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Lobster

Dalí’s iconic lobster telephone is export barred

23 March 2018

Arts minister Michael Ellis has placed a temporary export bar on Salvador Dalí’s Lobster Telephone (White Aphrodisiac).

Diamond

Historic blue diamond to be auctioned at Sotheby’s Geneva

22 March 2018

A historic diamond will appear on the market for the first time in history this spring, having remained in the same family for over three centuries.

Folk art

London dealer Robert Young buys viral #KarmaCycle sign with fellow folk art dealer from Brooklyn

22 March 2018

When a Brooklyn resident had her bicycle stolen her response caught the attention of a London dealer.

Tiger ying

Rare Chinese bronze ‘tiger’ vessel looted by British troops from Beijing’s Summer Palace found in Kent time capsule

22 March 2018

An exceptionally rare Western Zhou bronze, taken when the Summer Palace was sacked by British troops in 1860, has been found in a house in a Kent seaside town.

John Constable Hampstead sketch

Spectacular bidding at Roseberys as John Constable’s Hampstead sketch sells at 10-times estimate

21 March 2018

A previously unpublished sketch of the back of a Hampstead terrace by John Constable (1776-1837) drew prolonged bidding at Roseberys' latest picture sale.

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Unprecedented collection of maps of Japan offered by Daniel Crouch Rare Books in Tokyo

21 March 2018

Daniel Crouch Rare Books offers what is dubbed the largest collection of maps of Japan ever to come on the open market at this week’s Tokyo Book Fair.

Heanor Antique Centre

Derbyshire antiques centre suffers smashed window for second time in a year after car careers off road

21 March 2018

Heanor Antique Centre has called on its local council to re-think the road layout on Ilkeston Road, where it is located, after its window was smashed as a second car crashed into the shop in just over a year.