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Monumental trophy races to £19,000
26 February 2024Silverware was a major component of Bonhams’ (28/27/21/14.5% buyer’s premium) Knightsbridge auction titled The Connoisseur’s Library on February 13-14.
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Books and photos boom but ephemera fairs down in number
26 February 2024Themed fairs are an added reason to head for Etc Fairs’ events held in London at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury WC1.
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Dazzling results for de Beaumont library at Bonhams
26 February 2024Impressive library of renowned collector and expert includes sought-after designs by women binders
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Drawing foundation Trois Crayons links up with London Art Week
24 February 2024New partnership aims to boost London as a centre for Old Master drawings
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Antiquities auction brings Egyptian tiles of the unexpected
19 February 2024Blue-glazed decoration thought to have been invented by king’s architect takes £55,000 at auction
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Moves include vote of confidence for both Mayfair and St James’s
19 February 2024Latest dealer relocations show grounds for optimism that traditional dealing trade hubs of London are not in danger
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Lalique style leads selection of design classics at Chiswick Auctions
19 February 2024Lalique, the epitome of inter-war glamour, took centre stage at the Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) Design sale.
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Anglo-Saxon coin hoard discovered in Braintree by metal detectorists comes to auction
15 February 2024An impressive group of Anglo-Saxon pennies, found by metal detectorists near Braintree in Essex, will be offered in separate lots at Noonans.
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Owner of 10 Downing Street visitor book plans sale after dismissing Treasury claim
14 February 2024The owner of a visitor book from 10 Downing Street, during the Margaret Thatcher and John Major era, plans to sell it despite the government saying it is official property.
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Triceratops skull installed at Harrods by London dealership David Aaron
13 February 2024David Aaron, the Mayfair antiquities specialist, is offering a major natural history specimen at Harrods.
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Noonans takes top coins and medals spot
12 February 2024Noonans was the dominant player in the London coins and medals auction market in 2023 with a market share of almost 32%, ATG’s exclusive annual special report reveals.
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Black Prince with lions and ostriches
12 February 2024Estimated at £14,000-18,000, this Pavillon d'Or issued by Edward, Prince of Aquitaine (1362-72), took £36,000 plus 18% buyer’s premium at Harmers on November 1.
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Banknotes from coronation year
12 February 2024Spink’s April 13 banknotes sale included a near-complete run of Malaya & British Borneo Elizabeth II specimen notes issued in the coronation year on March 21, 1953.
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Early Queen Anne before Acts of Union
12 February 2024The 1705 silver crown is one of the key rarities in the Queen Anne (1702-14) series.
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God bless American buyers: Battersea decorative fair benefits from Stateside decorators visiting
12 February 2024A fortuitously timed trip from a large group of top US interior decorators boosted sales at Battersea’s winter Decorative Fair.
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Gallantry top-seller: Crimean War naval VC
12 February 2024The best-selling gallantry medal of 2023 was offered at Noonans late in the year on December 6. The Naval Victoria Cross awarded to Seaman James Gorman at the Battle of Inkerman sold for a hammer price of £320,000 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) and now forms part of a private collection of Crimean War medals.
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Argentina starts to emerge in coins market
12 February 2024Prior to its unification, what is now Argentina was comprised of over a dozen autonomous and semi-autonomous regions.
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Masterpiece of Greek numismatic art
12 February 2024One of the great masterpieces of ancient Greek numismatic art, this silver tetradrachm was struck in c.460BC in commemoration of the refounding of the city of Naxos. Its citizens had been exiled to Leontinoi by the tyrant Hieron of Syracuse.
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Slave trader who repented his sins tells his own story
12 February 2024John Newton (1725-1807) is today perhaps best remembered as the writer of the hymn Amazing Grace. However, before his religious conversion he spent his early life as a slave trader.
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The Iraqi note now worth £100,000
12 February 2024This Iraq specimen banknote printed in India during the Second World War sold for £100,000 plus 24% buyer’s premium at Noonans on November 29-30. It was purchased by a lifetime collector or Iraqi banknotes at double the low estimate.
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