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Jewellery of distinction made in Newlyn
25 July 2022The artists’ enclave of Newlyn in Cornwall was not exclusively a colony of painters.
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Colman buyers keen as mustard
11 July 2022Ninety lots from family’s Norfolk home gave a taster of the traditional items they collected
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Auction house calls for funding help for art centre’s archive
05 July 2022Auction house Sworders is supporting and promoting a fundraising effort for a local arts centre.
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Browning family archive entices worldwide interest
20 June 2022The contents of a small London museum devoted to Victorian poets Robert Browning (1812-89) and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-61) sold for just under £100,000 at auction in Essex.
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Bawden and wider Great Bardfield interest
06 June 2022Two rare Edward Bawden (1903-89) prints showing Ives Farm in Great Bardfield drew interest in a Modern and Contemporary art sale.
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Collingwood wall-hanging work on the up at auction
06 June 2022Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) Design sale on May 18 included a record for a wall-hanging by the weaver Peter Collingwood (1922-2008).
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Browning museum archive comes to auction in Essex
30 May 2022Museum contents devoted to the celebrated Victorian poets Robert Browning (1812-89) and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-61) will be offered this month.
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Her Majesty has a moment of reflection
30 May 2022Perhaps the most famous 21st century image of Queen Elizabeth II is the photographic portrait taken by Canadian artist Chris Levine (b.1960) showing the monarch with her eyes closed.
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A Buddha in the hand at 350-times estimate
23 May 2022This 900-year-old Pala dynasty bronze figure of a Buddhist deity beat all expectations to bring £210,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Sworders’ Asian Art sale in Stansted Mountfitchet on May 13.
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The Fry Art Gallery reopens after refurb with Great Bardfield exhibition sponsored by Sworders
03 May 2022The Fry Art Gallery in Essex has undergone a major refurbishment and one of the first shows is being supported by local auction house Sworders.
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First light of neoclassicism
02 May 2022This 13in (33cm) ormolu vase candelabrum is a candidate for the earliest English neoclassical metalwork.
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Archaic bronze censer in Essex
02 May 2022Vessels of archaistic form were popular with the Qing who wished to emulate the perceived virtues of antiquity.
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McPhail auction record fleshed out to £20,500
25 April 2022Interest from both trade and private buyers helped set an auction record for Paul McPhail (b.1966) at Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Modern and Contemporary art.
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Fairbanks collection: McEwen prices bloom and Betts sits comfortably in the market
28 March 2022Two works formerly owned by American actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr (1909-2000) drew dramatic competition at a dedicated sale of his collection.
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A gift from the Queen Mother shines at Essex auction
07 March 2022A sale of royal memorabilia at Colchester saleroom Reeman Dansie (20% buyer’s premium) on February 15 included items from the estate of Miss Beryl Poignand (1887-1965), governess and confidante to HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
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Melancholic not monstrous Mephistopheles sculpture sells at Sworders
07 March 2022The unexpected highlight of the Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) Out of the Ordinary sale on February 15 was this plaster version of the Jean-Jacques Feuchère (1807-52) sculpture Mephistopheles.
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Essex auction house helps in return of stolen Roman statue
09 February 2022Essex saleroom TimeLine Auctions and a Dutch detective have worked together to return a stolen Roman statue to France after it was missing for 50 years.
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The £5 junk shop find which proved to be a £12,500 Vienna Secession chair
07 February 2022This fine example of Vienna Secession furniture was bought last year in a junk shop on the south coast for just £5.
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Distinctive William Wood miniatures emerge in Buckinghamshire sale
24 January 2022Estimated at just £60-100, a pair of Georgian portrait miniatures sold online for £2900 at Amersham Auctions (17.5% buyer’s premium) on January 6.
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How the Manchu dynasty tried to brush over Ming history
17 January 2022This Kangxi (1662-1722) period blue and white brush pot was offered at Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) in Stansted Mountfitchet.
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