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Please sir, it was the Eton boys
25 March 2019A piece of recycled wood used to make an Arts & Crafts reading table on offer at WR Harvey has been revealed to contain the names of mischievous boys from Eton College.
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CADA fair 2019: a picture special
11 March 2019The Cotswold Art & Antique Dealers’ Association fair switched its 2019 slot at Blenheim Palace from April to February and ATG went along on the final day to see the results.
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Table with a naughty side
11 March 2019A jumble of names scratched into a piece of oak by naughty children (or possibly adults) has been discovered on the underside of an antique table in the latest exhibition at WR Harvey in Witney.
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CADA fair embraces date change
11 March 2019Delight as the Cotswolds association’s event successfully switches from April to February.
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The CADA face of the fair
11 February 2019Every year, a female portrait is chosen as the ‘Face of the Fair’ at CADA (see main story for fair details).
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Chinese Year of the Pig provides theme for Cotswolds trade association fair
11 February 2019English pottery specialist John Howard is among the many dealers featuring pig-related pieces at the next Cotswolds Art and Antiques Dealers’ Association (CADA) Fair.
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Collection of Tipu Sultan treasure including gold-encrusted sword offered at Antony Cribb sale
28 January 2019Historical weapons from the personal armoury of Tipu Sultan will be offered for sale in Oxfordshire in the spring.
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‘Battle-scarred’ gun owned by Tipu Sultan fires up Oxfordshire sale
28 January 2019Following the fall of Seringapatam in India on May 4, 1799, portions of the spoils were variously allocated to senior officers of the British force.
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Art dealer steps back after 45-year career promoting Mod Brits and holds a final show
28 January 2019British art specialist Patricia Jordan Evans rounds off more than four decades in the trade with her next show called 'The Last Hurrah! 45 Years at Bohun Gallery'.
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From cartridge loader to corkscrew
07 January 2019One of the more unusual corkscrews to come onto what is a fiercely competitive collectors’ market recently was a brass, steel and wooden contraption of the type one may have seen clamped to the bar of fin-de-siècle brasseries.
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Payne chimes in taste
19 November 2018By contrast to electrical rarities offered in Wiltshire also covered in this week's hammer highlights, the type of mid-19th century library clock shown below is probably the most popular item in the current horology market.
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How Holt fair holds the attention
12 November 2018Decoratives dealer Marcus Potts is the enthusiastic organiser of the well-regarded biannual Antiques at the Holt Fair which runs at the Holt Hotel, Steeple Aston.
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Pick of the Week: Sampler soars to £14,000 result
29 October 2018Among the most desirable of all needlework samplers are those associated with pupils of the orphanages, asylums and charity schools of the Georgian and Victorian eras.
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Pleasant Georgian surprises in regional auctions
22 October 2018Modestly estimated staples of the once-booming Georgian furniture market can still bring pleasant surprises.
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Squirrell away at his highest price
17 September 2018Described by one of his biographers as ‘The Last of the Norwich School’, Leonard Squirrell (1893-1979) was an East Anglian man through and through.
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Memories of infamous Lord Lucan spurred by London auction of Lady Lucan collection
21 August 2018The nickname ‘Lucky’ Lucan seems a strange one seeing as it refers to the infamous 7th Earl of Lucan who disappeared in 1974, shortly after the attempted murder of his, by then, estranged wife and the murder of the nanny of their children, Sandra Rivett.
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Manton duelling pistols on target in Abingdon auction
06 August 2018Signed in gold to the 10in (25cm) damascus barrels Manton London, the best-known name among London gunsmiths, a cased pair of 25-bore flintlock duelling pistols led the specialist arms and armour sale held by Antony Cribb (22% buyer’s premium) at Abingdon on July 24.
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Golfing memorabilia dealers get into the swing of things
06 August 2018The set of flicker books published c.1930 titled 'Drive and Mashie', 'Brassie and Iron' and 'Out the Rough and Putt', were once used as teaching aids for golfers.
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Walk this way for single owner collections of canes at auction
01 August 2018Walking stick collectors have been in luck, with not one but two single owner collections up for grabs at auction this summer.
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Cellarettes will stay together
16 July 2018Entered from the same consignor, two c.1810 mahogany cellarettes were offered singly, rather than as a near pair by Mallams (20% buyer’s premium) at Abingdon. However, after two centuries, they will remain together after selling to the same private buyer on the phone.
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