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Zoffany stages an unexpected return to auction
10 October 2022A little-known theatrical portrait painted by Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) towards the end of his career sold for £330,000 at auction in Dorset.
"It’s been my best week ever": Dealer’s Japanese armour takeaway earns a slap-up celebration ahead of Asian Art in London
10 October 2022David Thatcher’s display of Japanese armour at Asian Art in London will be much depleted – but for positive reasons.
Hefty price for Hans Coper vase sets fresh auction record
10 October 2022Premium-inclusive price in London just pips previous high for ceramicist Hans Coper.
Sports medals: FA Cup hero and a show-jumping legend
10 October 2022The game between Arsenal v Manchester United in 1979 provided one of the greatest finishes in FA Cup final history.
Previews: issue 2563
10 October 2022A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
A mystery Scottish family portrait is among five lots to watch
10 October 2022With estimates from £1000-40,000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Classic Lucie Rie footed bowl makes £33,000
10 October 2022A summer Design and Modern sale at Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) included a small collection of ceramics by Dame Lucie Rie (1902- 95).
Focus on Chinese five-figure buys from the regions
10 October 2022Although catalogued as Kangxi period, an ovoid blue and white vase offered by Stacey’s (20% buyer’s premium) on September 20 is a Transitional piece.
Record gasoline sign escaped fate as a septic tank lid
10 October 2022Enthusiasts who feel British enamel advertising signs are becoming overpriced may spare a thought for collectors in the US.
Pick of the week: Honey seller from as early as 1620 marks a sweet success
10 October 2022Depictions of north Africa and the Middle East became commonplace in Western art as the Orientalist art movement reached its height in the 19th century.
Lucie Rie bowl stars in our pick of seven auction highlights sold this week
07 October 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Dame Lucie Rie bowl from the 1970s that made over three times estimate in Dorset.
Chinese vase sells for 3850-times estimate in French sale
05 October 2022A Chinese blue and white vase with a Qianlong mark shot past its four-figure estimate to sell for €7.7m (£6.2m) in France on October 1 – described as winning the 'EuroMillions' by the auction house.
Wallpaper well covered by an American auction
03 October 2022Bonhams conducts a sale in New York on October 6 titled Wonders in Wallpaper.
Knox clock combines Celtic tradition and Victorian innovation
03 October 2022Archibald Knox’s work for Liberty & Co often drew on the rich cultural heritage of his native Isle of Man.
Hans Coper Spade vase unearthed from lord and lady's collection
03 October 2022The sale at Lawrences of Crewkerne on October 12 includes a collection of studio ceramics formed by Lord and Lady Peyton of Yeovil.
Martin Brothers bird jars at the double in the Cotswolds
03 October 2022The Decorative Arts auction at Kinghams in Moreton-in-Marsh on October 6-8 includes four Martin Brothers stoneware bird jars by Robert Wallace Martin.
Peter Collingwood wall hanging consigned to auction by Prue Leith
03 October 2022This ‘microgauze’ woven linen and steel wall hanging by pioneering British weaver Peter Collingwood (1922- 2008) comes for sale courtesy of Prue Leith.
Pick of the week: Cabinet made of wood from Nelson’s flagship makes 13-times estimate
03 October 2022HMS Foudroyant, which served as Nelson’s flagship in the Mediterranean Squadron, had been touring English seaside resorts as an attraction when it was wrecked off Blackpool Sands on June 16, 1897.
Bidders on red alert for Chinese vase
03 October 2022Among the highlights of the latest Important Chinese Art sale at Sotheby’s New York was this rare porcelain meiping from the Yongzheng or early Qianlong period.
Classic New Sculpture archer hits £20,000 spot
03 October 2022A cast of Hamo Thornycroft’s Teucer, classic of the New Sculpture movement, sold for £20,000 (plus 21% buyer’s premium) at JS Auctions in Banbury on September 23.