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Ashes memorabilia at auction catches attention in cricket collecting field

28 April 2017

Cricket can be a confusing game, full of ins and outs, stopping for lunch and tea and rain, with five-day games that can still end in a draw.

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Avington Park mirror re-acquired after 65 years in the US

27 April 2017

A George I giltwood mirror bearing the coat of arms of Sir Bysshe Shelley has returned to a Hampshire stately home after 65 years.

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Eight to join TEFAF board of trustees

27 April 2017

TEFAF has appointed eight new art world professionals to its board of trustees, increasing its membership from 12 to 14.

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London coin dealer expands with series of appointments including ex-Spink specialist

27 April 2017

Coin dealership Coincraft has welcomed four new members of staff and launched a new website.

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Rediscovered early work by Diego Velázquez takes €8m at Spanish auction

26 April 2017

Billed as potentially an early work by Diego Velázquez (1599-1660), a 17th century Spanish oil sold for €8m at the Madrid auctioneers Abalarte yesterday.

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Ship figureheads lead the way to auction discoveries

26 April 2017

Poor old Christopher Columbus. Fair enough, he ended up with a country, part of a US state name and an Ohio state capital named after him, but it is the United States of America, not to mention South and North America, that endured.

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Dealers welcome delay in shift to quarterly digital tax returns

26 April 2017

The decision to delay and possibly shelve a requirement for businesses and the self-employed to file tax returns quarterly rather than yearly has been welcomed by dealer body BADA, which had lobbied against it.