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Goodwood the latest victim in spate of trophy thefts

02 April 2013

Sports clubs are being warned to be on their guard after the latest raid targeting trophies took place at the Goodwood Collection in West Sussex.

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Niche collection makes a case for silver

27 March 2013

Silver smallwork is a designated area of the silver market in its own right but even this particular sector has its own sub-divisions.

Auction Reports

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The first American porcelain – in Britain

04 February 2013

Students of American ceramic history have long been taught that the first successful producers of porcelain in North America were Gousse Bonnin (1741-c.1780) and George Anthony Morris (1741/5-73), who ran the short-lived American China Manufactory in Philadelphia between 1769 and 1772.

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New indoor IACF fair marks a return to Stoneleigh Park

11 January 2013

International and Collectors’ Fairs are going under cover – to launch a new fair to run four times next year.

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Matchless collection of more than 1000 vesta cases

20 November 2012

It was the emergence of the very useful but somewhat hazardous ‘strike anywhere’ match in the 1830s that necessitated the fashion for vesta cases.

Auction Reports

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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

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Collection of a master huntsman

10 October 2012

A large array of hunting items is to be included at Mitchells of Cockermouth’s sporting sale on October 13.

Rhino horn restrictions to include all ‘worked’ items

19 March 2012

RESTRICTIONS surrounding the export of rhino horn from countries within the European Union have been further tightened to include all items, whether or not they have been ‘worked’.

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Familiar window on the past for buyer and his father

04 January 2012

WHEN three beautifully illustrated diaries dated 1871, 1881/2 and 1896 were advertised for auction by Chilcotts of Honiton recently, they stirred vivid memories in a 90-year-old retired solicitor.

Auction Reports

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Honiton Festival a first for National Antiques Week

03 October 2011

HONITON in Devon is the first town to announce a major festival to mark National Antiques Week.

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