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Rare medal from the 1904 Olympics

28 May 2013

If you want to complete a collection of Olympic participation medals, then one in particular – that made for the 1904 Games in St Louis – is going to cost you a lot of money.

Somers dons the Master’s robes

28 May 2013

Nicholas Somers has been installed as Master of the Company of Arts Scholars for 2013/14.

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Arrest made as Egyptian artefacts are pulled from Christie’s London sale

28 May 2013

A UK-based businessman has been arrested on suspicion of looting Egyptian artefacts after he consigned several items into a Christie’s antiquities sale in London.

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Amati violin hits the right note at inaugural auction

23 May 2013

The inaugural sale held by new London-based musical instrument auctioneers Ingles & Hayday generated a £2.26m total from 150 lots.

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Harry Potter tops charity auction at £150,000

22 May 2013

A first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone containing personal annotations and illustrations by author J.K. Rowling’s fetched £150,000 at a charity auction held at Sotheby’s in London last night.

Legal threat to trade in documents

21 May 2013

A demand from the National Archives for lots to be withdrawn from auction at Tennants of Leyburn could have wider implications for the trade in historical documents.

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Auction record for any football programme

20 May 2013

Almost exactly a year after Graham Budd set a record for any football programme at auction he has done it again.