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Bristol auctioneer plans Lego-only sale
24 November 2016East Bristol Auctions is holding a Lego sale next month. With more than 300 lots, the firm claims the auction will be the world’s first dedicated Lego toy sale.
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Korean uniform flies 100 times above estimate at Woolley & Wallis’ Asian sale
24 November 2016The latest Asian art sale at Woolley & Wallis generated a total of £3.6m and posted some of the strongest prices at auction in the UK regions this year.
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George II tripod table comes to auction
22 November 2016Did John Channon or Frederick Hintz make this table? This is the question that potential buyers of a George II pewter and brass inlaid tripod table will be asking themselves.
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Tayler & Fletcher makes a new home in Gloucestershire
18 November 2016Cotswolds auctioneer Tayler & Fletcher will hold its debut sale at its new Bourton-on-the-Water saleroom tomorrow.
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'Car boot' Chinese vase sells for £50,000 at Salisbury auction
15 November 2016A rare Chinese imperial enamel vase bought for £10 at a car boot sale has been hammered down for £50,000 at Woolley & Wallis’ Asian sale today. It sold on the phone to a Chinese buyer.
![Picasso owl vase](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8703/picasso-owl-vase-2268nedi-14-11-16.jpg?center=0.2752941176470588,0.51494252873563218&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557700000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a50)
Picasso picked up near Plymouth goes to auction
14 November 2016Plymouth Auction Rooms made a surprise find on a recent visit to a remote Cornish cottage on the banks of the river Tamar. The auction firm was valuing a mixture of Cornish art and collectables at the address when it came across a Pablo Picasso vase.
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Old London photographs impress at new saleroom
11 November 2016The first two-day auction held at The Cotswold Auction Company’s new Bankside saleroom in Love Lane, Cirencester, clicked with one buyer especially.
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Vendor’s waste paper basket proves to be rare Burmese silver bowl
11 November 2016A rare late 19th century Burmese silver bowl has come to auction having previously been used by the vendor’s mother as a waste paper basket.
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Freya Mitton holds Modern British art exhibition in pop-exhibition restaurant of former Masterchef contestant
09 November 2016Twentieth-century British art dealer Freya Mitton is staging an exhibition within the pop-up restaurant run by Andrew Kojima of Masterchef fame.
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Lorfords to open London satellite store
09 November 2016Lorfords, the Cotswolds-based antiques and interiors business, has announced the opening of a new London showroom.
![Regency facade](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8626/arkenside-hotel.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557670000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a47)
Call for bids for Regency-period stonework
08 November 2016A Regency-style façade from Cirencester that has been in storage for a decade will be up for sale in Guildford later this month.
![Woolley Wallis card case Alfred Taylor of Birmingham](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8581/card-case-dublin-post-office-2265ne01a-03-11-16.jpg?center=0.45333333333333331,0.47368421052631576&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557650000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a45)
New auction highs for ‘castle-top’ card cases at Salisbury saleroom
03 November 2016Smashing an auction record is one thing – doing it several times in the same sale is another.
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Rare Rolex takes £140,000 at auction
02 November 2016A Rolex watch that was bought in 1966 for £69.10 has sold at auction for £140,000. The rare Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner stainless steel model is highly desired by collectors due to its 3-6-9 Explorer dial.
![WEB WW1 air fabric Bristol 31-10-16.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8527/web-ww1-air-fabric-bristol-31-10-16.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557630000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a43)
First World War Red Baron victim's aircraft fabric on auction in Bristol
31 October 2016Manfred von Richthofen aka the Red Baron is one of those historical figures with a high fascination value, meaning high demand for relics.
![Mahakala](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8525/mallams-bronze-figure-2265nedi-28-10-16.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557630000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a43)
Bronze deity doorstopper becomes a showstopper after making £85,000 at auction
31 October 2016A bronze figure of the fierce four-armed deity Mahakala that was being used as a doorstop in a Gloucestershire cottage sold for £85,000 at Mallams’ Chinese art sale in Cheltenham.
![Richard Cole](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8495/stroud-richard-cole-2265nedi-25-10-16.jpg?center=0.24666666666666667,0.25&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557610000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a41)
Tribute sale for Stroud Auction Rooms’ Richard Cole
26 October 2016The collection of the late Asian art valuer Richard Cole will be sold at auction next month.
![Titanic key](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8491/titanic-key-2265nedi-25-10-16.jpg?center=0.42,0.41333333333333333&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557610000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a41)
Titanic key and postcards among highlights of Henry Aldridge auction
26 October 2016A key which opened a life-jacket locker on the Titanic was one of the highlights of Henry Aldridge & Son’s auction last week.
![Betwys-Y-Coed by Ernest Alfred Sallis Benney](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8474/ernest-benney-auction-2264nedi-21-10-16.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557600000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a40)
Works by three generations of the Benney family consigned to Wiltshire auction
21 October 2016Webbs of Wilton, near Salisbury, are conducting a sale of paintings by three generations of the Benney family on November 2.
![Chinese vase](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8427/mo-small.jpg?center=0.48,0.28619528619528617&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557590000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a39)
A £10 car boot sale Chinese vase find gets a £30,000 estimate for auction
18 October 2016A rare Chinese Imperial Beijing enamel vase bought for £10 at a car boot sale is to go to auction in Salisbury next month carrying a £20,000-30,000 estimate.
![Mahogany commode at Woolley and Wallis](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8396/mahogany-commode-auction-2262nedi-14-10-16.jpg?center=0.48,0.49870801033591733&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557580000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a38)
Going, Going, Gomm: mahogany commode bid to £28,000
14 October 2016This early George III mahogany serpentine dressing commode with distinctive carved decoration forms part of a group thought to have been made by the London cabinet-maker William Gomm (c.1698-1780).
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