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Quaker antiquary and family put together an extraordinary collection
27 August 2024The first section of the Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium) Historic Textiles & Antiques auction on July 26 contained 33 lots of textiles from the collection of the Quaker antiquary Martha Spriggs and her descendants.
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Ombersley Court library to be sold at Chorley’s
26 August 2024Gloucestershire saleroom Chorley’s will offer works from the library from Ombersley Court in Worcestershire, seat of the Sandys family for 400 years, at auction next month.
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Bidders pick out a Laura Knight painting in Gloucestershire
13 August 2024A painting by Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) depicting hop pickers more than doubled estimate when it appeared at Gloucestershire saleroom Kinghams (25% buyer’s premium) last month.
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Art Deco ashtray makes over 10 times estimate at Gloucestershire auction
29 July 2024A whimsical Art Deco ‘YZ’ cherry amber faturan nut bird ashtray, manufactured by Henry Howell & Co and retailed by Dunhill, drew eyecatching competition at a recent Gloucestershire sale.
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Nelson bust doubles expectations at Dominic Winter auction
29 July 2024A head-and-shoulders marble bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) more than doubled its top estimate at a sale in Cirencester.
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Taxidermy display of extinct New Zealand birds flies away at Gloucestershire auction
26 July 2024A Victorian taxidermy display of now extinct huia birds from New Zealand sold at Kinghams Auctioneers for £38,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) to a room bidder.
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Taxidermy of extinct New Zealand birds set to fly at auction
16 July 2024A display of huia birds from New Zealand will find its way to Moreton-in-Marsh on July 25
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Storr salts bear similarities to the Pembroke Service
15 July 2024A striking pair of William IV silver open salts by Paul Storr (London 1835) came for sale at Chorley’s (28.2% buyer’s premium inc VAT) latest biannual sale of Fine Jewellery, Silver, Gold and Watches.
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Vincennes candleholders spark hot contest in Gloucestershire saleroom
10 June 2024Pair of rare and early French examples offered separately create a bidding frenzy despite condition issues
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Cirencester Park event returns with 90 dealers standing
10 June 2024Show held for the first time last year returns at same location and is fully booked
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Horticultural author based ‘at the flower pot’
03 June 2024Stephen Switzer (1682-1745), gardener, author, landscape designer and seedsman, was apprenticed in 1699 to George London, the senior partner of Brompton Park Nurseries.
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Family portraits star as art amassed by an earl goes under the hammer
27 May 2024“It was no surprise that a single-owner sale of noble provenance and with royal connections was such a success”, said Thomas Jenner-Fust.
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B for Byron: letter of apology
29 April 2024Found in a country house in Gloucestershire, this letter written by Lord Byron (1788-1824) to Major John Cartwright (1740-1824) sold for £6000 at Chorley’s (28.2% buyer’s premium inc VAT) on March 20.
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Fine copy of Hilliard’s miniature Raleigh portrait comes to light
29 April 2024The well-known miniature portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh by Nicholas Hilliard (c.1547-1619) in the National Portrait Gallery was painted c.1585, the year after Raleigh was knighted.
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Seat coverings come with Scottish family connection
29 April 2024Pictured here are two lots of seat furniture that impressed bidders in recent auctions in Gloucestershire and Cheshire.
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French royal snuffbox found in vendor’s bathroom cabinet stars in single-owner sale
26 April 2024A French gold and diamond Royal presentation portrait snuffbox was among the lots drawing strong interest at a large single-owner sale at Gloucestershire saleroom Chorley’s.
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Rich pickings in the Cotswolds
22 April 2024It was a piece of modern design that led Kinghams’ (25/18/15% buyer’s premium) latest dedicated sale of silver and objects of vertu.
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Bowls both with links to influential designer Dresser
22 April 2024These two pieces share a common Aesthetic-movement style and a link to the influential and avant-garde designer Christopher Dresser
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Cheltenham Racecourse was natural choice say fair organisers
08 April 2024The antiques and collectors’ fair being launched at the famed Cheltenham Racecourse on Sunday, May 19, features indoor room for 100-plus exhibitors.
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Range of highlights spotted in the Cotswolds
01 April 2024A pair of Second World War Japanese binoculars are among the highlights at the Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair where the dealer offering them, Jeroen Markies Art Deco, is part of a group of newcomers.
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