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Coffin shaped poison bottle to appear at auction

24 June 2024

Prior to the Poisons and Pharmacy Act of 1908, there was no legal requirement that a bottle containing poison should carry a warning.

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Embroidered bindings boost book results

24 June 2024

Most Tudor and Stuart embroidered bindings that have survived from the 16th and 17th century cover Bibles, prayerbooks, and other devotional texts.

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Franklin searchers found themselves in need of help

24 June 2024

The McClure Arctic Expedition of 1850 was one of the Franklin rescue missions but ended up with the ironic fate of getting trapped themselves.

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Huntingdon fair ready for lift-off

24 June 2024

Dealer who started in business aged just 17 looks forward to his second edition of racecourse event

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Dickens’ gin jug packs punch at auction

24 June 2024

The final tranche of items from the Tony Chapman collection of pewter offered at Bishop & Miller of Stowmarket on June 19 included this capacious Victorian lidded jug once owned by Charles Dickens (1812-70).

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Clarissa the carp could be catch of the day in a saleroom

24 June 2024

2024: Brace of carved salmon, 45lb and 39lb, caught by the same angler from Ireland’s river Nore, £25,000 at Duke’s

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Fabulous Fabergé menagerie on offer from an unexpected single-owner consignment

24 June 2024

Buyers respond well to stand-alone auction of hardstone animal carvings held in London

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Shackleton’s last voyage seen in photos

24 June 2024

The list of Polar exploration ships once lost but now rediscovered grew in number recently when it was announced the Quest had been located.

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Fundraising plea for Brain Tumour Charity

24 June 2024

A fundraising campaign to raise money for The Brain Tumour Charity has been launched following the news that George Wade, a well known member of the auctioneering community, was diagnosed with a double brain tumour.

Letter: why ATG’s got a drinking problem

24 June 2024

I always enjoy your 5 Questions column (Dealers’ Diary).

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Rare Rousseau herbarium bought by Swiss institution

24 June 2024

The last Jean-Jacques Rousseau herbarium in private hands came for sale at Ader in Paris on June 17.

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Emmet emerges in miniature

24 June 2024

The emergence of an English School c.1803 portrait miniature of Robert Emmet at Gorringe’s in Lewes was an exciting development given the scarcity of contemporaneous portraiture featuring Emmet; an Irish Republican and patriot, orator and rebel leader.

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Bulldog advertising sign lights up the saleroom

24 June 2024

It is safe to say that nowadays the image of a smoking dog would find little favour with animal rights activists or for that matter with the current (for now) UK Prime Minister.

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Fish market scene catches the eye

24 June 2024

A monumental painting of a fish market soared to unexpected heights at the May 16 auction at Lempertz (26% buyer’s premium) in Cologne.

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News in brief including Elvis Presley's blue suede shoes

24 June 2024

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Elvis Presley's blue suede shoes coming to auction

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Dedicated fairs attract rising numbers of dealers

24 June 2024

You can find stalls selling postcards at many fairs and markets, as well as a range of dedicated fairs.

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Bidders go for Subleyras link

24 June 2024

On May 28 in Bruges, Carlo Bonte (28% buyer’s premium) offered The Hermit, Brother Luce, an oil study attributed to the French late Baroque painter Pierre Hubert Subleyras (1699-1749).

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Menzel’s Moroccans became a timely work

24 June 2024

June 2, 1878, began as a normal day in the varied life of the German artist Adolph von Menzel.

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Highlights: a recent selection of stand-out lots sold at auction

24 June 2024

This recently discovered example of the iconic Bauhaus tea-infuser, designed by Marianne Brandt in 1924, on offer at Lempertz on May 15 for €200,000, was knocked down to the Hamburg Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Museum for Art and Industry) for €260,000 (£222,220).

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