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Flute

Flute carved from policeman’s truncheon attracts buyers in Leyburn

06 September 2017

A flute made from a wooden police truncheon surpassed expectations at Tennants Auctioneers last week.

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Former Met art crime boss pleas for art and antiques unit to re-form

06 September 2017

Richard Ellis, a former Metropolitan Police officer, used the platform of The Art Business Conference to call for the restatement of the art and antiques crime unit today.

Purple irises

Three centuries of English works on paper to draw bidders at Freeman’s latest auction

06 September 2017

A sale packed with English works on paper spanning the early 19th to early 21st centuries takes place at Freeman’s in Philadelphia on September 18.

S Franses

Tapestry gallery S Franses appeals to Supreme Court to stay in London home

05 September 2017

Antique textile and tapestry specialist S Franses is taking its fight to stay in its St James’s gallery to the UK Supreme Court.

Bacon

Christie’s brings home the Bacon with auction of rediscovered painting

05 September 2017

A rediscovered Francis Bacon is to be offered at Christie’s next month with a £7m-10m estimate.

Aerial map

Rare pre-fire map of Chicago heads to local auction complete with view of red light district

05 September 2017

One of only four known copies a 19th century map of Chicago goes under the hammer at a local auction house next week.

Kangeroos

Novelty silver kangaroos help Fairfax auction jump to $1.74m at Leonard Joel

04 September 2017

Antiques owned by the late businessman James Fairfax caught the eye of buyers with a set of four Victorian novelty kangaroo salts among the highlights at the auction in Sydney.