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Rare Royal Doulton prototype of a 'Boy on a Tortoise' sells at Sussex auction
12 August 2024A rare Royal Doulton prototype model of a 'Boy on a Tortoise' was found in a modest house in Mill End in Rickmansworth.
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Cleethorpes also so bracing as Skegness as LNER poster demonstrates
12 August 2024While the famous railway poster featuring the Jolly Fisherman (see ATG No 2653) promoted Skegness, the example shown here was intended to tempt holidaymaker to another Lincolnshire seaside resort.
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‘Compositions of real class’ strengthen their appeal
12 August 2024Leading several modestly pitched highlights at Ewbank’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Surrey last month was this signed charcoal portrait of a girl by Welsh painter Augustus John (1878-1961).
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Bellmer’s descending nude hammered down at £95,000
12 August 2024German artist Hans Bellmer (1902-75) explored themes of desire, sexuality and the subconscious mind through his surrealistic sculptures, drawings and photographs.
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More than 400 dealers ready to go
12 August 2024The next edition of the antiques vintage fair run by Love Fairs at the Kent Showground is on Saturday and Sunday, August 31 to September 1.
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John Lennon's blue-tinted glasses bought by Uri Geller at Catherine Southon auction
07 August 2024The glasses will now be displayed in the Uri Geller Museum in Tel Aviv
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Dead as a Dodo but definitely alive as a specialised collecting market
07 August 2024Last week a taxidermy display including the extinct Huia bird of New Zealand sold for £38,000 at Kinghams’ sale. On September 24, it is the turn of another long-gone species to be brought to life in auction terms, at least.
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St Agnes sparks a bidding battle
05 August 2024Overseas buyer emerges victorious as Old Master generates fierce competition in an Oxford sale
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Possible Dresser Minton majolica box takes flight in Sussex sale
02 August 2024Appearing at Gorringe’s in Lewes, East Sussex this week was a small Minton majolica box and cover catalogued as ‘possibly after a design by Christopher Dresser’.
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French bidders battle for rare ‘real gold’ medal from Paris Exposition Universelle
25 July 2024A remarkable solid gold medallion created for the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 turned up at Jacobs & Hunt in Liss, Hampshire.
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Pair of John Lennon’s round glasses to go to auction
22 July 2024The glasses were given to the vendor as a birthday gift in 1968 and will be sold by Catherine Southon Auctioneers
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Pick of the Week: Recipe book cooks up saleroom storm
22 July 2024Ralph ‘Randolphus’ Ayres is recorded as being head cook at New College, Oxford at various times in the 18th century.
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Posters created as political expression in Communist-run Poland
22 July 2024Roman Cieślewicz (1930-96) and Jan Lenica (1928-2001) were both founders of the Polish School of Posters, the influential and creative artistic movement that sprang up under strict Soviet rule.
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Best of British posters: classic film designs beyond Bond
22 July 2024A preserved and framed collection with a great provenance dispersed at auction showed the wider strength of a market often dominated by the familiar stars
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James II silver medal commemorating a 1687 shipwreck recovery is buoyant at auction
19 July 2024A rare James II and Queen Mary of Modena silver medal by George Bowers, commemorating a Spanish shipwreck recovered in 1687 was auctioned at Toovey's in West Sussex 'Coins, Medallions & Banknotes' auction on July 17.
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1908 Olympic marathon steward medal flies past estimate
17 July 2024A collection of steward medals and badges were offered as a single lot, but it was the 1908 Olympic marathon steward medal that had bidders jostling
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Seven-foot narwhal tusk takes £7500
16 July 2024Sale in Hampshire may be one of the final sales of such an item before new legislation takes force
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Bidders spot Worcester rarities in third slice of a lifetime collection on sale
15 July 2024A surprise at a Hampshire saleroom on June 18 came in the form of a fine pair of early 19th century Chamberlain Worcester ‘Regent China’ cabinet cups in the French Empire style.
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Heart and sold: Henry VIII spoon impresses at Canterbury auction
15 July 2024A Henry VIII silver and parcel gilt apostle spoon, stamped to the stem with a distinctive maker’s mark of a heart in a conforming heart and dated London 1532, caused quite a stir when it appeared at Canterbury Auction Galleries (25% buyer’s premium).
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GNB Fairs fuels demand with series of event launches
15 July 2024Fresh locations in use this year include venue based at former Kent colliery
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