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Get the siege mentality with unusual banknotes on offer
10 June 2024“Siege notes are a niche but popular subsidiary of military banknote collecting,” says Andrew Pattison, head of the Banknotes Department at Noonans (24% buyer’s premium).
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De Pinna cup to finally appear for sale after scientific testing
05 June 2024At the third time of asking, an enigmatic Elizabethan style silver and porcelain goblet will finally be offered at auction this month.
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Marble reliefs impress at sale of George Farrow collection at Roseberys
04 June 2024The ornate collection of 567 lots including tapestries and bronze sculptures from China, the Middle East and Europe went under the hammer at the London auction house
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Firm follows ‘curious byways’
03 June 2024Latest focus at London dealership is on the homeworkers who bought blanks to embellish with enamel
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Bloomsbury Group attracts fresh buyers
03 June 2024Result of select offering in London shows a healthy market which now even includes Asian bidders
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Seago stays close to East Anglian roots
03 June 2024Flooding in the Waveney Valley features among a group of more than 50 paintings by Edward Seago (1910-74) on show at Portland Gallery this month.
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A story of grape expectations in 17th century England
03 June 2024Seventeenth century guide to growing vines in England was published just before the Great Fire of London
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US Medal of Honor awarded to Ukrainian soldier to be auctioned for charity
29 May 2024The only US Medal of Honor ever awarded to a Ukrainian soldier is being sold to aid Ukrainian humanitarian efforts.
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Floral dress worn by young Elizabeth II goes to auction
28 May 2024Worn by the late Queen around 1930 and kept by her nanny ever since, the cotton dress goes to auction in June
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Charts of the human body, London, the world at the London Map Fair
27 May 2024The annual London Map Fair, which bills itself as the world’s oldest and largest specialist antiques fair, runs June 15-16 at the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington Gore.
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Auction firms team up for ceramics sale
27 May 2024Dreweatts and Christie’s will jointly sell the Stanley Goldfein collection of ceramics across two sales this year.
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Classic turntables on the right track at Olympia Auctions
27 May 2024Two classic 1970s record turntables have been consigned to the 20th Century Design sale at Olympia Auctions on September 20.
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Exotic birds from Bussy's brush flock to Browse & Darby
27 May 2024From toucans to parakeets, Browse & Darby’s summer exhibition concerns the exotic birds and other animals painted by Simon Bussy (1870-1954), a French artist linked to the Bloomsbury Set.
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Cruikshank boxes clever with trio of sought-after fighters
27 May 2024Television host's collection yields rare studies at London auction
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From the quirky and trendy to the traditional: Battersea Decorative fair reports strong sales
27 May 2024Among the highlight sales at the recent Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair was a George III pine chest of drawers featuring more recent overpainting in willow pattern.
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Modern design: Why Pesce preferred the far from perfect
27 May 2024Designer Gaetano Pesce liked ‘beauty full of mistakes’, an approach reflected in his playful creations
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Mod Brit dealer puts the spotlight on painter teacher Norman Clark
27 May 2024Show covers highly rated British artist who was content to keep a low profile
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Sotheby’s announces details of latest summer show
24 May 2024Sotheby’s is hosting an exhibition in London this summer featuring 12 works loaned from museums. All the works are by artists who were born overseas but passed through or settled in the UK permanently.
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British Museum recovers more stolen works but over 800 objects still missing
24 May 2024The British Museum has recovered a further tranche of stolen and missing objects from its collection.
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Rare collection of Fabergé animals to go to auction
22 May 2024Mostly acquired over a four-year period, a 20-lot collection of Fabergé animals comes to Elmwood’s
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