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Women make their voices heard in early documents

17 June 2024

Two early documents featuring female authors are among the highlights in a wide-ranging sale selection

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Sculpture focus: Walk this way

17 June 2024

Sculpture trails are part of the attractions this summer along with dealer shows and auctions

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Prophet and profits of horology auctions held in Germany and Switzerland

17 June 2024

Moses automaton watch is one of the stand-out hammer highlights in recent sales

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New chapter for Bath book event

17 June 2024

Annual fair held at the city’s Assembly Rooms since 1986 starts afresh in Pavilion venue this July

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Bid Barometer: issue 2648

17 June 2024

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

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News in brief including a new saleroom for Hansons

17 June 2024

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Hansons Auctioneers launching a new saleroom in Norfolk

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House style: London fair offers a larger second helping

17 June 2024

The first Treasure House Fair was launched last year after the demise of Masterpiece and was greeted by dealers and visitors eager for a summer event. The second is now coming up

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Spotlight: Kensington Church Street

17 June 2024

A closer look at a west London road that can offer more than 40 dealers and galleries selling a wide range of art and antiques

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Boba Fett blasts his way to a top sum for a post-war toy

17 June 2024

A missile-firing 1979 Star Wars Boba Fett action figure was launched into the record books after selling for a premium-inclusive $525,000 (£411,000) at Heritage Auctions on May 31, becoming the most expensive ‘vintage’ toy ever sold at auction.

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Indian works head to the sub-continent

17 June 2024

Two pictures by British artists with strong Indian connections sold for record sums at Dreweatts after drawing interest from the sub-continent.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2648

17 June 2024

On Friday, June 14, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2314.84 / €2160.28 / £1822.71

Books and works on paper auction calendar: June 19-July 5, 2024

17 June 2024

Our regular update of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

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Chardin’s sliced melon is a cut above to set Old Master record

17 June 2024

Christie’s set a record for any Old Master sold in France when a still-life by Jean Simeon Chardin (1699-1779) made €23m (£19.4m) at an auction in Paris on June 12, selling to a European collector.

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Collection of devoted fan sets H&R Daniel demand test

17 June 2024

Porcelain from the Staffordshire factory takes up half a sale – and it’s just the first part of a huge collection

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Hillier work hidden from the Nazis by a maid comes for sale

17 June 2024

Tristram Hillier (1905-83) described the Surrealist pictures he created at Étretat, the picturesque town on the north-western coast of France, as “some of the best I have ever made”.

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Start the week: Dealer shows with special look at works on paper

17 June 2024

The annual festival of art taking place at galleries across the capital and in several online shows is known as London Art Week and this year has a special focus featuring works on paper

Exhibitions to see this summer around the UK

17 June 2024

Here we present a selection of 20 museum special exhibitions taking place over the summer

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Previews: Lots on the way at this summer's auctions

17 June 2024

Our look ahead to some of the many stand-out items on offer at auctions this summer.

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Pimlico Road dealer’s own collection on show as he marks 50 years in business

17 June 2024

To mark five decades in the business, Anthony Outred has selected several items from his private collection for a selling exhibition, including a rosewood brass inlaid centre table with a Roman mosaic top c.1770-90.

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Fouquet’s plaster temples stand firm at auction

17 June 2024

Scale models such as these Grand Tour-era plaster of Paris models of classical temples were used as prototypes by architects and inspiration for their own designs

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