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Preston Benson

Kensington’s Cromwell Place gallery hub hires managing director to lead project

17 August 2017

The proposed Kensington gallery hub of Cromwell Place has hired a managing director to lead the project and attract tenants.

Singer Sargent

Funding plea from Kent medieval manor to buy a John Singer Sargent painting

17 August 2017

Medieval manor Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks in Kent, has launched a fundraising appeal to buy a John Singer Sargent painting from Sotheby’s in New York.

Bridal chest

Channel Islands painted bridal chest heads to auction at Bonhams

16 August 2017

A George II polychrome-painted bridal chest leads Bonhams Oak Interior sale on September 20 with an estimate of £30,000-40,000.

Yongzheng mark and period dish

Chinese dish once valued at Antiques Roadshow heads to auction in Derbyshire

16 August 2017

Hansons Auctioneers in Etwall, Derbyshire will offer a Yongzheng (1723-35) mark and period dish as part of its Fine Arts and Asian auction on September 29.

Ripper 1

“I am Jack the Ripper”: Victorian postcard linked to the Whitechapel killings offered at auction

16 August 2017

A postcard linked to the Jack the Ripper murders will go under the hammer this October.

Glynde Place

Grade I-listed Elizabethan manor wins Sotheby’s-sponsored restoration award

15 August 2017

Glynde Place in East Sussex has won the 2017 Historic Houses Association Restoration Award, sponsored by auction firm Sotheby’s.

Kangaroo salts

Australian media magnate’s art and antiques collection heads to auction in Sydney

15 August 2017

Art and antiques owned by the late businessman James Fairfax will be offered at auction next month.