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‘Giant among ceramicists’: tributes paid to specialist and TV stalwart Henry Sandon

08 January 2024

Tributes have poured in for the late ceramics specialist and Antiques Roadshow expert Henry Sandon who died aged 95 at the end of last year.

Viper by Ben Nicholson

Police investigate collapsed Cotswold art gallery

08 January 2024

Cotswold art gallery Trinity House Paintings, which went into administration in June 2023, is being investigated by West Mercia Police.

Channel Islands silver mug

Pick of the week: Raise two pints to Guernsey mug at auction

08 January 2024

The vast majority of Georgian-era Channel Islands silver baluster mugs are of a pint or half-pint capacity.

Kodak No 1 camera

Early Kodak camera discovery leads to unexpected development

08 January 2024

The story of how a camera collector made an intriguing discovery after buying a very early Kodak camera

Quran

Beautiful Quran bought for nearly £300,000 at Swiss auction

08 January 2024

The extensive auctions at Schuler (23/20/16% buyer’s premium) in Zürich always contain at least one truly spectacular result and the latest three-day sale was no exception.

Historic Stanley Gibbons business rescued thanks to ‘pre-pack’ administration deal

08 January 2024

Stamp and coin dealership and auction group Stanley Gibbons Group has been rescued from administration in a buy-out deal with owner Phoenix Asset Management.

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Figure that escaped destruction after use

08 January 2024

Malagan figures played an integral and complex role in the rituals of the tribes of New Ireland, the north-eastern province of Papua New Guinea.

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Royal portrait rescued from a jumble sale is sold for £16,000

08 January 2024

Tiny portrait thought to show a Spanish noblewoman was bought at a local school in the 1970s

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Virginia as the garden of Eden

08 January 2024

In 1585 English colonists Thomas Hariot and John White recorded their first impressions of life on Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina.

Yomut Asmalyk carpet

Carpets galore in a German saleroom

08 January 2024

A German collector consigned 28 carpets for the November 25 sale at Rippon Boswell (25% buyer’s premium) in Wiesbaden.

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Promising start as fairs return to Birmingham after event’s demise

08 January 2024

Dealer Mark Goodger’s first sale at the inaugural Classic Antique Fairs staged at Birmingham’s NEC was a satinwood painted tea caddy.

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Previews: issue 2625

08 January 2024

Our selection of lots coming up in six auctions

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Chest chimes with Harrogate fair

08 January 2024

A late 17th century moulded chest with bone inlays is among the offerings from a new exhibitor at this month’s Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative Antiques & Fine Art Fair.

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Belgian sculptor Minne much in demand at German auctions

08 January 2024

The work of Belgian artist celebrated in his day is coveted by modern collectors judging by latest sales.

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Dagobert Peche chandelier proves leading light at auction

08 January 2024

Only a few months after several ornamental pieces of silver by the Viennese designer Dagobert Peche, one of the leading lights of the Wiener Werkstätte, caused a sensation in Düsseldorf (ATG No 2613, the auction house Kinsky (28% buyer’s premium) achieved an impressive result for a work by him.

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Obituary: Christopher Linton Green (1947-2023)

08 January 2024

Chris Green’s involvement in the art and antiques shipping business started long before Art Logistics Ltd.

Sapphire earrings

Bid Barometer: issue 2625

08 January 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.

BBC Archive ‘On the air’ lightbox

News in brief including a BBC archive coming to auction in Merseyside

08 January 2024

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a the auction of a BBC archive including records, memorabilia and equipment.

Funeral notice: John William Slough

08 January 2024

John William Slough, who ran London Antique Arms Fairs for many years, died on December 12, 2023.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, January 10-23, 2024

08 January 2024

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

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