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For sale: Australia’s first federal banknote

07 May 2013

It has a face value of ten shillings but a price tag of Aus$3.5m (£2.3m) at Coinworks, the specialist dealers and auctioneers of Melbourne.

International

New saleroom force for Melbourne as Leski merge with Mossgreen

07 May 2013

Two auction houses are joining forces in the latest shake-up to affect the Melbourne scene.

International

Royal Doulton’s Boy on a Crocodile brings £7000

15 April 2013

Among the most elusive of all Royal Doulton HN series figures is the curious model of a winged cherub astride a crocodilian known simply as ‘Boy on a Crocodile’.

Auction Reports

Customs figures reinforce UK’s status in international art market

25 March 2013

The annual cross-border customs figures have reinforced the United Kingdom’s status as one of the world’s two leading entrepot markets for art and antiques.

News

The Holey grail of Australian coins

18 March 2013

A private collector has paid a record Aus$495,000 for one of Australia’s first coins, the so-called Holey Dollar.

International

Early photographs of China make treble estimate at Sotheby’s

14 January 2013

An early photographic album which has sold for a record-breaking £290,000 came into the hands of its first owner 140 years ago as a prize – for winning a pigeon-shooting competition.

Auction Reports

If you think you have it bad in the UK…

31 October 2012

PERSONAL VIEW: Jolyon Warwick James, President of the Australian Antique and Art Dealers’ Association (AAADA, NSW Chapter) and chairman of the Australian Antiques and Art Market Federation (AAAMF), examines the problems with the Artist’s Resale Right in Australia.

News

The different faces of the Doulton market

23 October 2012

In a marketplace seriously in need of entry-level collectors, the great majority of Royal Doulton character jugs and HN series figures are worth under £100 – and most of them less than £30 when sold without reserve at auction.

Auction Reports

£2.2m Qatari coin bill remains unpaid

22 October 2012

Noble Investments plc, owners of A.H. Baldwin, the coin dealers and auctioneers, have announced that £2.2m in commissions due from “a significant Qatari collector” remains unpaid.

News

Guns with a right royal heritage

11 October 2012

Fine and unusual English guns made for Indian princes formed the most lucrative sub-section of Holt’s latest London sale.

Auction Reports