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News and previews of art and antiques sold at auctions throughout the UK and overseas, from multi-million-pound blockbusters to affordable collectables.
Design decision made at Dawson’s
27 November 2017Maidenhead auction house Dawson’s is dipping a toe into the world of design with a dedicated sale on December 2.
Hammer comes down on Mallett stock
27 November 2017The last remnants of Mallett’s stock, including a clutch of 18th century pictures, were offered in a final sale in Berkshire on November 8.
Victorian table salts sell at Gloucestershire auction
27 November 2017A fine pair of Victorian figural table salts in the form of sea maidens on the back of dolphins sold for £4900 (estimate £1500-2000) at Wootton Auction Rooms in Gloucestershire on October 17. Weighing 33oz, they carry marks for John Wilmin Figg, London 1841.
JMW Turner sketch makes £22,000 at Cirencester auction
24 November 2017An original sketch by JMW Turner (1775-1851) has sold for £22,000 (plus buyer’s premium) at Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester.
Gold memorial ring made for one of Nelson’s Band of Brothers’ goes to auction
24 November 2017A gold memorial ring made for one of Nelson’s ‘Band of Brothers’ - and containing a lock of the Admiral’s hair - is to be sold at Duke’s of Dorchester on December 7.
Rockefeller revealed: the most valuable collection to ever come to auction
24 November 2017A Picasso from his Rose Period, a Sèvres porcelain dessert service made for Napoleon and a Monet waterlily painting are among the highlights to be auctioned at Christie’s as part of the estate of billionaire banker David Rockefeller.
From student common room to auction room – Stanley Spencer’s depiction of ‘conscious coupling’ leads Christie’s Mod Brit sale
23 November 2017A painting by Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) from 1938 which had previously hung at St John’s College, Oxford was the top lot at Christie’s evening sale of Modern British art yesterday.
First edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone inscribed by JK Rowling sets £85,000 auction record
23 November 2017Probably best kept out of the hands of children unless, like the member of Bonhams' staff seen here, they are wearing white gloves, inscribed firsts of ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone’ are getting seriously expensive.
Nevinson wartime painting marches to record at Sotheby’s as Winston Churchill’s final painting draws strong bidding contest
22 November 2017A major record for the artist CRW Nevinson (1889-1946) was set at Sotheby’s in London yesterday when an important wartime scene sold at £1.87m (including premium).
Rare design for 1931 Dracula film sets movie poster record – watch Heritage Auctions specialist giving an expert’s view
21 November 2017One of just two surviving movie posters for the 1931 horror classic ‘Dracula’ set a record for a movie poster at auction when it sold for a premium-inclusive $525,800 (£398,300). In this video released before the sale, director of vintage posters at Heritage, Grey Smith, discusses the film and the rarity of the poster.
Five highlights from Tennants’ fine art auction – including a £135,000 Old Master sleeper and Lord Byron’s dog collar
21 November 2017“Excited and charged” were the words used by Tennants to describe the atmosphere at its latest fine art auction as the North Yorkshire saleroom offered a group of works from Le Pavilion – a nine-bedroom house formerly part of the Shortgrove Estate in Essex.
Gold leaf cut from Napoleon’s laurel crown shines at Fontainebleau auction
21 November 2017A leaf that was once part of the famous laurel crown made for Napoleon for his coronation in 1804 has been sold in France for a hammer price of €500,000 (£443,193).
Rare Richard III gold coin found by metal detectorist near Bosworth Field comes to auction
21 November 2017If you want a gold coin to have rarity value, then an example from a monarch whose reign lasted only a couple of years is a good start.
Harryhausen monsters, models and memorabilia head to Surrey for movie auction
20 November 2017Did you miss the Tate’s exhibition on Ray Harryhausen? Don’t worry, there is a chance to see some of the weird and wonderful beasts that this legendary animator created at a Surrey auction house.
Scroll down for solid Chinese results
20 November 2017Well-provenanced Chinese works of art posted strong sums in what was a workmanlike, rather than spectacular, Asian art season for the leading regional auctioneers.
Pick of the Week: Jesse was best of the West Brom
20 November 2017One of the most comprehensive and best-preserved football memorabilia collections auctioneer Graham Budd (17.5% buyer’s premium) has ever handled netted a hammer total of £107,000 for a remarkable 47 lots including medals and caps on November 14-15.
Aesthetic Movement furniture at Stair Galleries in New York
20 November 2017Among the items on offer in the December 16 auction of traditional fine art, furniture, decorative items and jewellery to be held by Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York, will be this Aesthetic Movement ebonised and parcel-gilt pedestal standing.
Digital ‘blue box’ designed by Apple founder Steve Wozniak at Bonhams New York
20 November 2017"If it hadn't been for the Blue Boxes, there would have been no Apple. I'm 100% sure of that." So said Steve Jobs of the electronic devices that simulate operators by generating the tones used by a telephone operator’s dialling console, and were typically used from the 1950s by so-called ‘phone phreakers’ to avail themselves of free calls.
Sioux knife sheath from the Battle of Little Bighorn at Boston auction
20 November 2017A Sioux Indian beaded knife sheath from the Battle of Little Bighorn could be the highlight of Skinner’s sale of American Indian and Ethnographic art to be held on December 2 in Boston.
Dr Seuss drawing offered at Swann in New York
20 November 2017Theodor Geisel, writer, cartoonist and artist, is better known as Dr Seuss, the author of a host of children’s books. These are now famous the world over for the magical way in which they used a repetitive vocabulary and striking images to aid reading and render it an enjoyable experience.
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