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No 16 adds to No 20 for larger space

02 September 2024

Lyndsey Ingram has expanded its realm in London by acquiring a second space a few doors down from the original gallery.

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Look through the keyhole courtesy of a grand picture book

02 September 2024

The 504-lot book sale at Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) in Chicago on July 25 was topped by a four-volume set of one of the great records of the Gilded Age.

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Partridge holds extra studio pottery sales to meet demand

02 September 2024

Adam Partridge's (20% buyer’s premium) latest Studio Ceramics sale held in Macclesfield proved a popular auction, with over 680 lots fought over by 500 online registrants and 40 room bidders.

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Five questions with John Andrews of Scottow Antiques

02 September 2024

John Andrews is the owner of Scottow Antiques and a partner in Classic Antique Fairs. Its next event runs from September 20-22 at Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre.

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Wheellock hits world record sum

02 September 2024

A royal sporting gun from King Louis XIII’s famous Cabinet d’Armes has set a new world record for a wheellock firearm at auction.

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Farnham happy with Parnham

02 September 2024

Dealer who was invited to organise a fair at nearby estate holds the second edition this month

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Barnstorming array of antiques businesses in Suffolk

02 September 2024

Since the owners of Aspal Antiques launched an antiques centre at Stonham Barns Park three years ago and added a second centre on site to include a reclamation yard, a steady stream of antiques-related businesses have opened up.

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Album evokes memories of Ulysses S Grant

02 September 2024

The top lot in the American Historical Ephemera and Photography Online sale at Freeman’s Hindman (27/21/15% buyer’s premium) in Chicago was an album published in 1886 to mark the death of President Ulysses S Grant.

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Special lots from a locked room

02 September 2024

Library items shelved away in now closed college include some of the first North American histories

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Sir Kyffin back in peak condition

02 September 2024

First sale held at new venue achieves renowned Welsh artist’s highest price at auction for two years

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Previews: issue 2658

02 September 2024

Our selection of six upcoming lots at auction

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Laura Knight’s depiction of gypsy farm workers picked up for £55,000

02 September 2024

A painting by Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) depicting hop pickers more than doubled estimate when it appeared at Gloucestershire saleroom Kinghams (25% buyer’s premium) .

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Driver’s watch in gear

02 September 2024

The driver’s watch, with its elongated ‘stirrup’ lugs and rectangular Roman dial, is a classic of the 1930s and early 40s.

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Pay for it when the war’s over

02 September 2024

A recent sale at Key’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Aylsham included a Second World War prisoner of war Rolex 3525 Oyster chronograph offered together with the original owner’s medals, dog tags and personal wartime diaries.

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ATG letter: My Exposition Universelle medal is indeed in gold as the marks and weight both indicate

02 September 2024

I was very interested to see your story on the gold medal for the Paris Exposition Universelle 1900 (News, ATG No 2654).

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Throwing shapes: Collectors eye Cartier watches with bold cases

02 September 2024

Once damned with faint praise, watches from Cartier’s Bond Street boutique are now winning fans among collectors for their adventurous case designs

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Buyer makes a big call to secure Babe Ruth famous jersey for a sporting record result

02 September 2024

Did he call it? Was he gesturing to the fans? Was he just communicating to the bench? No one is completely sure what Babe Ruth’s pointing gesture meant when he stepped up to bat for the New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs in baseball’s 1932 World Series.

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A selection of books and works on paper previews

02 September 2024

Our pick of works appearing at eight upcoming auctions

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Famous Five first edition at four figures

02 September 2024

'Five Run Away Together' was the third of the Famous Five titles but today the most elusive.

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Palatial surroundings at Kent centre

02 September 2024

Oriental ceramics and bronzes specialist Ian McLean, an antiques dealer who has opened an antiques centre near Sevenoaks, says cheerily: “Otford already has two very good antique centres but you can’t have too many.”

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