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Spanish Royal cabinets and Marie Antoinette’s writing table to be offered as part of Rothschild collection at Christie’s
Furniture, works of art and Old Master paintings collected by members of the famous Rothschild banking family are to be offered for auction by Christie’s in London as part of its summer season sales. 25 April 2019
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‘Landscape with Walton Bridges’ by JMW Turner
Japanese vendor consigns JMW Turner landscape to Sotheby’s auction in London
25 April 2019
Meiji vase
Meiji-period cloisonné enamel vase heads back to Japan after auction in Kent
25 April 2019
  • Walton House Antiques features satinwood room set in anniversary celebrations
    24 April 2019
  • Early prototype Coca-Cola bottle takes $110,000 at auction in Las Vegas
    24 April 2019
  • New Saatchi art fair joins the summer line-up with just nine weeks to go
    23 April 2019
  • Five lots to watch at auction this week including a snuff box, an RMS Lusitania biscuit and a tall boy from retiring Stamford dealers
    23 April 2019

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NewsAn Old Master jigsaw puzzler
Researching Old Master paintings is sometimes likened to putting together the pieces of a jigsaw. But for one upcoming work, it seems this was quite literally the case.
NewsHand of Raphael suspected in Italian Renaissance work
A drawing offered at a Paris auction with an attribution to Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Francesco Penni (1488-1528) was hammered down at €1.13m (£980,000).
News DigestPick of the week: Gill puts WH Smith on the map
News DigestPrecious metals prices: issue 2389
Auction ReportsSouth German chalice displays history and workmanship deserving of museum quality status
Dealers’ DiaryOwner who bought art over 30 years is now selling his collection with dealer Dickinson
Dealers’ Diary5 Questions: Stephen Ongpin
InternationalParis Drawings Week provides range of prices
Fairs & MarketsUnder starter’s orders: Sunday event launch at Sandown Park Racecourse
News DigestPevsner name builds auction appeal for architectural medallion

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JewelleryGold ring dedicated to the Crimean War commander heads to the front
It was on the battlefield of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 that the name of James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868) first became etched into public memory.
JewelleryVictorian gold necklace shows cutting edge of the Grand Tour
A Victorian hardstone and gold necklace and similar brooch sold for an unexpected £7500 (estimate £600-800) at Lawrences of Crewkerne.
JewelleryFouquet fresh as a daisy
JewelleryFarnham’s fragrant bloom points to late 19th century Tiffany
JewelleryGrima and Kutchinsky move into the mainstream
JewelleryBrooches: major players in 2019
JewelleryRemarkable pieces of Australian gold rush era jewellery at UK sales
JewelleryAlfred Jewel discovered again
JewelleryThe rivière’s endless flow at auction
JewelleryRare timepieces from wartime in Penzance and West Sussex

Arms, Armour & Militaria Highlights

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Arms, Armour & Militaria
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Arms & ArmourSinking the Tirpitz
Historical weapons from the personal armoury of Tipu Sultan will be offered for sale in Oxfordshire in the spring.
Arms & ArmourSnaring the Scharnhorst
Once the Tirpitz had been damaged by midget submarines, the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst was left to tackle British convoys to Russia alone. A trap was set by the Royal Navy in December 1943.
Arms & ArmourThe clasps that make the difference for the NGSM
Arms & ArmourBids for Albert Ball VC’s crash landing
Arms & ArmourPrivate Trickett’s very lucky penny
Arms & ArmourSaleroom glory for the 17th Lancers
Arms & ArmourPenning an escape from the Battle of Arnhem
Arms & ArmourThe special ops striptease
Arms & ArmourProtecting the monarch since the days of Henry VIII
Arms & ArmourContinental call to arms

Modern British Art Highlights

Recent coverage of the Modern British art market
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Modern British ArtCollection bought by county council sells in a white-glove auction
Once enthusiastic buyers on the art market, today’s cash-strapped councils have taken on the role of vendor, pushed in an age of austerity to sell their collections and other assets to balance the books.
Modern British ArtDealer sells Arctic Convoy pictures to Imperial War Museum
Dealer Andrew Sim has sold 14 Second World War pictures by Polish-born artist Feliks Topolski (1907-89) to the Imperial War Museum.
Modern British ArtTwo Bawden pier versions appear at auction a day apart
Modern British ArtFirst solo show of modern British painter Dorothy Rendell
Modern British ArtFemale artists coming to the fore
Modern British ArtCupboard opens up interest in Frederick Gore and Frank Avary Wilson
Modern British ArtLS Lowry teenage group takes £65,000 in Welsh auction
Modern British ArtCatching the Gosse in Ipswich auction
Modern British ArtBurmese scene by Gerald Kelly draws interest
Modern British ArtEdward Seago captures East Anglian atmosphere

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Zucchi's portrait of architect James Adam.

New York Old Master dealer helps UK museums buy Zucchi portrait of Scottish architect and designer James Adam

22 April 2019
Poul Henningsen’s grand piano

“I designed something entirely new” – early 1930s glass grand piano draws attention in Paris sale

22 April 2019

They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including a bid to save Lyell’s notebooks for the nation

21 April 2019

Prime ministers’ auctions: British political memorabilia goes under the hammer

20 April 2019

James I silver box, Lucie Rie bowl and a mahogany side table – six auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week

19 April 2019

Search for UK buyer to pay £11.5m for Old Master drawing blocked from export

19 April 2019

19th century French genre interior scene doubles estimate in Paris auction

19 April 2019

Top stories this week – including news of the ‘biggest house contents auction’ in the regions for a decade

19 April 2019

Notebooks of Charles Darwin’s mentor blocked from export by government in hope of finding UK buyer

18 April 2019

Five highlights from Golding Young & Mawer’s sale of Stamford dealers' St George’s Collection later this month

18 April 2019

Auction house Christie’s launches tie-up with online art and antiques marketplace 1stdibs

17 April 2019

Catalogue released as ‘Toulouse Caravaggio’ goes on show at Paris contemporary art gallery

17 April 2019

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