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Dealers’ move to permanent space could help preserve business for their children

28 July 2017

A family-run dealership has opened a new premises in Lincolnshire.

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‘Irreplaceable’ masonic sword stolen in car theft recovered after emerging at London auction

27 July 2017

A masonic ceremonial sword which disappeared in a car theft has been recovered after emerging at a London auction house.

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First space self-portrait goes under the hammer at Bloomsbury Auctions

27 July 2017

Among the lots at Bloomsbury Auctions’ upcoming sale, The Glory of Science, is ‘the first space selfie’.

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US antiques dealers plead guilty to selling modern elephant ivory objects

27 July 2017

Two New York antiques dealers, owners of an upmarket Manhattan antiques shop, yesterday pleaded guilty to selling modern ivory objects and uncarved elephant tusks worth more than $4.5m.

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Pop art pioneer Eduardo Paolozzi's study for London Tube station mosaic offered at Edinburgh auction

27 July 2017

When London’s Tottenham Court Road Underground station started its £400m refurb, one of the trickiest tasks was not the tracks, the signals, ticket office or any of the usual suspects. Instead, it was tackling 950 square metres of mosaics designed by one of the most celebrated of 20th century British artists.

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Beatles 1963 concert poster result shows demand for early memorabilia at auction

26 July 2017

Demand for Beatles memorabilia is always high, so for rarities in this collecting field the prices will naturally be hefty.

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S Franses wins latest court appeal over right to stay in its central London gallery

26 July 2017

St James’s textile specialist S Franses has won an appeal in court for the right to stay in its gallery in central London.