000 for gold-mounted Du Paquier tureen
17 December 2018A lavish Viennese gold-mounted porcelain tureen and stand – the epitome of Habsburg court luxury during the reign of the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI – topped Bonhams’ Fine European Ceramics sale in London on December 6.
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Penguin pattie for you, sir? Ernest Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition menu comes to auction
17 December 2018Penguin patties, seal cutlets and roast reindeer – and lots of whisky – were on the menu for a famous meal which was followed by ‘Sledges at 12.30’.
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UK government’s ivory bill passes final stages in Parliament on way to becoming law
12 December 2018The ivory bill, which proposes a near-total ban on the trade in ivory, has passed its final stage in the House of Commons and is awaiting Royal Assent before it can become law next year.
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Rare Summer Palace bronze found in British seaside bungalow returns to China
11 December 2018An exceptionally rare Western Zhou bronze, taken when the Summer Palace was sacked by British troops in 1860, has been returned to China.
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Fine Art Society offers collection at Sotheby’s after leaving New Bond Street home of 142 years
10 December 2018More than 300 works from The Fine Art Society, which left its New Bond Street home of 142 years in August, go under the hammer at Sotheby’s next year.
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Dealers launch watchdog site to raise awareness of thefts
10 December 2018Two south-west of England antiques dealers have launched an ‘Antiques Watchdog’ site designed to raise awareness of shoplifting in shops and centres around the country.
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Franses to stay in gallery home after Supreme Court ruling
10 December 2018Tapestry and textiles specialist Franses has won a landmark Supreme Court case against its landlord, allowing it to continue to operate from the London gallery that has been its home for more than 25 years.
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Different faces of the Old Masters market
10 December 2018A series of portraits by some of the biggest names in the Old Master market led the way at the latest sales in this category in London. Among them were two versions of a Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) portrait – one fully ascribed to the artist.
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‘A quite extraordinary day’ as sleeping Asian bronzes bring multi-estimate sums in regions
10 December 2018Two under-catalogued Sino-Tibetan bronzes illuminated the regional saleroom scene with multi-estimate sums in the final days of November.
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Caterpillar tracked
10 December 2018Bram van der Stok MBE was not only the most decorated aviator in Dutch history and one of just three men to successfully flee POW Camp Stalag Luft III in the ‘Great Escape’, but also a proud member of the Caterpillar Club.
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A giant toast to the Londongrad sales
03 December 2018A monumental silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel kovsh by Feodor Rückert was among the highlights of the latest series of Russian art auctions in London
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Bruun Rasmussen pulls Chinese flask from auction over uncertain dating
03 December 2018Danish auctioneer Bruun Rasmussen has withdrawn a Chinese flask from sale for the second time following disagreements over its age.
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Super silver-gilt Storr candelabra leads Bonhams’ Important Design auction
03 December 2018A pair of William IV candelabra from the Pembroke service led Bonhams’ Important Design: 500 Years of Fine Decorative Arts sale on November 21, selling at £190,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium).
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Pre-Raphaelite watercolour tops sales at Art & Antiques for Everyone fair in Birmingham
03 December 2018Among the works selling at the recent Art & Antiques for Everyone fair in Birmingham was a watercolour by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope (1829-1908).
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Silver and glass menagerie – First bite of extensive collection of animal decanters sells at Essex auction house
26 November 2018One half of an extensive single-owner collection of novelty Victorian and Edwardian silver and glass animal objects went under the hammer at Reeman Dansie’s two-day sale in Colchester last week.
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Trade reacts to TEFAF ban on dealers vetting
26 November 2018A number of dealers and auctioneers have reacted to TEFAF’s new policy on vetting which will prevent all commercial specialists from being members of its vetting panels.
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Colnaghi owners Coll and Cortés split company but stay in partnership
26 November 2018Old Master dealers Jorge Coll and Nicolas Cortés are to restructure their business from January next year to focus on different regions.
Auctioneer to charge for condition reports
26 November 2018Cotswold auction house Moore Allen & Innocent is trialling a new operation to encourage more people to attend its saleroom.
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