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Tolkien

Early poetry from JRR Tolkien comes to auction in Yorkshire

26 July 2017

A collection of poetry to be sold at Tennants Auctioneers in Yorkshire includes some of the early works of Hobbit author JRR Tolkien.

Stockspring Antiques in Kensington Church Street

Ceramics dealers Stockspring Antiques sell Kensington Church Street shop and become advisors

26 July 2017

The English and Continental ceramics specialists Stockspring Antiques has decided to make a change in direction.

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Burdett whale tooth sets scrimshaw record in US sale

25 July 2017

In an August 2016 ATG wrote that the scrimshaw market had been in the doldrums but was showing signs of a return to buoyancy. Judging by the latest results from Massachusetts auction house Eldred’s, bidders are certainly prepared to push the boat out for the best examples.

William Holland – John Bull 1797

Six of the best – Caricatures from specialist sale at Bloomsbury Auctions

25 July 2017

Bloomsbury Auctions have held specialist sales of caricatures since 2015 and the most recent took place earlier this month. The sale offered a mixture of around 30 lots of modern cartoons and 100 or so lots of much earlier material.

silver tankard

Somerset museum brings home 300-year old tankard after fundraising for auction bid

25 July 2017

The Bruton Museum in Somerset has bought a rare silver tankard at nearby saleroom Lawrences of Crewkerne.

Bacon

Spanish police recover stolen Francis Bacon paintings after tip-off from the Art Loss Register

24 July 2017

Three Francis Bacon artworks stolen in Madrid in 2015 have been recovered by Spanish police near Barcelona.

Charles Darwin by Julia Margaret Cameron

Julia Margaret Cameron photograph of Charles Darwin brings competition at Sotheby’s

24 July 2017

A photographic portrait of Charles Darwin by Julia Margaret Cameron was among the lots drawing strong competition at Sotheby’s sale of works from one of the largest private collections of material relating to the great naturalist ever formed.