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Cambridge auction full of high-price surprises
21 January 2019A letter of 1803 in which George III, writing to Lord Hawkesbury, effectively declares his intention to renew war on France, was at £9000 one of the more successful lots in a recent Cambridge sale that produced its fair share of surprise results.
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Traditional festive feel warms sales
10 December 2018The festive season is upon us. And as art market tradition dictates, this means a generous helping of Old Masters.
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Life’s a picnic in Cambridge as Garrard & Co cases come to auction
26 November 2018Catalogued as a ‘travelling ensemble’ these two oak fitted cases of silver tableware, below, conjure up images of lavish inter-war era picnics.
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Cambridge saleroom Cheffins says strong prices have inspired a specialist jewellery, silver and watches biannual auction
16 October 2018Strong prices at auction for jewellery, silver and watches have tempted Cambridge saleroom Cheffins to launch a specialist sale dedicated to such items.
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The wife of a Parliamentarian in portrait form
01 October 2018A portrait of a young Stuart woman, below, attributed to the Hungarian painter Johannes Priwitzer (fl.1626-35), topped the picture section in a two-day sale at Cheffins (22.5% buyer’s premium) of Cambridge.
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Indo-Portuguese furniture exports shine at auction in the UK
24 September 2018Two early examples of Indo- Portuguese furniture sold for five-figure sums at auction this month.
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Single owner portrait silhouette collection amassed for over 40 years stands out at auction in Cambridge
06 September 2018Portrait silhouettes were all the rage in fashionable English society of the Georgian period but suffered a rapid decline in popularity in Victorian times as photography began to dominate.
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh cabinet made for Glasgow tea room entrepreneur makes £11,000
16 August 2018A cabinet made by Scottish designer and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) for a Victorian tea room businesswoman has sold for £11,000 at Willingham Auctions in Cambridge.
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh's cabinet for ‘Miss Cranston’ goes under the hammer in Cambridge
08 August 2018A cabinet made by Scottish designer and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Catherine Cranston, a Victorian tea room entrepreneur, goes under the hammer at Willingham Auctions this week.
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Sketches and scraps make hit albums
06 August 2018Two albums of 19th century watercolours and drawings produced unexpected results in summer sales.
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Candlesticks by Coker and Cafe light up sales in Cambridge and Lewes
23 July 2018Pairs of Georgian candlesticks by the best-known London specialist makers such as William Cafe and Ebenezer Coker continue to sell well enough, as long as condition is acceptable.
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Nelson memorabilia sails into auction for collecting options at various price points
20 July 2018Whether your budget runs to four figures or a hefty six figures, two lots sold recently show how various price options can be available in a certain collecting market – in this case, Nelson memorabilia.
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Period portraits and equine oil study
02 July 2018The latest batch of period portraits to pass through Cheffins featured several from a late-16th century property in Great Chesterford, Essex. Passed by descent, the quartet was led by an attractive English School portrait of Queen Mary I (1516-58), an oil painted on an oval 2ft x 21in (62 x 53cm) canvas.
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Devon views are cream of the crop
02 July 2018British watercolours depicting the beautiful county of Devon and painted during the medium’s golden age drew eager bidding at Cheffins of Cambridge (22.5% buyer’s premium).
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All fired up at ‘more affordable’ prices
02 July 2018Bids of £100 and upwards bought bidders a history of the English hearth and home among the Crowther lots at Cheffins on June 13-14, where 80% of the lower-priced items went to private buyers.
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Final flicker of a Fulham dealership
02 July 2018It was the last flickerings of the dynasty which took salvage from the demolition site and put it back into the drawing room.
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Case study: a trip to Paris with Giacometti
25 June 2018No two jobs are the same for the art shippers offering a bespoke service at the top end.
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Fitzwilliam Museum raises £1m to secure Queen Victoria sculpture
21 June 2018The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has acquired a marble sculpture of Queen Victoria by Sir Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934) after raising the required £1.01m to prevent it from export.
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Renowned salvage dealer’s collection raises £90,000 at Cheffins auction
19 June 2018The final sale of stock from a once renowned architectural antiques business in Fulham raised more than £90,000 at Cambridge saleroom Cheffins.
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Final lots from renowned dealer up at auction
28 May 2018T Crowther & Sons was founded in 1880 in Fulham and was well established before the First World War. The company was split into two sections in the 1940s: Albert Crowther trading from Syon Lodge and T Crowther & Sons in Fulham.
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