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More orphanage samplers in demand as hand-worked textiles prove sought-after

27 August 2024

Tennants’ Fashion, Costume and Textiles Sale held on August 16 provided many hammer highlights.

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Lowry and reverend friend go to church together

27 August 2024

A joint artwork by LS Lowry and lifelong friend Rev Geoffrey Bennett is among the 1750 lots offered in Mitchells’ three-day Antiques & Fine Art Sale from September 11-13.

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Hockney prints at five and four figures

27 August 2024

Two works representing different ends of the David Hockney (b.1937) prints market came up at Chiswick Auctions’ (26% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Modern & Contemporary Prints and Multiples.

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Original historical dresses spotted by eagle-eyed bidders

27 August 2024

A pale blue and white striped garment offered at Martin & Pole’s (22% buyer’s premium) General Auction on August 7 was simply described as an “antique silk dress, appears in a photograph worn by Esther Palmer in around 1925”.

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Early Australia takes shape: maps sold at auction in Melbourne

27 August 2024

Seventeenth and 18th century maps sold in Melbourne auction show how much discoveries had revealed

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Flush with cash? Splash out on a Thomas Crapper sanitary ware collection

27 August 2024

A celebrated collection of 19th and early 20th century sanitary wares is to be sold.

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Olympic liner lights emerge from a Durham house

27 August 2024

Eight original light fittings from the RMS Olympic which were discovered in Durham attracted strong interest at an auction held just up the road in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Pick of the Week: Not Braveheart but Brucehead…

27 August 2024

Long before the American/Australian actor Mel Gibson gladdened Scottish hearts with the woad-splattered film Braveheart, the early 19th century was an awakening for Caledonian identity.

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Surrealist’s revival rolls into Wiltshire

27 August 2024

After a lively sell-out exhibition at London’s Maas Gallery, Winsor Birch is about to unveil the second part of Cosmos of Dreams: Rediscovering the Locked Up Genius of Henry Orlik.

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Hopes for UK buyer to voice support for Turing and Bayley Delilah project papers

27 August 2024

A remarkable archive of newly discovered scientific papers by the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing and his collaborator Donald Bayley has been temporarily blocked from export.

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Organiser remains optimistic about traditional furniture

27 August 2024

Dealer who has run a major Irish fair for 35 years feels Georgian furniture is starting to rise in value

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News in brief including the sale of Indiana Jones's fedora

27 August 2024

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the fedora worn by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom selling at Propstore

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Captain must have made a packet to live in a Falmouth house that grand

27 August 2024

Two religious works were among an intriguing archive of items relating to a famed Falmouth packet ship commander and family that impressed at Lay’s (21% buyer’s premium) auction in Lanner, Cornwall, on August 8.

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Sampler made in Bristol fashion

27 August 2024

Estimated at £60-100, a late 19th century sampler sold via thesaleroom.com for £4600 at Rogers Jones (22% buyer’s premium) in Colwyn Bay.

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Medal gave thanks for Titanic rescue mission

27 August 2024

Noonans’ (24% buyer’s premium) sale in London on July 17 offered a rare Carpathia and Titanic bronze medal.

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Metal trunks prove popular in Cambridgeshire

27 August 2024

Behind the traditional frontage of Smithers of Stamford in the Cambridgeshire town of Etton lies a retro collector’s dream.

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Visitor and exhibitor numbers both on the rise, says B2B

27 August 2024

Debra Scadding and her partner Sue McIntosh took over the running of B2B Events’ two very popular events at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, Worcestershire in January, renaming the operation B2B Fairs.

Austin Wright, Hammerhead, 1956, Bronze, 12 12 X 6 X 5 78 In, 31.9 X 15.2 X 14.9 Cm

Dealer stages Austin Wright show at sculpture garden in North Yorkshire

22 August 2024

Thirsk Hall Sculpture Garden in North Yorkshire is hosting an exhibition of sculpture and works on paper by Austin Wright (1911-97).

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Close friends Prunella Clough and Keith Vaughan are focus of London dealer's show

21 August 2024

A forthcoming exhibition explores the rich legacy of Prunella Clough and Keith Vaughan who broke with the conventions of post-war Britain

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Rediscovered John Constable painting of Hampstead emerges at Salisbury auction

21 August 2024

A previously unpublished oil sketch by John Constable (1776-1837) depicting Hampstead Heath is coming up for auction next month at Woolley & Wallis.

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