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Glories of the £29,000 compendium

06 June 2005

Seven telephone lines and several bidders in the room competed for this venerable folding gaming board at the Diss Auction Rooms of Thos. Wm. Gaze & Son on May 21.

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Another vintage car roars out of a barn at £31,000

06 June 2005

The Yorkshire Dales, have proved a happy hunting ground for Tennants when it comes to selling classic cars and motorbikes.

Scam guide bid to neutralise legal rulings

06 June 2005

ONE of the most active scam guide firms, who con the antiques trade into taking out unwanted advertising, are on the march again, despite two court rulings against them.

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Ewbank ups the Surrey stakes with £100,000 makeover

06 June 2005

NEWLY refurbished rooms at Send in Surrey mean that Ewbanks will now be able to hold two general sales a month (on the first and third Thursdays) with quarterly sales of fine art and antiques.

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Toby jugs selling with an air of respectability

06 June 2005

ENGLISH POTTERY SALESTHE products of the Staffordshire potteries from blue-printed tablewares to cottage chimney ornaments and Toby jugs to ironstone services, were the subject of a 356-lot sale at Bonhams’ Knightsbridge (20/12% buyer’s premium) back on May 11.

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Bidders in £25,000 battle for captain’s carronades

06 June 2005

AMONG the mementos of the martial glory of her ancestor Hamiltons which Hope Hamilton brought as a bride to Pallinsburn from her Sundrum Castle home were four 18th century bronze carronades, one shown right...

A whole lot of Hope on the Pennines

06 June 2005

SIMON Hope of Hatton-based H&H Classic Auctions is to ride the full length of the Pennine Trail for charity.