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Maryland auction offers over 500 dolls
15 May 2017This French etrennes presentation gift set from c.1900 is a type that was popular in the early 20th century with toy and department stores who competed with each other to create the most eyecatching arrangements to attract customers.
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Privately printed edition of Lawrence of Arabia's classic at New York auction
08 May 2017One of 170 complete copies of the privately printed Cranwell edition of the 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph', 1926, by TE Lawrence (better known as Lawrence of Arabia) leads the Swann Galleries sale on May 16 in New York.
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Painting by Javanese prince emerges at Van Ham in Cologne
08 May 2017On May 19, not for the first time, Van Ham in Cologne is selling a painting by Raden Saleh Ben Jaggia (1811-80), a Javanese prince who made a career for himself during the 22 years he spent in Europe, mainly in The Netherlands and Germany.
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Diamond cluster rings with Kashmir sapphires offered at Milan jewellery auction
08 May 2017The jewellery sale at Il Ponte in Milan on May 17-18 will include items with provenance to a number of Italian aristocratic families.
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Berenice Abbott New York photos on sale in same city
08 May 2017The largest group of photographs from Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) to come on the market since the Museum of the City of New York deaccessioned its duplicates in 2002 is offered in Heritage Auctions’ photographs sale on May 18-19.
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Danish Art Deco daybed on offer in Copenhagen auction
08 May 2017A relatively unfamiliar name in Nordic works is under the spotlight at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen in its Nordic Design auction on Thursday, June 8.
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Chinese automaton clock chimes at Paris auction
08 May 2017Classic antiques from furniture and works of art to scientific instruments and a Roman marble torso all feature in Artcurial’s evening sale in its Paris rooms on May 16.
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Francis Picabia female figure sketch on offer in Madrid
08 May 2017Francis Picabia (1879-1953) famously declared that he wanted to change his ideas “as often as one would change one’s shirt”, and he embraced many different artistic styles throughout his life.
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Portrait of a Man stands out in Munich
08 May 2017Karl & Faber in Munich is offering 'Portrait of a Man, Holding a Carnation', a 16 x 11in (41 x 29cm) panel, attributed to Dirck Jacobsz (before 1497-1567) at its auction on May 19.
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Liverpool delft charger owned by Pennsylvania Quakers
24 April 2017This 8¾in (23cm) diameter Liverpool delft charger, dated 1738, is initialled MML for Michael and Mary Lightfoot, members of a Quaker family who lived in Chester County.
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Whistler's Weary contribution to New York sale
24 April 2017Pictured here is one of several etchings by James Abbott McNeil Whistler that will feature in Swann Galleries’ sale of prints on May 2.
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Gold rush fever hits Australian auction
24 April 2017A mid-19th century oil painting depicting in detail a scene at the height of the Australian gold rush is a potential highlight of a Sotheby’s Australia sale next month.
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Nicolas De Staël 1950 work in Vienna auction
24 April 2017A small 6¼ x 11in (16 x 27 cm) oil on canvas by Nicolas De Staël (1914-55), titled Composition and dating from 1950, is one of the potential highlights of the contemporary art auction to be held by Dorotheum in Vienna on May 31 and June 1.
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Virginia auction covers Ushak Star carpet fragment
24 April 2017An Ushak Star carpet fragment measuring 5ft 2in x 6ft 1in (1.57 x 1.85m) will feature in Jeffrey S Evans’ April 29 sale of antiques, decorative arts and 20th century design in Mount Crawford.
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Paris auction previews: Quentin de la Tour pastel and 18th century Belgian teapot
18 April 2017This pastel portrait by Maurice Quentin de la Tour is the potential star of the auction taking place at Drouot held by Kalck & Associés.
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Massachusetts auction preview: American banker’s Asian art collection
18 April 2017A 600-lot sale devoted to Asian art held by Tremont auctions in Newton, Massachusetts, on April 23 will include a 4ft (1.2m) high vase made in the late 19th century.
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Trees blossom in fruitful photo auctions in New York
13 April 2017The cusp of March to April is traditionally photo time in the Big Apple. It is the period when AIPAD (The Association of International Photography Art Dealers) stages The Photography Show, which is the main US fair for photography, and the point when the major New York auction houses put on the first of their biannual stateside series of photo auctions.
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High-quality paper made in France aids in identification of charcoal drawing sold in Dresden
10 April 2017A French Old Master drawing, a 20th century work by a specialist animal painter and an American Abstract Expressionist work were among the pictures that have performed strongly in auctions across the German regions and in Austria recently.
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International previews: Madrid
05 April 2017The Flemish Baroque painter Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) studied the works, and particularly the mythological scenes, of the Italian masters.
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Engraving speciality: a late 17th century goblet
05 April 2017For many centuries the German city of Nuremberg was a major centre for glass decoration.
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