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Provincial museums purchase prize paintings

07 August 2015

A large marine painting by Charles Napier Hemy (1841-1917) showing oyster fishing off the Exmoor coast has been bought by The Museum of Somerset.

London numismatists urge clients to oppose German Cultural Property law changes

04 August 2015

Coin specialists AH Baldwin & Sons are encouraging their customers to sign the petition opposing an amendment to the controversial German Cultural Property and Heritage Protection Law.

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Rare glass paperweights at Cirencester sale

04 August 2015

Paperweights from makers such as Caithness, Mdina, Selkirk, Wedgwood and Whitefriars go under the hammer at auctioneers Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester on August 7.

Topics announced for upcoming Art Business Conference

03 August 2015

Details have been unveiled of the second Art Business Conference to be held at the Church House Conference Centre in London on September 3.

NAVA weekend of auction expertise

03 August 2015

The 2015 NAVA Auctioneer of the Year competition takes place on September 23 at the Oxford Belfry.

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Medal recalls bravery of Kent lifeboatman

01 August 2015

A silver medal awarded to a lifeboatman who rescued sailors from a sinking ship in hurricane-force winds off the Kent coast in 1891 is to be sold at Canterbury Auction Galleries.

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Vincennes sugar bowl sells for £45,000

31 July 2015

Yellow-ground wares from the Vincennes soft-paste porcelain workshops are great rarities.