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Early LS Lowry drawings emerge at Kent auction

29 March 2018

A cache of early LS Lowry (1887-1976) drawings from a deceased estate in Cheshire is estimated to sell for a combined £150,000 at Bentleys Fine Art Auctioneers in Cranbrook, Kent.

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Banned Georgian sex manual sells for 30 times estimate in Derbyshire

28 March 2018

A once-banned Georgian manual containing the ‘secrets of sex’ flew past its estimate in a Derbyshire auction yesterday.

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Sell-out sale of Saudi billionaire Walid Juffali's collection takes more than £9.5m at Bonhams

28 March 2018

The paintings, antiques, sculptures and objets d’art of the late Saudi Arabian billionaire Walid Juffali (1955-2016) sold out at Bonhams in a white-glove sale.

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Early and rare Darth Vader figure among stand out lots in US auction of Kenner Star Wars toys

28 March 2018

The sale of a well-known collection of Star Wars production figures has set new price levels at a Pennsylvania auction.

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Saleroom selection: five lots from former V&A director’s collection offered at auction

27 March 2018

Works from the collection of Dr Alan Borg, former director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, will be offered at auction tomorrow at London saleroom 25 Blythe Road with estimates ranging from £100 up to £1000.

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Charitable trust buys French rococo chairs for Chester museum collection

27 March 2018

A charitable trust has bought two pairs of 18th century French chairs from National Galleries of Scotland for a museum in Chester.

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Nazi-looted Cranach painting returned to rightful heirs to be sold at Christie’s Old Masters auction

27 March 2018

An Old Master portrait missing for nearly 80 years has been returned to the heirs of Dutch banker and art collector Fritz Gutmann. They now plan to auction the picture with an estimate of $1m-2m.