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Ruby necklace

Jewellery dealer SJ Phillips to offer collection at Sotheby’s after downsizing London home

21 September 2017

Jewellery dealer SJ Phillips is to sell a selection of its wares at a Sotheby’s auction after it downsized to new premises in Mayfair earlier this year.

Jadeite censer

Dealers unveil items on offer at ‘Fine Art Asia’ fair in Hong Kong

20 September 2017

‘Fine Art Asia’ opens for its 12th staging from September 30 to October 3 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition centre.

Maori artefacts

Maori artefacts traced back to early English missionaries come to auction in Surrey

20 September 2017

A collection of Maori artefacts with an unbroken provenance dating back to their acquisition by early English missionaries to New Zealand will be offered for sale at John Nicholson’s of Fernhurst on October 5.

Jewellery

Wine and jewellery among best performing assets in latest luxury investment index

20 September 2017

Wine, jewellery, watches and coins are the best performing luxury assets over the past year according to the latest update from a luxury investment index.

Score

Omega Auctions withdraws Eleanor Rigby score after police contacted in ownership dispute

19 September 2017

Omega Auctions withdrew the sale of an original score for the 1966 Beatles' classic Eleanor Rigby ahead of its auction earlier this month due to a family dispute over ownership.

Academy by Lamplight by Joseph Wright of Derby

Joseph Wright of Derby academy scene among leading lights at Sotheby’s Old Master auction

19 September 2017

Sotheby’s is offering a fine painting by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-97) at its Old Master evening sale in December. It comes to auction with an unbroken provenance going back well over a century and is estimated at £2.5m-3.5m.

Monet

Monet’s personal collection on show in London ahead of Christie’s Hong Kong auction

19 September 2017

Objects and artworks from the personal collection of Claude Monet (1840-1926) will be on view in London later this month ahead of an auction in Hong Kong in November.