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News in brief – including a recipient of the TEFAF Restoration Fund conserving a rare Hebrew illuminated manuscript
14 March 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a US museum receiving a TEFAF Restoration Fund to conserve a Hebrew manuscript.
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News in brief – including a missing saint picture from a National Trust property
07 March 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the search for a missing saint painting from the National Trust's Chastleton House in Oxfordshire.
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News in brief – including another first edition copy of Harry Potter coming to auction
28 February 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a first edition copy of Harry Potter coming to auction at Hansons.
News in brief – including a new venue for The London Original Print Fair
21 February 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a new venue for The London Original Print Fair (LOPF) this May.
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News in brief – including news of two French fairs merging
14 February 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a merger between to major fairs in Paris.
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News in brief – including news of a spate of art thefts
07 February 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a spate of art thefts.
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News in brief – including Rogers Jones revealing its best-ever hammer totals
31 January 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Welsh firm Rogers Jones revealing its best-ever results in 2021.
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News in brief – including news of the return of Connect Art Fair and BADA Week
24 January 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including two initiatives returning as in-person events
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News in brief – including news of the auction of René Magritte’s 'L’empire des lumières'
17 January 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Sotheby's offering René Magritte’s 'L’empire des lumières'.
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The death penny ‘issued in error’ to a deserter
17 January 2022The ubiquitous First World War memorial plaques – the ‘death penny’ – need to have a posthumous recipient of note to sell for anything more than £50-100.
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News In Brief – including news of Hepworth Wakefield buying a work by Magdalene Odundo
10 January 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news that Hepworth Wakefield bought a work by studio potter Magdalene Odundo.
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News in brief: including Cromwell Place gallery hub update
03 January 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an update on a South Kensington gallery hub.
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News In Brief – including news of the postponement of TEFAF Maastricht
20 December 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news that TEFAF Maastricht planned for March 2022 has been postponed.
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News In Brief – including news of the New York Met buying a bowl from a UK dealer
13 December 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news that the New York Met has bought a bowl from a UK dealer.
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News In Brief – including news of masks to be worn in auction houses and shops
06 December 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news that masks have to be worn in auction houses, shops and indoor fairs.
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News In Brief – including news of the record copy of the US Constitution being loaned to a museum
29 November 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news that a copy of the US Constitution will go on loan to a US museum.
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News In Brief – including news of an Old Master soaring over 30-times estimate
22 November 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a 17th century French landscape bringing dramatic competition at a New York auction,
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News In Brief – including news of Marie Antoinette's diamond bracelets selling at auction
15 November 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a sale in Switzerland of Marie Antoinette's bracelets containing 112 diamonds.
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News In Brief – including a picture authenticated on TV show 'Fake or Fortune?' selling for £75,000 at auction
08 November 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a Jean-Léon Gérôme picture from 'Fake or Fortune?' selling at Sotheby's.
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News In Brief – including a 'car boot' find now offered at over a million
01 November 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a diamond bought at a car boot sale to be offered at auction.
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