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Star Wars Jawa figures up at auction show extra value of pristine packaging

12 October 2017

Much as I enjoyed playing with my Star Wars figures, eagerly ripping them from the packaging instead of keeping them pristine would have damaged my earning power in future years had I consigned them to auction.

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Late Egon Schiele gouache comes fresh to Vienna auction

12 October 2017

A late portrait by Egon Schiele (1890-1918) is expected to take up to €1.2m at Dorotheum’s next auction in Vienna.

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Dramatic auction result for portrait of leading 1920s Hollywood couple

11 October 2017

A double portrait of the two early 20th century Hollywood stars Pola Negri and Rudolph Valentino drew an appropriately dramatic competition at Bonhams in London.

Drawing of The Thames by John Constable

John Constable view of The Thames emerges at Oxford auction

11 October 2017

Oxford saleroom Mallams will offer a John Constable (1776-1837) landscape drawing on October 18. It will be estimated at £12,000-15,000.

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LAPADA seeks new chief executive as Davies returns to the contemporary art world

11 October 2017

Rebecca Davies, chief executive officer of LAPADA, is to leave the trade body at the end of December after three and a half years in the role.

‘Salvator Mundi’ by  Leonardo da Vinci

Christie’s to offer Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ in New York with $100m estimate

10 October 2017

Christie’s will offer Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ at a New York auction next month. It will carry an estimate 'in the region of' $100m.

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Logbook recording brutal treatment of teenage 'exiles' transported to Australia sells for £11,000 at Gloucestershire auction

10 October 2017

A logbook recording three voyages to Australia and the Far East made in 1847-52, two of them transporting young prisoners, or 'exiles', to Australia, led Dominic Winter’s latest sale.