Greek, Roman, Egyptian & Other Antiquities

Coinex returns to Grosvenor Square this month with 50 exhibitors and a raft of auctions.

Bidders from as far afield as Saudi Arabia vied for an ancient Egyptian bronze of the deity Osiris at Kunst & Kuriosa (21% buyer’s premium) in Heidelberg.

A small collection of Egyptian antiquities comes for sale at Catherine Southon in Chislehurst, south-east London, on September 9.

Renowned coin expert and long-standing contributor to Antiques Trade Gazette, Richard Falkiner, has died at the age of 90.

A recent sale of ancient art at Apollo Art Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) included a series of Roman polychrome mosaic panels that came for sale from a private London collection.

Serendipity had it that two of the so-called Wilton Marbles, formerly in the celebrated collection of the Earls of Pembroke at Wilton House in Salisbury, appeared for sale within a week.

Madeleine Perridge may be the recent founder of a self-titled ancient art firm, but she is not the new kid on the block.

The modest reserve of €2500 for the 13in (34cm) Roman marble torso of a seated man from the 1st or 2nd century left the bidders at Dr Eder (25% buyer’s premium) in Cologne with plenty of upward scope.

It is with great sadness that the many friends and colleagues of Dr Ittai Gradel heard of his death from cancer on April 28 aged just 61.

My first encounter with Ittai was a phone call about an item I had for sale.