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Fabulous fan decorated with diamonds and sapphires thought to be a Russian princess wedding gift is estimated at £30,000-50,000 at auction

03 June 2019

An extravagant fan decorated with diamonds and sapphires is to be offered in North Yorkshire saleroom Tennants.

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They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including the market for Monty Python memorabilia

02 June 2019

Find out what members of the art and antiques trade had to say this week about fairs, a Hogarth painting in Leicester and the fate of the Salvator Mundi.

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Tour de France 1974 yellow jersey worn by the legendary Eddy Merckx to be auctioned in Welsh saleroom

01 June 2019

Just before this year’s Tour de France a fresh to the market classic yellow jersey once worn in the gruelling race by the legendary cyclist Eddy Merckx comes to auction.

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Top stories this week – including news of ‘the most valuable English Golden Age clock ever to appear at auction’

01 June 2019

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a Tompion table clock made for Mary II being offered at Bonhams this summer.

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‘Six-sixes’ auction saga continues as new footage of Gary Sobers interview is broadcast

31 May 2019

Journalist and author Grahame Lloyd has said he will continue his campaign to get Christie’s to acknowledge that the ‘wrong’ six-sixes cricket ball was sold at auction after footage emerged of the batsman Sir Garfield Sobers saying that only one ball was used in the famous over.

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Chinese doucai vase, Edward Bawden print, Longines wristwatch – five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week

31 May 2019

ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week includes a Chinese doucai vase making over 150-times estimate at an auction in Newbury.

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Hogarth painting saved for the nation and can stay at its Leicester museum home

31 May 2019

A William Hogarth (1697-1764) painting that has been on loan to the New Walk Museum & Art Gallery in Leicester since 1943 has been purchased for the gallery.