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Laugh longest: 18th century satirical print offered at upcoming Chester Antiques Show

28 September 2017

An Oxfordshire antiques dealer will offer a rare and unusual piece of political satire at the upcoming Chester Antiques Show (October 12-15).

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Five fancies: highlights from the Florence Biennale

27 September 2017

The Biennale Internationale Dell’ Antiquariato di Firenze (Florence Antique Dealers Biennale) is one of two long-standing historic fairs staged in September, the other being La Biennale, Paris.

Trade members join at Reindeer Antiques for Friends of the BADA Trust networking event

BADA networking event unites next generation

27 September 2017

A group of young trade members gathered on Kensington Church Street yesterday for an evening of networking.

WB Yeats desk

Desk used by WB Yeats sells at five times top estimate at Sotheby’s sale but letters to lover fail to sell

27 September 2017

The desk used by poet WB Yeats has sold for £150,000 (£187,000 inc premium) this morning, five times its top estimate of £30,000.

Flints

Inaugural auction for scientific instruments specialist Flints attracts overseas buyers

27 September 2017

Cameras, scientific and medical instruments specialist Flints Auctioneers held its first auction this month and a 19th century French telescope was among the highlights of the sale.

Colnaghi

Colnaghi hires Metropolitan Museum of Art curator to run new Manhattan gallery

27 September 2017

Old master dealership Colnaghi is to open a gallery in New York and will expand into ancient art with the hiring of a new director from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Outsider art

Huge Outsider art collection comes to auction in Newcastle

26 September 2017

One of the UK’s largest collections of Outsider art will to be offered for sale at Newcastle auctioneers, Anderson & Garland next month.