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News In Brief – the 'petrifying' price of a coffee at Frieze Masters
27 October 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including how one visitor reacted to the price of a coffee at the Frieze Masters fair.
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News In Brief – including news of the sale of the Fabergé collection of the late Harry Woolf
18 October 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a dedicated sale of Fabergé works of art at Christie’s.
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News In Brief – including news of The Ulster Museum acquiring a portrait by James Tissot
11 October 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of The Ulster Museum acquiring a portrait by Tissot via the government’s Acceptance in Lieu Scheme.
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News In Brief – including a new exhibition by the Oriental Ceramic Society
04 October 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an exhibition by the Oriental Ceramic Society.
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News In Brief – including the return of a Gilgamesh Dream tablet to Iraq
27 September 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the the return of a 3600-year-old tablet showing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh being handed back to Iraq by the US.
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News In Brief – including the outcome of the Guennol Stargazer court case in New York
20 September 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the US ruling on whether Turkey could take ownership of the Guennol Stargazer.
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News In Brief – including the conviction of a family behind the theft of Chinese jades
13 September 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an update on the theft of £1.7m of Chinese jades.
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News In Brief – including the auction of medals once belonging to controversial media mogul Robert Maxwell
06 September 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a group of medals once belonging to Robert Maxwell coming to auction.
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News In Brief – including news of the New York book fair being postponed
30 August 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) being cancelled because of the ongoing pandemic.
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News In Brief – including news of a rare Anglo-Saxon gold coin discovered by a metal detectorist coming to auction
23 August 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a Saxon gold coin expected to fetch up to £200,000 at an upcoming sale.
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News In Brief – including news of a merger of design auction houses in the US
16 August 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of Rago Wright buying LA Modern Auctions.
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News In Brief – including news of a UK restorer facing an antiquities investigation
09 August 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a UK restorer facing an antiquities charge in the US.
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News In Brief – including the National Gallery buying Thomas Lawrence's ‘The Red Boy’
26 July 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the National Gallery acquiring a well known portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830).
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News In Brief – including news of a 'peace medal’ bought by a US museum
19 July 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of Colonial Williamsburg buying a Washington ‘Indian peace medal’.
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News In Brief – including a new Grinling Gibbons exhibition
12 July 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of Bonhams' exhibition on Grinling Gibbons.
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The Ford Escort – a fairytale gift
05 July 2021This Ford Escort once owned by Diana, Princess of Wales, has been bought by a museum in Chile.
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News In Brief – including a new date for Photo London fair
05 July 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a new date in September for the Photo London fair.
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News In Brief – including Aaron Dean joining Adam Partridge
28 June 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of Aaron Dean joining Adam Partridge.
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News In Brief – including news of the sale of an infamous US forgery
21 June 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of the sale of the ‘Oath of a Freeman’.
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News In Brief – including news of The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair returning to Battersea
14 June 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair returning to Battersea this autumn.
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