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Duke's

Auction house Duke’s fined for offering fake Alfred Wallis works

01 November 2017

Dorchester auction firm Duke’s has been ordered to pay £18,275 after advertising fake works it claimed were by Cornish artist Alfred Wallis (1855-1942).

Constable

Rediscovered Constable landscape offered at Sotheby’s Old Masters sale

01 November 2017

A recently rediscovered landscape by British painter John Constable (1776-1837) will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s next month.

Dracula (Universal, 1931). One Sheet.jpg

Film poster collectors get their teeth into Dracula and more classic early designs

01 November 2017

Have you heard of the famous actor Béla Ferenc Dezsö Blaskó? Probably not in that form, but you may know him better as Bela Lugosi. If you collect film posters, you will certainly know his most famous role.

Adrian Hailwood

Hailwood joins Woolley & Wallis as watch expert to boost firm's coverage of 'increasingly important' market

01 November 2017

Adrian Hailwood, former director at Fellows responsible for watches, has joined Woolley & Wallis as wristwatch specialist in the firm’s jewellery department.

Wilton

V&A preserves a piece of music hall history with Wilton's archives

31 October 2017

The oldest surviving music hall in the world, Wilton's, has given its complete archive to the V&A, saving the history of its eclectic performing arts at the venue for posterity.

A Dawn by CRW Nevinson

Will wartime scene herald a new dawn for Nevinson prices?

31 October 2017

Sotheby’s are hoping that an important wartime scene by CRW Nevinson (1889-1946) will set a major auction record for the artist next month.

Olympia

Extra day for Summer Olympia as fair joins forces with garden and interiors festival

31 October 2017

Dates announced for the 46th annual Art & Antiques Fair Olympia 2018 reveal it will have an extended run.