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Bonhams sold to asset management company as senior staff depart

23 October 2025

Auction house Bonhams has a new owner and has announced sweeping changes in the firm’s management team.

Waterloo bandsman

Identity of mystery Battle of Waterloo black bandsman revealed

21 October 2025

The identity of the mystery sitter in a portrait sold at a Sussex auction, who was depicted in the uniform of a cavalry regiment and wearing a Waterloo Medal, has now been revealed by the National Army Museum.

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Stolen 17th century delftware shoes reunited with owner

21 October 2025

A pair of late 17th century delftware shoes that were stolen six year ago have been reunited with their owner thanks to the actions of a Wiltshire auctioneer.

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Dealers fear overheating as bullion prices climb higher

20 October 2025

Dealers in precious metals temporarily suspended trade last week as global gold and silver prices rose higher.

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National Gallery’s benches sit well in Billingshurst

20 October 2025

A group of benches consigned by The National Gallery took more than seven times their top estimate at auction in Billingshurst.

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Bear witness to a bullish market with silver novelty claret jug

20 October 2025

Victorian silver novelties do not come much better than this claret jug by top London maker Robert Hennell (1826-91).

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British Museum seeks £3.5m for Tudor pendant found by detectorist

20 October 2025

The British Museum is trying to raise funds to buy a £3.5m gold pendant discovered by a metal detectorist in a field in Warwickshire in 2019.

Clare Durham

Clare Durham to lead ceramics and glass department in Devizes

20 October 2025

Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes is establishing a dedicated ceramics and glass department, after appointing specialist valuer and cataloguer Clare Durham.

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Pick of the week: Mapping out the Jacobite dream

20 October 2025

The latest Library Sale at Cheffins in Cambridge included a rare French map documenting the campaign of ‘Charles Edward Prince de Galles’ in 1745-46.

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Bradbury Wilkinson archive comes to auction

20 October 2025

A collection of banknote essays, designs and specimens from engraving and printing firm Bradbury Wilkinson & Company comes for sale at Special Auction Services in Newbury on November 27.

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Strong sales for opening day of Frieze Masters at Regent’s Park

20 October 2025

Frieze London and Frieze Masters opened on October 15 with a strong attendance and million-pound-plus sales raked up on the first day of the Regent’s Park art fair.

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Big numbers predicted for library of Newton’s protégé

20 October 2025

The principal contribution made by James Stirling (1692-1770) to the history of mathematics is the Methodus Differentialis, a paper first published in 1730.

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Adelsberger second slice offers extensive selection of 19th and 20th century porcelain

20 October 2025

In the extensive sale of October 22-25, Wendl in Rudolstadt will be selling the second tranche of the porcelain collection amassed by Kurt Adelsberger.

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David depicted at the moment of triumph in sculpture form

20 October 2025

A late 19th century marble figure of David with the Head of Goliath at his feet was one of the stars at Neumeister (30% buyer’s premium) in Munich this autumn.

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Penn in focus in Paris

20 October 2025

Images by American photographer Irving Penn (1917-2009), who worked with Vogue for more than six decades and is credited with turning fashion photography into an art form, are among the highlights at the latest Paris Photo.

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Dickinson’s Victorian sketches in Jermyn Street gallery

20 October 2025

Original works for under £100? Dickinson offers just that in its latest show 'Sir Francis Grant: A Society Sketchbook'.

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Meredith of Manchester: a sport memorabilia first pick

20 October 2025

City and United player once mired in a bribery scandal but who played until 49 is today a major draw at auction

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Single owner sale turns spotlight on Robinson

20 October 2025

A single owner collection from a house in Great Bardfield, Essex provided a number of good quality prints to Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Modern and Contemporary art.

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Wozza serves up a treat for book collectors

20 October 2025

Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson is offering something tasty at Bonhams Knightsbridge this week: a few morsels from of his own collection.

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Harrington gets into the travel business

20 October 2025

It’s a busy time for Peter Harrington. Hot on the heels of opening its Upper East Side gallery in New York, the rare book dealership is launching a loan exhibition on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein's monster and a new catalogue.

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