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Beswick Belted Galloway

Cows can fly: Beswick lot bid to a bullish 30 times estimate in Glasgow

12 July 2024

Arthur Gredington, who was appointed chief modeller at the Beswick factory in 1939, found inspiration across the animal kingdom from cats and kittens to butterflies and leaping fish.

2652 NEDI NIB Queen Victoria Sketch

Teenage Princess Victoria’s sketches fetch £3200

11 July 2024

Four drawings by the future monarch found their way into an album perhaps assembled by her portrait artist's daughter-in-law

Auctioneer Aubrey Dawson

Aubrey Dawson launches new auction business

11 July 2024

Auctioneer and valuer Aubrey Dawson and jewellery expert Rachel Hutchinson, both previously of Dawsons in Maidenhead, have formed a new auction house called Aubreys.

Virgin and Child painting

Old Master hidden away for a century emerges at Newcastle auction

11 July 2024

An Old Master recently reattributed to the Renaissance painter The Master of Marradi (fl.c.1475-c.1500) has emerged for sale at Newcastle auction house Anderson & Garland.

Frieze Art Fair

Frieze plans creative changes for London events

10 July 2024

Frieze is unveiling a new design approach for its annual London contemporary art fair while it has announced a new curatorial direction for 'Frieze Masters'.

The Battle of Loos painting

Artillery museum shells out at auction to secure First World War battle scene

10 July 2024

The Royal Artillery Museum has emerged as the winning bidder for a rare eyewitness view of a First World War battle sold at a recent auction in Farnham.

Irita Marriott

Car boot Bowie bonanza comes to Derbyshire sale

10 July 2024

Photos of David Bowie by Masayoshi Sukita found at a car boot sale in the 1990s are now a potential star turn at Irita Marriott Auctioneers