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S Franses

Tapestry gallery S Franses appeals to Supreme Court to stay in London home

05 September 2017

Antique textile and tapestry specialist S Franses is taking its fight to stay in its St James’s gallery to the UK Supreme Court.

Bacon

Christie’s brings home the Bacon with auction of rediscovered painting

05 September 2017

A rediscovered Francis Bacon is to be offered at Christie’s next month with a £7m-10m estimate.

Tom Roberts

BBC’s ‘Fake or Fortune?’ team discover lost work by Australian artist Tom Roberts

04 September 2017

An early painting by UK-born Australian artist Thomas William Roberts (1856-1931), was authenticated on the BBC’s ‘Fake or Fortune?’ after being lost for more than 130 years.

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Prices point to popularity at LAPADA fair

04 September 2017

Range of items from ‘more affordable’ upwards features at this year's LAPADA fair...

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Vessels hold plenty of interest

04 September 2017

An upcoming show staged by art advisers J&J Rawlin mixes two and three-dimensional works in a space both public and private.

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Explore the world’s outer reaches

04 September 2017

Just the two outer panels of what had once been a six-part world map remained in a cartographic lot offered at Christie’s (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).

Quite a life: polar explorer, air pioneer and wartime pilot

04 September 2017

Tryggve Gran (1888-1980) – polar explorer and First World War aviator – was a man whose achievements and adventurous life were recognised in two lots offered by Christie’s (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) on July 12.

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Max doctors a souvenir book

04 September 2017

A lavishly produced 'Souvenir...' book published in 1899 to benefit a Charing Cross Hospital bazaar held at the Royal Albert Hall included contributions from distinguished writers, painters and composers, along with their photographic portraits.

Peasant girl

Previews: £30,000 plus

04 September 2017

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.

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Painted cavalry Guidon rarity appears at Dix Noonan & Webb

04 September 2017

A cavalry guidon (pennant) from the late 18th century is always likely to be rare – and rarer still if it is painted rather than embroidered.

Perseus Arming by Sir Alfred Gilbert

Alfred Gilbert’s Perseus girdles up for auction

01 September 2017

Sir Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934) is most famous for his sculpture ‘Eros’ that stands high up in London’s Piccadilly Circus as the centrepiece on the Shaftesbury Memorial. Now, a bronze cast of ‘Perseus Arming’, the work which is described as his ‘breakthrough’ piece, will be offered at Bonhams next month.

Queen Victoria's coronet

Queen Victoria’s coronet to remain in UK after V&A Museum acquisition

29 August 2017

A sapphire and diamond coronet designed by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria has been acquired by the V&A Museum. It was previously sold by a London dealer to an overseas buyer but was blocked from export by the government in 2015.

Seal matrix

Government issues export bar on Scottish seal linked to Robert the Bruce

28 August 2017

Culture Minister John Glen has placed a temporary export bar on a Scottish two-part seal matrix linked with Robert the Bruce.

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Colourists hint at a bright future in London

28 August 2017

Security shouldn’t be too much of a problem when opening a gallery space if one of your new neighbours is a former prime minister protected by armed guards. But aside from Tony Blair’s London residence down the road, Lyon & Turnbull had plenty of its own reasons for choosing Connaught Street, just north of Hyde Park, as the location for its new showroom.

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Colourful life of Jane Austen

28 August 2017

Pictured here is 'Fanny was obliged to introduce him to Mr Crawford’, an ink and watercolour version of an illustration made by Hugh Thomson for an 1897 Macmillan edition of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park.

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Vic is among big-name ticks

28 August 2017

The Vauxhall Art Car Boot will hit the south-east Kent coastal town of Folkestone on the opening day of the Folkestone Triennial.

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Cup of tea trumps champagne ahead of Chiswick at South Kensington

28 August 2017

With everything buzzing at Chiswick Auctions (22% buyer’s premium) ahead of the opening of the South Kensington showroom next week (see last week’s ATG No 2305), life at the west London rooms goes on providing a solid base for this ambitious expansion.

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Scroll on a roll in Roseberys selection

28 August 2017

Provincial sales throughout the summer were enlivened by big-money Chinese material but a more concentrated look at the market was afforded by the dedicated sale at Roseberys (20% buyer’s premium) on June 27.

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Modern British art fair returns at new venue after two-year break

28 August 2017

Two years after its last edition, the '20/21 British Art Fair' is back for its 28th staging.

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Record number of dealers in the London fair tribe

28 August 2017

Tribal Art London, the annual UK fair, seeks to raise the profile of this market in the capital.

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