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Brown Derby Pilsner beer can

A market coming of age: Record for an American beer can broken for third time in a year

07 January 2025

An American beer can achieved a record $80,000 (£63,850) at Morean Auctions in Brimfield, Massachusetts, at the end of last year. With buyer's premium added, the price was $93,600.

Dressing painting

Laura Knight portrait of ‘favoured model’ tops estimate in Chichester

07 January 2025

Among the Modern British pictures generating bidding at the end of last year was a portrait by Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) that was lifted to an above-estimate sum thanks to a combination of commercial factors.

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.