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Famed for whimsical cats, but Louis Wain also took Futurist inspiration
31 January 2022The recent release of 'The Electrical Life of Louis Wain' starring Benedict Cumberbatch provided a topical spin to this rare Amphora pottery model.
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Toys & collectables: Mini drivers power into saleroom
31 January 2022Pedal cars are regular visitors to salerooms but rarer powered versions were also produced for children to use, partly for road safety training
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R100 and Concorde toys take off at auction
31 January 2022Before the crash of the R101 during its maiden voyage to France in October 1930, there had been great excitement around the potential of the airship.
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Exceptional examples of Victorian metalwork come to the fore at David Lay
17 January 2022Christopher Dresser created a number of daring geometric designs for silver and silver-plated toast racks in the late 1870s and early 1880s, both for Hukin & Heath and for James Dixon & Son.
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Worlds of difference in a saleroom
10 January 2022Two very different lots from a November 10 sale held by Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium) are noted here.
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Knife birds bronze takes McCrum a cut above in the market
10 January 2022Modern British sculptures were the main attraction at Wotton Auction Rooms’ (18% buyer’s premium) recent sale at Stouts Hill Manor.
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McWhirter’s four-minute-mile stopwatch clocks up five figures at auction
03 January 2022On May 6, 1954 - the day British middle-distance athlete Roger Bannister (1929-2018) ran the first ever sub-four-minute mile - there were five official timekeepers plus a sixth watch manned by race commentator Norris McWhirter (1925-2004).
Collectors’ market still going strong in Cirencester
06 December 2021There has been a weekly Friday antiques and collectors’ market in Cirencester’s 19th century Corn Hall in Market Square for more than 40 years.
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Hunger strike medal reveals story of Suffragette with a pseudonym
29 November 2021A suffragette’s true identity may have been uncovered by an auction house.
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Shock result for the silver badge of courage
29 November 2021A silver war badge issued to Lance-Corporal Harold Sandford Mugford of the Machine Gun Corps was a surprise highlight of a Gloucestershire sale.
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Bound for a church career
29 November 2021Painted with an image of an urn to the front cover of its vellucent binding and with a view of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire to the rear, the Book of Common Prayer & Book of Psalmes shown below was printed in 1774 by T Wright & W Gill for the University of Oxford.
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President portrayed in pastel
29 November 2021Portraits by James Sharples (1751-1811) appear to make less money than you might expect given the calibre of his sitters.
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Harlow Rolls out a typical flourish
15 November 2021A small portrait sketch of a young boy by George Henry Harlow (1787-1819) drew lively interest at the recent Fine Art & Antiques sale in Gloucestershire.
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Trafalgar hero’s coastal views
15 November 2021Distinguished naval officer admired by Nelson was also a talented watercolour painter
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Richly illustrated Book of Hours sells at Chorley’s
08 November 2021A great many of the lots that brought prices in the £1000-10,000 range in a recent Cheltenham sale were multiples of varying size – some running to as many as a hundred volumes – but noted here are a couple with that same Spetchley Park provenance that can be more precisely defined.
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Moorcroft made for American market reaches a high level
08 November 2021After the James Macintyre & Co factory was awarded a gold medal at the St Louis International Exhibition in 1904, Moorcroft pottery was sold in the US by a number of boutique retailers including Shreve & Co of San Francisco and Tiffany in New York.
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Telfer channels spirit of Peploe
01 November 2021Your starter for 10 – can you identify the artist of these still-lifes? Samuel Peploe, right?
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Micro-mosaic pictures fly over estimate and make £100,000 in Cirencester
27 October 2021Two micro-mosaic pictures took a six-figure sum at a Cirencester saleroom – 10-times their low estimate.
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Maps and plans make a mark
27 October 2021Stand-out cartographic lots sold in Gloucestershire include a string of early rarities
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Grocer’s shop grows into a new life
27 October 2021Closed for almost two decades, a shop in the Cotswolds town of Dursley has been brought to life as an art and antiques business.
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