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The Ancient Topography of London

Royal tearaway's tale revealed by auction link to London's past and ‘Antiquity Smith’

18 August 2017

John Thomas Smith, reportedly born in a hackney carriage on a June evening in 1766, was an artist, writer and a Londoner.

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Mysterious Iron Age find unearthed in the Peak District offered at Hansons

18 August 2017

A mysterious 2000-year-old relic found in the Derbyshire Peak District by a local metal detectorist goes under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers next week.

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Royal children’s clothes and dolls go under the hammer in East Sussex

17 August 2017

Fascination with the royal family has been fuelled even further recently by the release of Netflix series The Crown which takes an intimate look at the public and private life of Queen Elizabeth II.

Preston Benson

Kensington’s Cromwell Place gallery hub hires managing director to lead project

17 August 2017

The proposed Kensington gallery hub of Cromwell Place has hired a managing director to lead the project and attract tenants.

Singer Sargent

Funding plea from Kent medieval manor to buy a John Singer Sargent painting

17 August 2017

Medieval manor Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks in Kent, has launched a fundraising appeal to buy a John Singer Sargent painting from Sotheby’s in New York.

Bridal chest

Channel Islands painted bridal chest heads to auction at Bonhams

16 August 2017

A George II polychrome-painted bridal chest leads Bonhams Oak Interior sale on September 20 with an estimate of £30,000-40,000.

Yongzheng mark and period dish

Chinese dish once valued at Antiques Roadshow heads to auction in Derbyshire

16 August 2017

Hansons Auctioneers in Etwall, Derbyshire will offer a Yongzheng (1723-35) mark and period dish as part of its Fine Arts and Asian auction on September 29.