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Top stories this week including news of the Holkham Hall attic clear-out sale

23 February 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of an auction of over 400 lots from Holkham Hall in Norfolk.

Howard Carter's suitcase

Famed archaeologist Howard Carter’s suitcase emerges at Elstob

21 February 2025

The archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 gifted his suitcase to his colleague and friend John Healey in 1939 and will now be auctioned at Elstob

Victorian butcher’s shop

Quirky contents of now-defunct Flambards theme park to be sold at Lay’s

21 February 2025

It’s not often that you find a Concorde cockpit, a Victorian pharmacy and a butcher’s shop appearing at the same sale.

The Annunciation by Johann Friedrich Overbeck

Rediscovered early Nazarene painting comes to Paris auction

21 February 2025

Paris auction house Tajan is to sell a previously lost and unpublished work by Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789-1869).

Galerie Wittmann Antiquités

Family business opens new gallery in Paris

20 February 2025

Located in the heart of the Paris Left Bank, Galerie Wittmann Antiquités will exhibit works from Antiquity to the early 20th century

William III silver beaker

Rare surviving pieces of Newcastle silver emerge at Chiswick Auctions

20 February 2025

Two rare pieces of 17th century Newcastle silver come for sale in London on February 26.

Christie's auction

Five highlights from Christie’s auction of the Barry Humphries collection

20 February 2025

“Hello Possums”. Bidders were greeted by Dame Edna Everage’s imitable phrase as Christie’s auctioneer Piers Boothman took to the rostrum to offer the extraordinary collection of the late Barry Humphries (1934-2023).