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Roma Numismatics to close doors this week
20 May 2024London ancient coin dealers and auctioneers Roma Numismatics is to close.
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Eye on the needle for Firsts fair
20 May 2024A book elaborately illustrated with needle-work samples and commemorating Queen Victoria’s first trip to Ireland as monarch was one of the standout sales as 'Firsts London’s Rare Book Fair' opened.
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Showpiece collection of British ceramics comes from Australia
20 May 2024Australian pharmaceutical chemist Robert Francis Burke started building his collection of Chelsea and Worcester porcelain in the 1970s, long before the days of the internet.
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Online dealer showcase announced as part of LAPADA 50th anniversary celebration
20 May 2024LAPADA has unveiled plans for its 50th anniversary including a summer exhibition and a new series of events around its flagship fair.
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Prince of Speed Georges Hamel designed nifty posters now sought after by collectors
20 May 2024Original printings of two of the most familiar automotive posters sold for £15,000 each at Lyon & Turnbull (26% buyer’s premium).
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Impressionism anniversary marked in major St James's exhibition
20 May 2024Gallery with family connections stages a show 150 years on from Paris exhibition where the art movement began
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LAPADA announces plans for Berkeley Square Fair
17 May 2024Flagship event is scheduled for a later date and comes with new events for next edition
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Messi napkin contract sells for £600,000
17 May 2024The napkin responsible for the signing of the teenaged Lionel Messi to FC Barcelona was sold by the player’s former agent at Bonhams
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Eric Clapton’s Wonderful Tonight guitar set to rock auction
16 May 2024The guitar on which Clapton wrote 'Wonderful Tonight' carries an estimate of £300,000-400,000
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Monumental Stubbs picture comes to Christie’s Old Masters summer auction
14 May 2024One of the largest pictures that George Stubbs (1724-1806) ever painted is coming to auction with a £7m-10m estimate.
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The words of God with a silver lining: miniature silver psalter comes to London book fair
13 May 2024This miniature 17th century psalter in a contemporary pierced and engraved openwork silver binding is priced at £15,000 by Bernard Quaritch at Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair.
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Shackleton’s farewell from South Georgia
13 May 2024A letter from Ernest Shackleton to a supporter, written from South Georgia on the eve of his final departure on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, was offered at Charles Miller’s (24% buyer’s premium) latest Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art sale.
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Sponsor’s message: It’s a wonderful world
13 May 2024Rupert Powell of Forum Auctions reflects on a busy year in the ‘stage-play’ of rare books
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Events to look forward to: Firsts, London Map Fair, PBFA London and the Ephemera fair
13 May 2024A wide range of dealers are set to offer a variety of items at upcoming fairs
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Colour plate books: Around the world with Norman Bobins
13 May 2024ATG takes a whistlestop tour of the globe via the greatest recent collection of colour plate travel and costume books
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Alfies unveils new street level arcade and seeks to bring in new visitors
13 May 2024A large shark and tarot card reading might seem a bizarre way to bring visitors into a north-west London antiques centre but there is method behind the apparent madness.
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Intourist: a journey of 30 years
13 May 2024London dealership AntikBar brings a major collection of pieces relating to Intourist, the 20th century USSR travel company, to 'Firsts London' book fair.
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Single-owner Nelson obsession
13 May 2024A collection of Nelson commemoratives amassed over 30 years includes pieces once owned by the man himself
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Trio of Egyptian sandstone reliefs stand out in a London sale selection
13 May 2024A highlight of Apollo Art Auctions’ (20% buyer’s premium) April 27-28 sale was a trio of Egyptian sandstone reliefs from the Amarna period, the 17-year reign of the radical pharaoh Amenhotep IV known as Akhenaten.
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Bernini stars in first Dickinson sculpture exhibition
13 May 2024Dickinson holds its first exhibition in the field with Renaissance artists going under the spotlight
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