1) Viewers of BBC show Fake or Fortune? wait a year to discover Giacometti sculpture knocked over by a cat is the real thing at £500,000
The verification of a Giacometti sculpture once knocked over by a cat was delayed by months leaving viewers of BBC art show ‘Fake or Fortune?’ waiting a year to find out if it was worth £500,000.
Claire Clark-Hall and her daughter Henrietta Plunkett, then owners of a possible Giacometti sculpture, took the artwork to dealer Philip Mould, presenter Fiona Bruce and the Fake or Fortune? team to investigate its identity. Image credit: BBC.
2) Contents from Shropshire’s 18th century stately home Mawley Hall come fresh to the market at Cheffins
The principal contents of Mawley Hall, the 18th-century country mansion described by Country Life as 'Shropshire’s Baroque masterpiece', will come up for auction in Cambridge next month.
Mawley Hall, the 18th-century country mansion which has provided contents for Cheffins' sale in Cambridge on September 11-12.
3) Bought for £1 in a charity shop, will Chinese vase be worth £80,000?
Purchased for £1 from a Hertfordshire charity shop earlier this year, a Qianlong famille rose wall vase will carry an estimate of over £50,000 at Sworders in the autumn.
A Qianlong famille rose wall vase offered at Sworders, estimated at £50,000-80,000.
4) Emmerdale actor’s Modern art collection comes to auction
West Yorkshire-born actor Andrew Burt (b.1945-2018) became a household name back in the early 1970s playing the role of Jack Sugden in ‘Emmerdale Farm’.
The late actor and art collector Andrew Burt, whose collection of Modern art is now being offered at a Swan Fine Art auction.
5) Arts & Crafts curtains, Chippendale-style chairs and a naval officer’s sword – five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes
ATG’s selection of hammer highlights includes a pair of William Morris ‘Peacock and Dragon’ curtains that fetched over 20-times estimate.
A pair of William Morris ‘Peacock and Dragon’ curtains sold for £3400 at Mallams in Cheltenham.
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