The Duchess steams to £140,000 world record 16 May 2012 It was full steam ahead at Dreweatts’ auction of model locomotives from the Salem Collection as a world record price was run up. Auction Reports
Manchester United’s first cup victory 16 May 2012 This programme from the 1909 FA Cup final between Manchester United and Bristol City set an auction record at Graham Budd’s sale in association with Sotheby’s. Auction Reports
Salvaged urns at Summers Place 16 May 2012 This impressive run of lidded urns once adorned the grounds of Witley Court, the palatial mansion in Worcestershire built by Thomas Foley in 1655. Previews
What price the Pugin premium today? 11 May 2012 Sworders’ Spring Country House sale in Stansted Mountfitchet on April 24 included a remarkable collection of pieces designed by Augustus Pugin for his own Ramsgate home. Auction Reports
Huguenot silver in West Kensington 16 May 2012 A pair of Rococo silver candlesticks by Huguenot silversmith Aymé Videau of London will be included in Matthew Barton’s 440-lot auction of silver, works of art and objects of vertu on May 22 at Blythe Road in West Kensington. Previews
Beginning of the end for phone payments? 14 May 2012 Glasgow auction house McTear’s have scrapped payments over the phone in a bid to tackle credit card fraud. They now use an online system, which they say customers prefer and is safer all round. News
End of an era for another Portobello antiques market 14 May 2012 It’s closing time for another antiques market in the Portobello Road area where dealers increasingly fear for the future of their trade. Dealer News
Record prices reached for Contemporary sales 14 May 2012 A string of record prices for leading names in the Contemporary art market saw the amount of money raised in the latest New York auction series heading back to boom-time levels. Art Market
Rothko takes Contemporary art to new auction high 11 May 2012 Setting a record any post-War work of art ever sold at auction, Mark Rothko’s (1903-1970) oil on canvas 'Orange, Red, Yellow' sold for $77.5m (£50m) at Christie’s Contemporary art evening sale on May 8. Art Market
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