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Seals of the Duchy

30 September 2024

Of numismatic interest in the Swinton sale were two George VI silver seal matrices made for the County Palatine and the Duchy of Lancaster.

Lowe headlines Frome Bazaar

30 September 2024

Fashion and textiles designer and former singer songwriter Pearl Lowe will stall out with some of her antique finds at The Vintage Bazaar in Frome on Saturday October 19.

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Obituary: Furniture dealer David Pettifer (1930-2024)

30 September 2024

The antique furniture world has lost one of its great characters and senior statesmen in David Pettifer who died on 30th August aged 94.

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Outback artist on the front foot

30 September 2024

Aboriginal painter Namatjira’s evocative Australian work makes rare appearance in a British saleroom

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Paul Allen’s science and tech lots tell a story of human ingenuity

30 September 2024

Memorabilia collected by a founding father of modern computing makes for a remarkable auction

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Precious metals prices: issue 2662

30 September 2024

On Friday, September 27, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2664.59 / €2385.40 / £1988.50

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Previews: issue 2662

30 September 2024

Our selection of lots from ten upcoming auctions

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Posnet was recent Norfolk detector find

30 September 2024

This medieval (probably 14th century) small bronze cauldron or posnet is a recent detecting find, dug late last year in a field in Norfolk.

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Sock drawer discovery is medieval gaming piece

30 September 2024

A medieval walrus ivory gaming piece, recently found by a Gorringe’s valuer in a sock drawer, comes for sale in Lewes on October 8. As part of the Interiors & Decorative Arts Sale it has an estimate of £10,000-15,000

ATG Letter: Why it is preferable to haggle rather than barter

30 September 2024

Dear Sir, Re: ATG 2660, in the article Brothers’ business boosted by TV show you used the phrase ‘bartering at a brocante’.

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Furniture & interiors: Market shifts towards the regions

30 September 2024

Much of the market for ‘country house’ antiques is now in the hands of UK’s regional auctioneers. Here we review two recent bellwether sales.

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Lavery’s tennis match serves up a top price

30 September 2024

A selection of 96 paintings from the collection of the Paisley Art Institute sold for £1.1m at Lyon & Turnbull on the evening of September 26. Just under a quarter of the institute’s historical holdings were deaccessioned in the Edinburgh sale titled A Taste for Art: Selected Works from The Paisley Art Institute Collection.

Scents and cents at perfume sale

30 September 2024

Wanting to create a new perfume for the modern woman, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel invented her signature fragrance Chanel No. 5 in 1921.

Dolphin Arcade deserves protection

30 September 2024

Dear Sir, The news that the dealers of the Dolphin Arcade in Portobello Road have been served with an eviction notice (ATG no 2661) is shocking and regrettable.

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ATG Letter: Duria Antiquior plate was reason for £6000 bid

30 September 2024

Dear Sir, I read with great interest Roland Arkell's account on page 41 of ATG 2660 of the geological books which sold for £6000 at Tennants on August 23.

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Plans to open new Northern Irish antiques centre in 2025

30 September 2024

Owner of Belfast On the Square Emporium invests in project to bring antiques centre to nearby town of Bangor

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Battersea Decorative fair’s intriguing line-up

30 September 2024

New names exhibit alongside established regulars at autumn edition of The Decorative Fair in south London

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Horse exhibition is the mane attraction in Wiltshire

30 September 2024

The Long Gallery at Messums West – established as Messums Wiltshire in 2016 by Johnny Messum – originally functioned as an equine stable.

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Five questions with rug dealer Joshua Lumley

30 September 2024

Joshua Lumley is a rug dealer based in Kent selling textiles from Ushak carpets to 16th century Flemish tapestries. He will be at the Battersea Decorative Fair from October 1-6.

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Bid Barometer: issue 2662

30 September 2024

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

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