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British Museum

British Museum launches Egyptian antiquities database to track looted artefacts

04 May 2018

A database of Egyptian and Nubian antiquities has been launched by the British Museum after it was awarded a government grant of nearly £1m.

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Selling like hotcakes: Bidders at Las Vegas auction will have a shot at slices from five different royal wedding cakes this summer

04 May 2018

Five pieces of royal wedding cake are set to go under the hammer in Las Vegas this summer.

Hobby Lobby

Thousands of artefacts smuggled into the US returned to Iraq

04 May 2018

Nearly 4000 artefacts smuggled into the US for shipment to the arts-and-crafts retailer Hobby Lobby were returned to Iraq this week.

LOPF

Hospital art collection wins £8000 to transform ward with works from the London Original Print Fair

03 May 2018

Imperial Health Charity was awarded £8000 to add to its collection at the London Original Print Fair last night.

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Movers and shakers: appointments in the auction house world

03 May 2018

A look at the latest moves in the trade.

Grand Auctions card

‘Jack the Ripper’ card makes £22,000 at Folkestone auction

03 May 2018

A card signed ‘I am Jack the Ripper’ that had been in police files until the case into the Victorian killer was eventually closed sold for £22,000 at Grand Auctions of Folkestone, Kent earlier this week.

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Work of celebrated local sculptor Lynn Chadwick to star in Gloucestershire auction

02 May 2018

A Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003) bronze from a local collection is among the lots expected to lead Gloucestershire auction.