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Maurice Gibb Bee Gees guitars to test how deep is your pocket when bidding at auction

28 August 2018

The guitar that set the Bee Gees on the road to Saturday Night Fever and international disco stardom is to be offered at a Wiltshire sale.

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Private collections offer classic British art pottery at North Yorkshire saleroom Tennants

28 August 2018

Two extensive private collections of pottery coming up at a North Yorkshire auction will offer the chance to buy items produced by classic British manufacturers with designs by some of the best-known names in that field.

1538 First Dollar of the Americas

Rare example of the ‘first dollar of the New World’ sells at Heritage’s coin auction

27 August 2018

The silver eight-Reales coins struck in Mexico City in the 1530s are sometimes referred to as the ‘first dollar of the New World’.

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They said what?! The week (August 20-26, 2018) in quotes from the art and antiques market

26 August 2018

Members of the trade look ahead to life post-Brexit, struggled against Trump's Chinese tariffs and considered the appeal of a painted horse this week. Read what they said in our quotes roundup.

Portrait of Edmond de Belamy

“Not the product of a human mind”: Christie’s to test market for portrait created solely by Artificial Intelligence

25 August 2018

An unfinished copy of 19th century portrait? A defaced painting of a churchman? A piece of contemporary art? This painting could be all three.

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Rare Beano annual – without Dennis the Menace – offered at auction in Norfolk

24 August 2018

A Beano annual, made before the famous character Dennis the Menace was introduced, is to be auctioned in Norfolk next week.

Cinématographe Lumière poster by Henri Brispot

“The ultimate collector's poster” – 5 lots from Sotheby’s dedicated sale including the design for the first ever public film screening

24 August 2018

Sotheby’s latest online sale of film posters includes plenty of designs for 20th century cinema classics – but also a remarkable 19th century example.