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Coper and Rie studio pottery supply stays healthy
31 October 2022Ceramics by Hans Coper (1920-81) and Lucie Rie (1902-95) have been assimilated into the collecting sphere of Modern British art with spectacular effect.
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Large family tables fit festive demand
24 October 2022Samantha and Richard Payne-Withers run two antiques centres in Bridport, a Dorset market town which offers quite a choice of antiques and vintage shops.
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Zoffany stages an unexpected return to auction
10 October 2022A little-known theatrical portrait painted by Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) towards the end of his career sold for £330,000 at auction in Dorset.
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Zoffany on the stage comes to Dorset auction
19 September 2022This little-known theatrical portrait was painted in 1796 by Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) towards the end of his career.
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Expand an interest in Beatrix Potter
12 September 2022The ‘property of a lady’, this concertina-style wallet book by Beatrix Potter, 'The Story of Miss Moppet', is a first edition published by Frederick Warne & Co, London & New York, 1906.
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Agatha Christie makes plea to ‘Pop’ to promote her book
08 August 2022Bid to £16,000 in a sale held by Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium) of Dorchester was a 1921 first of Agatha Christie’s The Mysterious House at Styles.
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An Unbroken run of success
18 July 2022A ‘Jolly Roger’ or pirate flag that records the Second World War exploits of a British submarine flew once more in a militaria sale earlier this summer.
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Play the name game for value
18 July 2022The watch market can be obsessed with brand names – and the best names do come with a price tag to match.
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Keith Vaughan works on the crest of a wave
11 July 2022Among the 20th century works on paper generating demand at regional sales in the last few months was a Keith Vaughan (1912-77) study of a group of bathers.
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Victorian pair took a passage from India
04 July 2022A Victorian sapphire, diamond and pearl brooch-pendant was one of two pieces with Indian roots offered for sale at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium).
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Car badges make a statement at auction
02 May 2022Charterhouse (25% buyer’s premium) has been holding auctions of classic cars, motorcycles and automobilia for nearly 20 years.
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From a client of Bluett’s
02 May 2022The Asian art sale at Duke’s of Dorchester, scheduled for May, has been moved back to June 15 to incorporate a significant late consignment.
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Poignant piece of palace art
17 January 2022This Qing bronze fragment measuring a substantial 19in (47cm) across was once part of a magnificent sculpture of a crane that adorned an imperial palace.
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Jades in demand in Dorset and Cheltenham
17 January 2022The outstanding jade offered in the regions in the October-December period was this pale celadon teapot and cover that came for sale at Duke’s in Dorchester on December 8 from a Dutch private collection where it had been since the 1980s.
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Finding the right combination in Dorset
10 January 2022Brass and steel ‘combination’ or ‘puzzle’ boxes enjoyed a vogue in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
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Heroic exploits of naval skipper who later came a cropper
03 January 2022Many of the unsung British heroes of both world wars served in the royal and merchant navies carrying and protecting supplies to Russia or the USSR.
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Nemon became Sir Winston’s sculptor of choice
13 December 2021The Anglo-Croatian sculptor Oscar Nemon (1906-85) first met Sir Winston Churchill when holidaying in Marrakech in 1951.
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Tolkien classic takes £46,000 in Dorset
29 November 2021Among the book lots offered as part of an October 7-8 sale at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium) the earliest was a Burgundian ‘Hours of the Virgin’ manuscript.
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Record for the elusive Cayley Robinson is smashed as train journey work takes £95,000
08 November 2021In 2010 The National Gallery held the first exhibition of works by Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862-1927) in the UK for 30 years.
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Pick of the week: Gramophone hits all the right notes
27 October 2021Emile Berliner (1851-1921), a German clerk in a Washington DC haberdashery, is credited with inventing both the first commercially successful disc record and the first machine to play it.
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