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Dealer maps out history of the London tube

30 September 2024

The largest collection of Harry Beck manuscripts ever offered for sale will form part of an exhibition celebrating 160 Years of London Underground history being held at London dealer The Map House.

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Harewood furniture for sale at Christie’s

30 September 2024

In October Christie’s conducts a timed online sales series titled Collections.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, October 1-18, 2024

30 September 2024

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

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Congressional medals show dramatic increase in value

30 September 2024

Five historic Congressional naval medals awarded during the War of 1812 excelled at Noonans’ latest sale of British, World Coins and Historical Medals.

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Time and money well spent at 50th York Book Fair

30 September 2024

The PBFA event marked its half century with a busy and successful edition

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Whistler’s first paid portrait brings £320,000

30 September 2024

James McNeill Whistler’s (1834-1903) first portrait commission, a painting of Lucas Alexander Ionides, drew a strong bidding battle at Bonhams on September 25.

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SJ Phillips to stage ring collection exhibition

30 September 2024

SJ Phillips will shortly unveil one of the best antique ring collections to appear on the market in years.

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Appealing faces of Victorian furniture

30 September 2024

Chairs and sofas by Howard & Sons are a pricey niche market these days, largely immune to the varying fortunes of the wider market for Victorian and Edwardian furniture.

Growing in the garden glasshouse

30 September 2024

A popular two-day biannual antiques and vintage fair run since 2017 in a large glasshouse at Coolings Garden Centre at Knockholt in Kent is growing in exhibitor numbers.

John Lavery painting

Lavery’s tennis match tops sale of works from Paisley Art Institute

27 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.

Congressional gold medal

Congressional naval medals show dramatic increase in value over two decades

27 September 2024

Five historic Congressional naval medals awarded during the War of 1812 excelled at Noonans latest sale of British, World Coins and Historical Medals.

London Underground Railways Underground, Electric Railways Company Of London (UERL), 1909. Courtesy Of The Map House

History of London Underground mapped out in exhibition

26 September 2024

Despite the success of London Underground's map, Harry Beck’s contribution was largely forgotten for decades. A new exhibition celebrates his place in design history

Portrait of Lucas Alexander Ionides by James McNeill Whistler

Early Whistler portrait makes £320,000 at Bonhams

25 September 2024

James McNeill Whistler’s (1834-1903) first portrait commission, a painting of his friend Lucas Alexander Ionides, drew a strong bidding battle at Bonhams earlier today.

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Important Assyrian artefact returned to Iraq after being held in UK for 22 years

25 September 2024

An ancient Assyrian artefact stolen from an archaeological site in Iraq in the early 1990s has been returned to the country after being stored for an extended period by the Metropolitan Police in London.

Irish fruitwood penal cross

18th century Irish penal cross brings demand in North Yorkshire auction

24 September 2024

Penal crosses take their name from the series of laws the restricted the rights of Roman Catholics and other nonconformists.

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Portobello Road dealers dealt another blow

23 September 2024

Antiques dealers in Portobello Road’s Dolphin Arcade are preparing to leave after they were served with an eviction notice. The move deals another blow to the west London antiques hub.

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Clock with orrery marks a moment in time and space

23 September 2024

The highlight of the sale of Fine Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments at Dreweatts was this French mantel clock with orrery c.1810. Although unsigned, it is thought to be by the talented Paris clockmaker Antide Janvier (1751-1835).

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Bruun collection sale sets record for a Scandinavian coin

23 September 2024

The first part of the auction of the extraordinary coin collection of Lars Emil Bruun (1852-1923) raised a total of €14.8m (£12.5m) including premium last week.

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Getty museum returns ancient bronze couch

23 September 2024

The J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has returned an ancient bronze funerary couch to Turkey after concluding that it had been illicitly excavated in the early 1980s.

Frock Me! vintage fair launches another London staging

23 September 2024

'Frock Me!' was established 27 years ago and is currently held at both Chelsea Old Town Hall on the King’s Road and at Kensington Town Hall (which will be hosting a 'Frock Me!' fair on October 27). The vintage fashion event is now expanding its horizons by establishing an edition in Victoria.

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