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Qianlong period enamels up for auction in Surrey

23 September 2024

Aubreys, the recently launched auction house holding sales at Loseley Park, Guildford, is offering a single-owner collection of Qianlong period painted enamels on September 26.

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Dürer work skips into saleroom debut

23 September 2024

Saved from a skip, a rich impression of Albrecht Dürer’s Knight, Death and the Devil hammered for £26,500 at the inaugural sale held by Rare Book Auctions on September 18.

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Dolphin Arcade dealers in shock at eviction notice

20 September 2024

Once world-famous for its array of antique dealers, Portobello Road loses yet another historic arcade

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Vintage fashion catwalks into Royal Horticultural Hall

19 September 2024

Seeking a Thatcher-era neon lycra bodystocking? 1970s kaftan? Maybe you want something 'very demure, very mindful'. Matthew Adams' vintage fashion fair may have the answer.

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Getty Museum returns ancient bronze couch to Turkey

19 September 2024

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has returned an ancient bronze funerary couch to Turkey after concluding that it had been illicitly excavated in the early 1980s.

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Bruun collection sets record for any Scandinavian coin

18 September 2024

The first part of the auction of the extraordinary coin collection of Lars Emil Bruun (1852-1923) raised a total of €14.8m (£12.5m) including premium last week.

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Record for Straits Settlement porcelain as ‘dragon and phoenix’ basin brings 61 bids

17 September 2024

A new auction record has been set for Peranakan or Straits Settlement porcelain in Singapore.

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Museum given jewellery by dealer Wartski

16 September 2024

London dealership Wartski has donated a collection of jewellery made by the Arts & Crafts silversmith Frederick Partridge to the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft.

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US institution buys extraordinary harp-guitar

16 September 2024

The final day of Gardiner Houlgate’s latest guitar auction included a remarkable Victorian-era instrument: a rosewood and mother of pearl inlaid harp-guitar or ‘guitarpa’.

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Records tumble at Paul Allen auctions

16 September 2024

Christie’s posted a spate of record prices at three New York sales from September 10-12 offering Paul Allen’s extraordinary collection of scientific and technological items.

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Historic hall to become new headquarters of Bonhams in New York late next year

16 September 2024

Bonhams is set to relocate its New York headquarters from 580 Madison Avenue to the historic Steinway Hall at 111 West 57th Street.

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Dealership Charles Ede appoints James Richards to boost fine art sales

11 September 2024

London firm Charles Ede is expanding its repertoire and has brought in James Richards to launch its new approach which includes a greater focus on fine art at this year's 'Frieze Masters'.

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Bonhams announces new headquarters in New York at the iconic Steinway Hall

10 September 2024

Bonhams is set to relocate its New York headquarters from 580 Madison Avenue to the historic Steinway Hall at 111 West 57th Street.

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Major collection of Terence Cuneo and Ruskin Spear pictures consigned to Sworders

10 September 2024

What promises to be a market-defining sale for two well-known Modern British artists will be held in Essex this autumn.

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Leighton auction purchase lights up exhibition at museum dedicated to the artist

10 September 2024

Frederic Leighton’s 'Bay of Cádiz, Moonlight' will go on public display for the first time in 120 years at the artist’s former home after being bought at auction this summer.

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Big three auction houses to host Asian Art in London dealer shows

09 September 2024

For the first time London’s three major auction houses will host commercial dealer and gallery exhibitions as part of Asian Art in London (AAL).

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Salvo launches latest pocket guides

09 September 2024

Dealer association Salvo promoted its revised Pocket Guide at a ‘Secondhand September’ drinks party on September 5.

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Classic Antique Fairs cancels event in Farnborough

04 September 2024

With only a few weeks to go before the event, Classic Antique Fairs has postponed its September outing.

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Rediscovered John Constable painting of Hampstead sells for £410,000

04 September 2024

A previously unpublished oil sketch by John Constable provoked fierce bidding at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury

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Jim Spencer starts new chapter as he moves from Hansons auction house to launch his own saleroom

04 September 2024

Book specialist Jim Spencer has left Hansons and is launching his own saleroom offering monthly timed online auctions in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

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