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Top stories this week including an unknown Archibald Knox clock bringing fierce bidding in Glasgow

25 August 2024

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a previously unknown clock designed by Archibald Knox making over nine times estimate

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TEFAF opens 2025 applications for museum restoration fund and curators course

24 August 2024

TEFAF offers emerging museum curators the chance to gain knowledge and network opportunities

2657 AB Chaucer Covers

Late 19th century Polar exploration programme breaks the ice at auction

23 August 2024

A remarkable late Victorian lecture programme on early polar exploration by the Norwegian explorer Dr Fridtjof Nansen has been discovered at Chaucer Auctions in Folkestone.

Ancient Greek intaglio ring

Ancient intaglio ring sparks bidding battle and sells at four times estimate

23 August 2024

An ancient Greek ring with a provenance that included Prince Stanislas Poniatowski, William Beckford and a Seagram heiress sold for $30,000 (£23,000) at an auction in the US.

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Unpublished Muhammad Ali photographs and film to be auctioned in Wiltshire

22 August 2024

A series of unpublished photographs and film reel of Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) for a 1971 advert for a non-alcoholic beverage will be offered at RWB Auctions on September 11.

The Adoration of the Magi

Old Master flies to over 60 times estimate after 45 minute bidding battle

22 August 2024

Following a contest involving hundreds of bidding increments, an early Netherlandish panel painting of ‘The Adoration of the Magi’ hammered for $332,000 (£256,000) at an auction in upstate New York this month.

Austin Wright, Hammerhead, 1956, Bronze, 12 12 X 6 X 5 78 In, 31.9 X 15.2 X 14.9 Cm

Dealer stages Austin Wright show at sculpture garden in North Yorkshire

22 August 2024

Thirsk Hall Sculpture Garden in North Yorkshire is hosting an exhibition of sculpture and works on paper by Austin Wright (1911-97).