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News in brief including Crispian Riley-Smith's new business launch
03 July 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the launch of Art Advisory Group by Crispian Riley-Smith.
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News in brief including an interracial double portrait saved for the nation
26 June 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a rare 17th century double portrait saved for the nation.
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News in brief including an auction record for any British timepiece
19 June 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the auction of a Roger Smith pocket watch.
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News in brief including a Nobel Prize for a penicillin pioneer coming to auction
12 June 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the auction of Ernst Chain's Nobel prize for his work on producing penicillin.
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News in brief including an Edward Burne-Jones stained-glass window coming to auction
05 June 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the sale of an Arts and Crafts window which was one of nine designed by Burne-Jones for a home in Yorkshire.
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News in brief including Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) remaining in UK law
29 May 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news that Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) will remain in force within UK law.
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News in brief including an appeal to trace stolen Sheffield silver
22 May 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an appeal to trace stolen Sheffield silver from a museum.
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News in Brief including news of the exhibitor line up at the next LAPADA fair
08 May 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including LAPADA releasing a floorplan of its September flagship fair.
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News in brief including a Roman bust discovered in a US charity shop
01 May 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an ancient bust, possibly of Sextus Pompey, spotted in a charity shop Goodwill in Austin, Texas.
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News in brief – including an export block on a portrait of British Indian Army cavalry officers
24 April 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of an export block on a Philip de László picture.
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News in brief including a copy of the Declaration of Breda offered at Sotheby's
17 April 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Sotheby's Coronation Sale featuring a copy of the 1660 Declaration of Breda.
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News in brief – including a Kings Road antiques gallery auctioning its stock
10 April 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including antiques gallery Guinevere holding an auction of stock at Dreweatts.
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News in brief including a rediscovered Brueghel taking a six-figure sum at auction
03 April 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a painting by Brueghel the Younger found behind a door selling for €780,000 in Paris.
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News in brief – including Bonhams launching a new online auction
27 March 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news Bonhams latest online-only sale focusing on abstract Modern British artists.
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News in brief including a new name for two Paris antiques fairs
20 March 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a new name for combined French fairs Fine Arts Paris and La Biennale.
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News in Brief including the launch of a major Martin Brothers show
13 March 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an exhibition in the Cotswolds to mark 150 years since the inauguration of the Martin Brothers pottery
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News in Brief including a record-breaking Chinese bowl returning to auction
06 March 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a Qianlong bowl returning to auction after more than 15 years.
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News in Brief including an auction record for a first-edition iPhone
27 February 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the auction of a factory-sealed, first-edition iPhone selling for a five-figure sum.
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News in Brief including antiquities dealers boycotting the BRAFA fair
20 February 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the boycott of the BRAFA fair in Belgium by antiquities dealers.
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News in Brief including a restituted work by Wassily Kandinsky being offered at Sotheby's
13 February 2023A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a major work by Wassily Kandinsky coming to auction.
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