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Famille rose medallion bowls

Fine pair of famille rose medallion bowls is among five lots to watch

06 January 2025

With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this month

A fragment from HMS Bounty

Fragment from HMS Bounty found in vendor’s attic heads to auction

06 January 2025

A fragment from HMS Bounty that has been discovered in an attic is coming to auction in Derby on February 26.

Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee

Rare memoir of ‘a man of color’ makes 10 times estimate in Gloucestershire sale

06 January 2025

A scarce lifetime biography of the renowned pan-Africanist Paul Cuffee, found plenty of competition at a recent auction at Dominic Winter.

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Top stories this week including Sotheby’s u-turn over buyers’ and sellers’ fees

05 January 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of auction house Sotheby’s reversing the commission structure it introduced just seven months ago.

Titiano Aspetti sculpture

‘The quintessential connoisseur’s collection’ comes to auction

03 January 2025

Lyon & Turnbull will sell the art collection of the banker and financier Bernard Kelly (1930-2022) in London on January 15.

Derrick Warren Lancaster Bomber Photo With Autographs

Guy Gibson Dambusters collection to go under the hammer

03 January 2025

A private collection of memorabilia commemorating Dambuster Guy Gibson (1918-1944) is to be auctioned on January 7 at Gildings Auctioneers in Leicestershire.

Mason's ironstone Cornucopia

Single-owner collection of Mason’s pottery comes to Buckinghamshire auction

02 January 2025

Bourne End Auction Rooms is set to offer for sale 111 lots from the Velma Young collection on January 7.

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List of major fair dates for 2025

02 January 2025

As 2025 gets underway, most of the world's largest art and antiques fairs have already announced their dates for this year.

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British artist Shannon's Lady in a Black Hat revealed to be a model who also inspired Augustus John

02 January 2025

British artist Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863-1937) is closely associated with the Bloomsbury Group, the famous collective of writers, intellectuals and artists in early 20th-century London.