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Porcelain plaques found in bungalow make £420,000 in Dorset
25 February 2014Estimated at just £200-300, a set of four early 20th century Chinese famille rose porcelain plaques depicting the four seasons in mountainous settings were bought by a phone bidder from Shanghai for £420,000 at Charterhouse of Sherborne in Dorset.
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Car boot bargain – limited edition glass shell expected to make over £1000
23 January 2014Duke’s of Dorchester will offer this 9in (23cm) shell made by Lino Tagliapietra (b.1934), a master glass blower in Murano, at auction next month.
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Duke’s plan for new town centre rooms
08 January 2014Dorchester auctioneers Duke’s have unveiled plans for a new saleroom in the heart of the county town.
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The £190,000 Victorian diamond necklace
23 December 2013A Victorian diamond rivière necklace sold to an anonymous bidder for £190,000 at Duke’s of Dorchester earlier this month.
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Poppy from 1916 is poignant survivor
19 December 2013Picked from a trench in 1916, a poppy which is thought to be the only surviving example from the First World War sold for £5200 at Duke’s of Dorchester earlier this month.
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War sculpture takes £46,000 at Duke’s
10 October 2013This small sculpture conveying the raw horror of the First World War attracted serious competition at Duke’s of Dorchester.
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The £11,500 amber beads
09 May 2013Pearls and coloured stones remain strong – but, fuelled by interest from China (and, to a lesser, extent, the Middle East), so does amber.
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Renaissance dish charges to £460,000
14 February 2013Sherborne auctioneers Charterhouse posted a new house record today when this 16.5in (42cm) maiolica istoriato charger sold for £460,000.
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Haida totem pole in Dorset
08 February 2013A 19th/early 20th century totem pole brightly painted and carved with a beaver, a bear, a whale and a surmounted eagle with outspread wings is to go under the hammer at Duke’s of Dorchester in Dorset on February 14.
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The hand of Lely in Dorchester
22 October 2012This 2ft 5in x 2ft ½in (75 x 62cm) bust length portrait drew the attention of a number of bidders with a particular interest in historical pictures when it appeared at auction in Dorchester.
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Rediscovered sarcophagus takes £80,000 at Duke’s
08 October 2012An exceptional find – a Roman white marble sarcophagus found in a Dorset garden – turned out to be something more of a rediscovery for Duke’s of Dorchester.
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Vintage wedding dress in Dorchester
29 August 2012Duke’s of Dorchester’s annual vintage clothing auction on September 5 will include a Brussels lace wedding dress from c.1908.
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Stirrup cup for port or sherry
22 August 2012This Victorian silver stirrup cup will be offered at Charterhouse Auctions in Sherborne, Dorset on August 23-24.
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Very affordable British agricultural medals
01 August 2012This is the season of agricultural shows and so Duke’s of Dorchester’s June 20 sale of British agricultural medals was well timed.
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Royal Family photographs appear at Charterhouse
18 July 2012In keeping with this year’s jubilee celebrations, a collection of 10 photographs of King George VI and his immediate family, including Queen Elizabeth II, will be offered at Charterhouse Auctioneers on July 26-27.
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Rhino with royal connections
29 May 2012What may be a record price for the Poole artist Guy Sydenham was achieved at Cottees of Wareham when a stoneware model of a baby rhinoceros sold for £5000 at their latest sale.
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Gudin as gold at £54,000
27 February 2012The latest sale at Duke’s of Dorchester included this 16in (41cm) wide French chinoiserie ormolu and lacquered bronze mantel clock c.1750.
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Prints pioneer still generates heat
26 October 2011Prints by Edward Wadsworth (1889-1949) are not a common sight on the market, but the Yorkshire-born artist who became a leading exponent of Vorticism was a prominent printmaker in the early stage of his career.
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A £50,000 tribute to a Renaissance wonder
10 October 2011THE existence of the elephant – “nature’s great masterpiece... the only harmless great thing”, to use John Donne’s famous description – was well known to medieval Europeans, but captive pachyderms had disappeared from the continent shortly after the demise of the Roman Empire.
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Sixties swing in Dorset
02 June 2011IT is symptomatic of the changes in the Poole pottery market that the joint top selling lot in a large specialist sale last month was a 1960s rimmed dish.
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