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Dealer reflects on 50 years of rugs and carpets

15 October 2024

Oxford’s Legge Carpets & Textiles is hosting a retrospective exhibition, which is celebration of Christopher Legge’s five decades in the business.

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Irish silver beer jug features among five lots to watch

14 October 2024

With estimates from £100, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

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Top stories this week including a huge cache of Chinese art heading to auction after a century in storage

13 October 2024

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a remarkable cache of Chinese works of art coming for sale in London this month.

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Antiquities from estate of Philip Hewat-Jaboor lead Roseberys auction

11 October 2024

Philip Hewat-Jaboor (1953-2022) was the chairman of Masterpiece Art Fair and amassed a significant antiquities collection at his Jersey home.

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Lock of 'Napoleon’s hair' appears at auction

11 October 2024

A locket purportedly containing a lock of Napoleon’s hair was offered at Gorringe’s in Lewes on October 8.

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Broad church of tribal artefacts on show at specialist fair

11 October 2024

The Tribal Art Fair (TAF) is returning to De Duif in Amsterdam from October 24 to 27. Twenty ethnographic dealers will be exhibiting at the 22nd edition of the fair.

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Rare 17th century portrait of black and white women goes on display at Compton Verney

10 October 2024

Following an 18-month conservation and research project at the Yale Center for British Art, an enigmatic double portrait that drew a dramatic competition at auction in 2021 is going on display at its new permanent home of Compton Verney.