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2657 AR L&T Trefid Spoons Close Up

Rare set of Glaswegian silver spoons bring strong demand at Lyon & Turnbull

22 August 2024

A remarkable set of six 17th century Scottish provincial silver trefid spoons drew strong competition at an auction in Edinburgh this week.

Indiana Jones fedora at auction

Hats off to Indiana Jones after famous fedora makes $500,000

21 August 2024

The famous hat was one of many props from blockbuster films to appear at Propstore’s August auction

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Close friends Prunella Clough and Keith Vaughan are focus of London dealer's show

21 August 2024

A forthcoming exhibition explores the rich legacy of Prunella Clough and Keith Vaughan who broke with the conventions of post-war Britain

John Constable hampstead

Rediscovered John Constable painting of Hampstead emerges at Salisbury auction

21 August 2024

A previously unpublished oil sketch by John Constable (1776-1837) depicting Hampstead Heath is coming up for auction next month at Woolley & Wallis.

Concorde And BA Memorabilia Credit Hansons(1)

Air hostess' autographs collected onboard Concorde take off at auction

20 August 2024

Concorde’s capability to fly at twice the speed of sound and travel from London to New York in three hours attracted the rich and famous of the time.

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Export bar placed on Alan Turing’s unpublished Second World War papers

20 August 2024

A remarkable archive of newly discovered scientific papers by the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing and his collaborator Donald Bayley has been temporarily blocked from export.

Kasper König, influential German curator dies aged 80

20 August 2024

Known as the 'James Bond' of the art world, König was as colourful and controversial as the art and sculpture he supported