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All you need is light: a Beatles table lamp
23 October 2023This kitschy Beatles table lamp discovered in a house clearance sold for an impressive £950 (estimate £100-150) on September 14.
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Another high Helen Allingham price in Worcestershire
23 October 2023Following the record £64,000 for a Helen Allingham (1848-1926) watercolour at Philip Serrell (20% buyer’s premium) back in July, another group of works by the artist was offered at the Malvern saleroom.
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Mosse grew his pottery studio in Welsh barns
09 October 2023Dealer Robert Pugh is bringing a collection of stoneware saltglaze pots by potter Michael Mosse (b.1951 in Yorkshire) from the 1980s onwards to the biannual Antiques in Tents.
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Estate fast becoming an antiques supercentre
09 October 2023Another business launches near Stratford-upon-Avon offering 45 traders
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Whitefriars Drunken Bricklayer – a classic on paper
02 October 2023Recent sales at Fieldings (26% buyer’s premium inc VAT) in Stourbridge have included elements of a cache of working drawings from the Whitefriars factory.
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Premier Glass Fairs launches with West Midlands event
02 October 2023Collector starts event for contemporary, vintage and antique examples in spiritual home of British glassmaking
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Showground expansion gives more space for flea dealers
25 September 2023Helen Yourston of B2B Events, organiser of the immensely popular Malvern Flea Fair held nine times a year, has heard intriguing news from the Three Counties Showground where the event is held.
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Early dated Scottish sampler draws bidding six times over estimate
25 September 2023Prices for embroidered samplers can vary hugely depending on what specific features are involved as well as factors such as condition and provenance.
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Fair switches to Birmingham’s NEC to avoid IACF confusion
18 September 2023An art and antiques fair proposed to launch at NEAC Stoneleigh this December has changed its dates and venue and will now take place at Birmingham’s NEC.
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Bravery recognised by Montgomery
18 September 2023This Second World War Distinguished Conduct Medal group of five was awarded to Serjeant John Chapman of the 4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers.
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An auction format that proved to be the right time, right place
18 September 2023Specialist Bleasdale says his sewing antiques and Tunbridgeware timed online sales are working out well
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Big bidding for a small prayer book: Hebrew manuscript takes five times estimate
11 September 2023An 18th century copy of Tikkunei Shabbat (an amalgam of Hebrew prayers and devotions for the Sabbath) sold for £57,000 to an international phone bidder at Hansons on September 5.
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Frank Owen Salisbury in tune with a cellist
11 September 2023When it comes to portraits produced by Frank Owen Salisbury (1874-1962), values are frequently determined by the fame of the sitter.
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Ring of ‘Mr Show Business’ shines at Birmingham auction
04 September 2023A favourite ring of Sammy Davis Jr sold at Fellows (25% buyer’s premium) in Birmingham on August 24.
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New specialists at auction houses in Birmingham, France and New York
31 August 2023A round up of appointments across the world of art and antiques.
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Desirable Doulton: inkwells and ashtray
28 August 2023The most eagerly contested lot in a recent sale at Potteries Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) was a Doulton stoneware Isobath inkwell.
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Bizarre beast catches the attention
28 August 2023A curious pearlware pottery hybrid animal with the head of a sheep and body of a winged fish proved a popular entry at Toovey’s (24.5% buyer’s premium).
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Goss Harvard rarity emerges in a group lot
28 August 2023Forty years ago, the market for crested china was booming – the subject of specialist sales, annual price guides and an international collecting base
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Impact of art dealer's collapse revealed by administrators
21 August 2023Nearly 50 people are hoping to reclaim pictures they had consigned to failed art gallery Trinity House Paintings.
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Snuff mull rams in at more than 30 times top estimate
21 August 2023The best of nine snuff mulls consigned by a titled long-standing client to Minster Auctions (16% buyer’s premium) was a treen example carved as a ram’s head with glass eyes.
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