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New York’s Met Museum wins bidding for early American teapot at Salisbury auction – video

21 February 2018

An early American porcelain teapot sold for £460,000 at a Woolley & Wallis auction in Salisbury this week is now on its way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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René Boivin Starfish brooch doubles estimate at Paris jewellery auction

21 February 2018

A ruby and amethyst set Starfish brooch, one of the signature designs from the French jewellery house René Boivin, was the toast of the jewellery sale held by French auction firm Chayette et Cheval in Paris.

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Key Cornwall landscapes by Peter Lanyon star in Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert exhibition – video

21 February 2018

Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert’s current exhibition features the art of Modern British artist Peter Lanyon (1918-64).

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The Joyce Paretti collection of perfume bottles – 12 auction highlights from £500 to £5000

21 February 2018

Multi-estimate results greeted the Joyce Paretti collection of perfume bottles sold by John Nicholson’s of Fernhurst in two instalments.

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Early American teapot sells at £460,000 as vendor makes huge return on £15 purchase

20 February 2018

A previously unrecorded teapot attributed to a pioneering American porcelain factory sold at a Woolley & Wallis auction today for £460,000. The vendor of the teapot, a private collector from south-west of England, had bought it recently in the Midlands for just £15.

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Concorde nose cone set to soar at auction

20 February 2018

A saleroom that sold a selection of items related to the Dambusters has moved on about 30 years for its latest aviation lot: a nose cone from Concorde.

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Louvre secures funding from 8500 donors to buy £8m Book of Hours once owned by Francis I of France

20 February 2018

The Louvre Museum in Paris has raised more than £8m to buy a jewel-encrusted Book of Hours.