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Collectors compete for dial clock
20 July 2020Estimated at £150-200, this Georgian dial clock stormed to £4800 at Charterhouse (25% buyer’s premium) in Sherborne. Two collectors made much of the bidding.
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Auctioneers in Dorset and Cornwall benefit from vendors with close links to famous artists
06 July 2020Consignments from vendors with a close connection to famous artists are always a welcome boon for any auction.
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German artist's view of Oxford from afar brings bidding at Sherborne sale
06 July 2020The German-born watercolourist and musician John Baptist Malchair (c.1730-1812) was a key figure in 18th century Oxford.
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Bloomsbury bohemian rhapsody as Vanessa Bell paintings emerge in Dorchester
20 April 2020The bohemian lives of the Bloomsbury Group of artists have long been a source of fascination for the British public.
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Go With Noakes: Rozenburg collection sold in Dorset
23 March 2020The collection of Rozenburg pottery and porcelain belonging to the late children’s television presenter John Noakes (1934-2017) was sold at a recent auction in Dorchester.
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Lovejoy would be proud of you: new high-street shops in Suffolk and Dorchester
16 March 2020Suffolk town where the TV rogue ducked and dived experiences an antiques revival. Plus, details of the Long Melford fairs scene.
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Burgess portrait of daughter draws serious attention in Dorset
17 February 2020The Victorian artist John Bagnold Burgess (1829- 97), grandson of a painter who counted Thomas Gainsborough among his pupils, was best known as a painter of genre scenes.
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Pre-Raphaelite followers take the limelight
10 February 2020Drawings by two later followers of the Pre-Raphaelites drew competition at separate regional salerooms.
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English Golden Age longcase clock fails to meet great expectations
03 February 2020Falling short of ambitious hopes but leading the day at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium) first sale of 2020 was a fine English Golden Age longcase clock.
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The dog found in an attic: Charterhouse sells Maud Earl painting
27 January 2020Found in the roof space of a Devon cottage, an oil painting of a pointer dog in an open field sold for £3400 at Sherborne saleroom Charterhouse (25% buyer’s premium).
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Sporting scenes tracked down by eager buyers
28 December 2019Several 19th and 20th century sporting paintings from named estates provided a healthy boost at two regional salerooms.
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Chair’s Elisabeth Frink link
23 December 2019Items from the estate of the Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930-93) were included in the Charterhouse (25% buyer’s premium) sale in Sherborne, Dorset, on November 14-15.
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Farquharson brings the sun to Dorset
02 December 2019Included among more than 70 paintings and prints offered at Dorset saleroom Clarke’s Auctions (18% buyer’s premium) was this uncharacteristic Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935) oil of the artist’s garden in Aberdeenshire.
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Beastly Beswick rarities in demand
18 November 2019In the resilient Beswick market, collectors paid high prices for some rarities – even modern prototypes – at autumn sales.
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Chinese works from Anthony Du Boulay collection generates bonanza at Duke's
18 November 2019Duke’s latest Asian art sale had been headlined by items from a local resident and well-known auctioneer, academic and collector, Anthony du Boulay. The 249 lots from early classic wares to Cantonese enamels generated plenty of saleroom energy and a total of around £800,000.
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Rare Chinese teapot makes a record £800,000 at Dorset auction
12 November 2019A rare Qianlong celadon-glaze pear-shaped teapot has set a record for Asian art week this season selling at £800,000 at Duke’s.
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Tudor manor houses artistic gems from across the centuries
28 October 2019The old-fashioned country house sale hardly ever fails to cause excitement. The on-the-premises sale of contents from Athelhampton House, a Tudor manor house in Puddletown, Dorset, was no exception.
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Missing in action but spotted shooting at a bottle of schnapps
28 October 2019‘Highly unusual’ is how the Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium) cataloguer described a Second World War medal group ahead of its sale in Dorchester on August 22 for £420, just over top estimate.
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Dorset country house auction takes over £1m
14 October 2019Last week’s on-the-premises sale at Athelhampton House in Dorset was a near sell-out with a hammer price of close to £1.2m.
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'Witch' mirrors enchant buyers at Duke's auction
14 October 2019Catalogued as ‘witch’ mirrors, this c.1970 pair certainly charmed bidders at Dorchester auction house Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium). The key was the signature Line Vautrin, ROI for the Parisienne designer and decorative artist Line Vautrin (1913-97).
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