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3. Rare Minton Renaissance Revival Vases By Nick Boston Downstairs At Grays

Grays Antique Market to open on Saturdays during December

06 December 2024

Perhaps you’ve been swishing through Mayfair at the weekend, laden with designer bags and planned to pop into Grays Antique Market.

Mr. Joy's Surprise

Queen Anne child’s wardrobe brings Joy at London Art Week

06 December 2024

The gravestone of Edmund Joy in Barton Turf church, Norfolk reveals that he died in 1744 and is the only clue to who may have made this unusual work

Mary Headlam watercolour

West End gallery celebrates rediscovered artist Mary Headlam

06 December 2024

Mary Headlam was professionally successful but sold little of her work during her lifetime. Abbott and Holder are highlighting her unseen oeuvre

George Best boots

When he had the world at his feet: George Best’s youth team football boots sold at auction

05 December 2024

The pair of boots, marked with a tally of goals, were given to Best when he was playing for his youth team in Belfast

Mahogany table belonging to Margaret Thatcher

Steely demand as Margaret Thatcher's desk makes 60 times estimate

05 December 2024

Sloane Street Auctions’ sale saw 39 Thatcher-related lots sell for £330,000 in total including premium

The Virgin and Child enthroned by Sandro Botticelli

Botticelli Virgin and Child bid to £8.6m at Sotheby’s

05 December 2024

A painting known as ‘the Wantage Botticelli’ which emerged from a British aristocratic collection after 120 years drew a strong bidding battle at Sotheby’s latest Old Master evening sale in London.

1818 Auctioneers

1818 Auctioneers doubles in size with second saleroom

04 December 2024

The expansion is a vote of confidence to the method of timed sales