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Mirror

Seventy-five mirror bids in the frame
22 February 2021On a day when furniture and antiques proved to be particularly popular, the surprise star of Fellows’ (23% buyer’s premium) 740-lot online sale was an Italian 19th century pier mirror.

‘From a royal palace’ to family bathroom in Hull house
21 December 2020Bristol auction house sells mirror with an intriguing link to Marie Antoinette

Lucky lacquer at Surrey sale
30 November 2020The November 11 Islamic & Oriental sale at John Nicholson’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Fernhurst was topped at £6200 (estimate £400-600) by this 19th century cinnabar lacquer table mirror.

ATG letter: Maybe an Irish whiskey spelt whisky explains rarity
16 November 2020MADAM – your item on the Victor Mee auction of pub memorabilia (ATG No 2467) contains a minor, yet possibly significant error.

A looking glass believed to have been owned by Marie Antoinette is among the four lots to watch at auction this week
09 November 2020With estimates from £1000-70,000, here are four previews of upcoming items this week.

Mirrors reflect the Mollys local magic
09 November 2020Irish auction house Victor Mee (19% buyer’s premium) holds regular sale of pub memorabilia and collectables but the online-only October 5-6 offering was on another level.

Whiskey mirrors galore reflect high demand
17 February 2020The first specialist pub memorabilia sale of the year held by Co Cavan auction house Victor Mee (19% buyer’s premium) showed no drying up of demand in a lively market niche.

From a San Fran apartment
11 November 2019This small-scale wall mirror by Line Vautrin from c.1950 measures approximately 15in (38cm) in diameter.

'Witch' mirrors enchant buyers at Duke's auction
14 October 2019Catalogued as ‘witch’ mirrors, this c.1970 pair certainly charmed bidders at Dorchester auction house Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium). The key was the signature Line Vautrin, ROI for the Parisienne designer and decorative artist Line Vautrin (1913-97).

Victoria and Albert Museum acquires Chippendale's Harewood House pier tables and mirrors for the nation
18 June 2019A set of pier tables and mirrors from the Thomas Chippendale workshop has been accepted in lieu for the nation and allocated to the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Stuart needlework adds rarity to mirror at Vogel sale
25 February 2019This 2ft (60cm) high Charles II needlework looking glass worked with figures and fantastical beasts emblematic of the seasons was estimated at $10,000-15,000 but sold at $80,000 (£61,500) in the Vogel collection auction at Sotheby's New York.

Mirror on offer in Stuttgart is looking good in ornate gilt frame
11 February 2019Among the many decorative works of art in Nagel’s sale in Stuttgart on February 27-28 is this 3ft 8in (1.12m) high mirror in an ornately carved gilt frame.

Family art and antiques collection offered at Childress Gaffney auctions in South Carolina
28 January 2019The sale of a family collection of British and American art and antiques assembled by three successive generations of South Carolina enthusiasts will go under the hammer through Childress Gaffney auctions in Greenville on February 9.

Mirrors provide reflection at Battersea decorative fair
19 November 2018Mirrors in a variety of styles and types found new homes at the recent Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair (October 2-7) in Battersea, reinforcing the event as a destination for private buyers and decorators on the hunt for interesting and unusual home furnishings.

George II-style mirror is good looker and good seller
02 July 2018It was catalogued as 19th century, with a replaced plate, later back batons, small chips and wear, age cracks and the gilt painted surface was thick and not original.

Mirror, mirror (and 14 more mirrors) on the wall - which is the best-seller of them all?
15 November 2017If you are into interior design and are looking for a theatrical flourish then a sale coming up at a Glasgow auction house this Friday (November 17) could be worth a moment of reflection.

Avington Park mirror re-acquired after 65 years in the US
27 April 2017A George I giltwood mirror bearing the coat of arms of Sir Bysshe Shelley has returned to a Hampshire stately home after 65 years.

Dealer helps Fitzwilliam track down trophy mirror in France
21 November 2016The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge hopes to raise the final £65,000 needed to buy a 17th century gilded mirror frame for its collection.

Sidney Barnsley furniture from maker’s family sells for over £30,000 at Salisbury auction
05 July 2016Five pieces of furniture consigned from direct descendants of architect and craftsman Sidney Barnsley (1865-1926) drew bidders’ attention at Woolley & Wallis’ latest Arts and Crafts sale in Salisbury.

Golden age pieces make their mark
23 July 2014A recent sale at Bamfords of Derby included two outstanding pieces of Chippendale period rococo furniture, both consigned by a local lady who had inherited them from her father.

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