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No kidding: goat bank coins it in at US auction
24 July 2017Multi-consignments from single-owner collections and a smorgasbord of different collecting categories provided bidders with a huge choice of vintage toys in specialist auctioneer Bertoia’s (20% buyer’s premium) sale on June 2-3.
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Weeks of Bamberg art and antiques charms
17 July 2017Bavaria is the most popular tourist destination in Germany and for more than 20 years the historic city of Bamberg has hosted a summer event in which a dozen prestigious dealers and galleries take part in a joint sales exhibition, held in their own premises.
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Asian art and a continental drift of sales
17 July 2017Dealers in and collectors of Asian art were spoilt for choice around the middle of June in Europe. As well as the Asian sale series in Paris (see last week’s ATG, No 2300), a vast selection of works came up for sale in Zurich, Cologne, Brussels, Salzburg and Stuttgart.
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French sales figures: Christie’s in Paris pole position as first-half 2017 results appear
15 July 2017A number of the French auction rooms have released their sales figures for the first half of the year, with Christie’s Paris operation taking the top slot.
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Asian art in Paris: Military scene on silk generates bidding battle
10 July 2017At the Drouot auction centre in June around 3000 items of Asian art went under the hammer in a series of 20 auctions that were either dedicated sales or featured substantial Asian sections.
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Asian art in Paris: Jades joy in summer sales
10 July 2017Like many of the world’s major art markets these days, Paris concentrates activity in the Asian art field into series at specific times of the year in an attempt to attract those all-important buyers from Mainland China.
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Picture reveals history of French auctions hub
03 July 2017It is high season for sales in Paris and the Drouot auction centre, home to 75 firms, is busy with its usual roster across all disciplines.
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D-Day relics fly high in US sales
03 July 2017Original D-Day invasion flags may be fragile and rare but a spate of them has appeared on the market recently in the US.
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Beatles memorabilia keeps it reel at auction
03 July 2017A well-provenanced collection of Beatles and other rock memorabilia will be a highlight in one of Butterscotch Auctioneers’ tri-annual estate auctions at its Bedford, New York, saleroom on July 16.
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Panthers go on the prowl in Paris
26 June 2017The panther is a big cat much favoured by sculptors – not only the animaliers but also those who searched for a stylishly sleek motif during the early 20th century, where it can be seen depicted on screens and vases as well as in the round.
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Auction previews from the US, France and Spain
26 June 2017ATG's selection of upcoming sale highlights.
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From America’s heartland - interview with Chicago auctioneer Leslie Hindman
19 June 2017Leslie Hindman’s curriculum vitae encapsulates the changing American auction scene across four decades.
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Art Nouveau and Art Deco pioneer inspires joint Paris auction
19 June 2017Alain Lesieutre was one of the dealers and authors who pioneered the revival of interest in Art Nouveau and Deco in the second half of the 20th century.
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Serene and strong Chinese general leads in Lisbon
19 June 2017This Chinese gilt-bronze figure of Guandi is the catalogue cover lot for the next auction at Veritas in Lisbon, on June 27-28.
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Tribal art at Paris auction from Dadaist artist collection
19 June 2017The tribal art auction to be held at Drouot by Binoche et Giquello on June 22 features a mix of African and Oceanic artefacts and will include two lots that formerly belonged to the artist Tristran Tzara.
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Polikoff ceramics collection comes up at Boston auction
19 June 2017On July 13 Boston saleroom Skinner will be offering the Victor & Muriel Polikoff Collection comprising nearly 300 lots of 18th and early 19th century ceramics.
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Bidders battle for Old Masters in Vienna and Cologne
12 June 2017Recent Old Master paintings in Vienna and Cologne have yielded some predicted but also unexpected results including a high price for a work by a German better known for his poems and plays than his paintings.
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Asian auctions make a ‘Gexit’
12 June 2017German salerooms move series to Austria and Belgium in the wake of cultural goods law...
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Malaysian artist makes rare visit
12 June 2017The Malayan artist Cheong Soo Pieng (1917-83) is hardly a household name in Europe. Virtually all of his paintings that have sold at auction in recent decades came under the hammer in Hong Kong or Singapore.
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French film stars collection up for auction in Paris
05 June 2017Yves Montand (1921-91) and Simone Signoret (1921-85) were famous French husband-and-wife actors with starring roles in many French films.
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