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Cutlers' Hall in Sheffield calls for help to recover stolen silver
A group of silver and silver plate items have been stolen from the Cutlers' Hall in Sheffield and police are seeking information on the incident. 24 June 2021
Cutlers' Hall in Sheffield.
Carey Young and David Maskill
From Somerset to New Zealand: a round up of new auctions, hires and initiatives
23 June 2021
S Franses Jermyn Street
Court judgment on rent for St James’s gallery ‘will impact wider market’
22 June 2021
  • A Newlyn fisherman picture and a Jacobite goblet are among five lots to watch at auction
    21 June 2021
  • Top stories this week – including news of Stanley Gibbons offering shares in the world’s most expensive stamp
    20 June 2021
  • Freud’s portrait of Hockney comes to auction
    19 June 2021
  • Top-selling cameo of Napoleon from 1810 stars in our latest pick of five auction highlights
    18 June 2021

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News DigestPick of the week: Exhibition history adds lustre to Pilkington vase
A new record for the Pilkington’s Lancastrian factory was set by Moreton-in-Marsh firm Kinghams.
NewsSaleroom pulls ‘looted artefacts from Maqdala’ after Ethiopian appeal
A group of Ethiopian works of art believed to have been taken during the Battle of Maqdala in 1868 has been withdrawn from a Dorset auction after the Embassy of Ethiopia intervened.
FeatureCopy of the Declaration of Independence unearthed in Scotland heads to Philadelphia auction
Summer of Art & AntiquesDealer show previews: Art week expands the horizons
Summer of Art & AntiquesChinese coffee cups ordered by Joshua Reynolds offered at Tennants
Summer of Art & AntiquesJMW Turner Thames estuary back on public view for first time since 1945
Summer of Art & AntiquesFairs and markets: Busy summer on the way
Summer of Art & AntiquesBooks and works on paper: Auction previews for summer 2021
Summer of Art & AntiquesStanding salt in the Dutch taste at Sotheby’s
LettersATG letter: We need to keep the unique Portobello character

Books, Maps & Prints

Recent coverage of printed material
Books & Periodicals
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Books, Maps & PrintsLivres d’artiste: collecting the book as art
How the livre d’artiste can combine words and images beautifully – and be highly desirable.
Books, Maps & PrintsThe mapping of geopolitics
A brief history of maps designed to communicate ideas over geographical accuracy
Books, Maps & PrintsInterview: ‘There are more book buyers out there than we realised’
Books, Maps & PrintsMilitary letters: Unique piece of the action
Books, Maps & PrintsSpitting image: Napoleon mocked
Books, Maps & PrintsA fair to make Brighton rock
Books, Maps & PrintsOur pick of book auction highlights
Books, Maps & PrintsPrinting money: wall power and connoisseurship on a budget
Books, Maps & PrintsLearning the market for Grosvenor School
Books, Maps & PrintsThree booksellers’ associations open new digital chapter

Jewellery Highlights

Recent coverage of the jewellery market
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JewelleryModernist market thrives for Grima and Gard
Two unusual signed pieces by flavour-of-the-month Andrew Grima (1921-2007) recently sold at Dawsons.
JewelleryStoried jewels from Mountbatten
Sotheby’s sold the collection of Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, which include a fine selection of jewellery.
JewelleryNew audience brings tiara back in vogue
JewelleryMulti-gem necklaces: ‘Perfect for the enquiring mind’
JewelleryGold ring fitting for a de Vere
JewelleryChieftain’s brooch is still all the rage 2000 years later
JewelleryLalique’s dragonfly brooch brings high demand in Paris
JewelleryHey diddle diddle, the cat and the mandolin
JewelleryHuge demand for great example of Grand Tour glyphic art
JewelleryJewellery gifts from Queen Victoria in the spotlight

Arms, Armour & Militaria Highlights

Recent coverage of the arms, armour and militaria market
Arms, Armour & Militaria
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Arms, Armour & MilitariaGeorge Cross record broken again by London saleroom
The world record for a George Cross has been broken by a medal awarded to a courageous British soldier who died in captivity during the Korean War.
Arms, Armour & MilitariaLockdales finds high demand for militaria
The collecting of English military swords is a science in itself.
Arms, Armour & MilitariaColt icons become big money-earners
Arms, Armour & MilitariaFirearms collectors take aim at name recognition
Arms, Armour & MilitariaWhy armour still shone well after its use had faded
Arms, Armour & Militaria‘Attagirls’ items fly high at two auctions
Arms, Armour & MilitariaFishing trip that sank enemy ships
Arms, Armour & MilitariaAir Vice-Marshal's medal group flies high at Spink
Arms, Armour & MilitariaAn Indian Mutiny double
Arms, Armour & MilitariaMedal marks Cromwell triumph

Ceramics and Glass

Recent coverage of the ceramics and glass market
Ceramics
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Ceramics and GlassStrong selling rate as market responds to abundant Wedgwood offerings
A vast quantity of Wedgwood was on offer in a pair of decorative arts auctions.
Ceramics and GlassMug celebrating George Stephenson’s Rocket steams to triple-estimate
A Liverpool creamware transfer-printed frog mug was produced by the short-lived Herculaneum factory c.1830-33 just after the 1829 Rainhill Steam Trials.
Ceramics and GlassSèvres jug and basin for ‘Mylord Bolingbroke’
Ceramics and GlassVase sets Moser ceramics record
Ceramics and GlassTaking the market for toby jugs at face value
Ceramics and Glass‘The father of international law’ immortalised in glass form
Ceramics and Glass‘Earliest dated Irish glass’ sells at auction
Ceramics and GlassCollections of Worcester porcelain up to Scratch Cross
Ceramics and GlassHit the Deck for Orientalism
Ceramics and GlassTake tea with the queen – at a twelfth the normal size

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Fundraising begins for Brontë Honresfield Library collection after Sotheby's postpones auction to give museums more time

17 June 2021
'The Oath of a Freeman'

Infamous forgery 'Oath of a Freeman' doubles estimate at US auction

17 June 2021

New faces in Dublin, London and Munich are among the latest hires

16 June 2021

Henry VIII gold medal takes six-figure sum in Swiss auction

15 June 2021

A 17th century portrait miniature and a royal Sikh archer’s ring are among five lots to watch at auction

14 June 2021

Top stories this week – including news of a unique book discovered with original John Constable illustrations inside

13 June 2021

Battersea decorative fair returns this autumn

12 June 2021

Top-selling Nigerian mask stars in our pick of five auction highlights sold this week

11 June 2021

New hires and promotions at Hansons, Dawsons and Bonhams

10 June 2021

Two Dutch Old Master pictures recovered by the Monuments Men and eventually restituted to Jewish businessman’s heirs come to auction

09 June 2021

Sixteenth century Scottish Highlands manuscript bought by Edinburgh museum

08 June 2021

Reward offered for return of stolen treasures from Arundel Castle

08 June 2021

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Lalique La Jour et La Nuit (Day and Night) timepiece
Need to KnowLalique
Lalique glass has long been a world-famous brand, internationally admired and still in production today under Swiss ownership. But for René Lalique, it represented a second commercially successful career.
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