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Imperial power told through a £110,000 hardwood chest
20 November 2023A Chinese ‘dragon’ box fashioned in the prized Asian wood zitan sold for £110,000 at Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) on November 3.
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Protection using the elements
13 November 2023Pictured here are the plates from a 12th or 13th century klivanion (Byzantine armour).
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Third tranche of Sir Rod Stewart's collection emerges at Sworders
13 November 2023More items from the collection of Sir Rod Stewart are coming up for sale at Sworders this year.
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That loving feline: David Hockney ceramic cat doubles estimate at auction
30 October 2023A rare ceramic cat given by David Hockney (b.1937) to strangers who helped him as a student fetched a record price for one of the artist’s sculptural felines when it sold at Stacey’s in Chelmsford.
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Take a kesi seat cover or two
23 October 2023This pair of kesi chair covers woven with front-facing dragons against an apricot ground, date from the late Ming or early Qing dynasty period.
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Bauer’s Balinese scene serves to please
23 October 2023Dutch artist used a technique that was much admired in his homeland as well as Britain
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Dennison’s love of the Samurai
23 October 2023The art of the Samurai comes to Essex firm Sworders on November 2.
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Suffragette’s enamel design skills on show via flower power
16 October 2023Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) timed online sale that closed on August 13 included this rare enamel by Ernestine Evans Mills (1871-1959).
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Paolo Venini and Fulvio Bianconi: two titans of Italian post-war glass
02 October 2023Inspired by Carlo Scarpa’s use of murrine glass in the 1930s and 1940s, Paolo Venini (1895-1959) designed a number of vessels in the 1950s that have become classics of post-war Italian design.
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Honoré Daumier takes on the law
18 September 2023Among the lots on offer at Sworders’ upcoming Old Master, British and European Art sale is a small sketch of two lawyers by Honoré Daumier (1808-79).
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The second sleeper in Colchester: an intaglio ring emerges at auction
04 September 2023The north European Mannerist bronze sold for £550,000 against a guide of £250-350 was not the only spectacular sleeper in the August 8 sale at Reeman Dansie (22.5% buyer’s premium).
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Norwich secular silver survives to make it to auction
03 July 2023Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) June 13-14 Fine Interiors sale included a collection of Norwich 17th century silver assembled by one of East Anglia’s best-known families.
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Adler led avant garde into the British art world
26 June 2023Refugee artist provided first-hand experience of cutting edge style
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Surprise in the saleroom as 'manner of' Old Master makes over 50 times estimate
12 June 2023Among a number of works at the latest Old Master, British and European Art sale at Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) sparking keen interest were a couple of contrasting paintings selling well above predictions.
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Kangxi blue and white delight in Essex
12 June 2023The Qing hexagonal form blue and white jardinière shown here is a type used to grow flowers or bonsai at the Qing court.
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Georgian necklace evokes family memories
05 June 2023A necklace composed of nine ‘Stuart crystal’ memorial slides comes for sale at Sworders’ auction of Fine Jewellery and Watches on June 27.
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Rolex taken from £200 original purchase to £45,500 at auction
05 June 2023This Rolex Cosmograph Dayton is proof that some branded wristwatches have become an exceptional investment
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Doulton delights packed in floor to ceiling
03 June 2023A remarkable Nautilus Clock sold for £7000 when Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) offered the first part of the Ann Turner collection of Doulton pottery.
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Get a taste of silver from the Colman collection coming to auction in Essex
29 May 2023Sworders’ next Fine Interiors sale includes a collection of Norwich 17th century silver assembled by one of East Anglia’s best-known families.
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Interview: 'Bawden prints are a bit of fun'
08 May 2023Amy Scanlon, head of Modern and Contemporary art at Sworders of Stansted Mountfitchet, discusses her affection for Bawden prints
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