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Bellmer’s descending nude hammered down at £95,000

12 August 2024

German artist Hans Bellmer (1902-75) explored themes of desire, sexuality and the subconscious mind through his surrealistic sculptures, drawings and photographs.

Rose & Brown on the rise in North Yorkshire

12 August 2024

Caroline Brown of Rose & Brown Vintage Fairs is launching a vintage event in North Yorkshire.

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Ichthyosaur surfaces out of Devon rock for an auction debut

12 August 2024

A finely preserved and virtually complete Ichthyosaur dug up on the famous ‘Jurassic Coast’ is being offered for the first time at auction this autumn.

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Du Paquier porcelain packs in plenty of interest for bidders

12 August 2024

Examples of products by Viennese factory founded 10 years after Meissen prove popular purchases

Obituary: Portobello Road antiques dealer John Odgers

12 August 2024

John Odgers passed away peacefully on July 13 aged 82.

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Dealer sells Florence Claxton’s powerful feminist masterpiece to Manchester gallery

12 August 2024

Martin Beisly Fine Art has sold a major work by a female Victorian artist to Manchester Art Gallery.

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More than 400 dealers ready to go

12 August 2024

The next edition of the antiques vintage fair run by Love Fairs at the Kent Showground is on Saturday and Sunday, August 31 to September 1.

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Newcastle fair under starter’s orders

12 August 2024

Event launched in the north-east becomes latest to be staged at an ever-popular racecourse venue

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ATG letter: Vase signature leaves experts bamboozled

12 August 2024

I have had this vase on my shelf for over 30 years and in that time various requests to auctioneers have failed to identify the signature.

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Scottish institutional tussle is collectors’ gain as 100 works now come to auction

12 August 2024

A selection of 100 paintings from the collection of the Paisley Art Institute in Scotland has been consigned to Lyon & Turnbull for auction.

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Five questions with costume and luggage dealer Leslie Verrinder

12 August 2024

Leslie Verrinder started with an accessories stall in Camden but is now a happy fixture in Alfies Antique Market on Church Street, north-west London.

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Bid Barometer: issue 2655

12 August 2024

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

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Auction reveals depth of a Dodo obsession

12 August 2024

Last week we reported the sale of a taxidermy display including the extinct Huia bird of New Zealand (at Kinghams). On September 24, it is the turn of another long-gone species to be brought to life in auction terms, at least.

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Michael Jackson’s artwork pulled from Las Vegas sale at last minute

12 August 2024

A US auction house that was forced to halt the sale of a collection of drawings by King of Pop Michael Jackson (1958- 2009) at the last minute has said it fully intends to sell the works at a later date.

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The Hobbit stands tall for new auction high

12 August 2024

Spotlight on copy sold in superb Strutz collection – plus a look at other recent results for the Tolkien classic

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Shapero says location is key as a fresh flagship store is unveiled

12 August 2024

Shapero Rare Books has recently staged an audacious move from its previous Bond Street bookshop to a newly developed, dazzling landmark building.

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John Lennon glasses - bought via phone bid, not telepathy

12 August 2024

A pair of blue-tinted glasses gifted by John Lennon to an Abbey Road Studios visitor sold to illusionist and magician Uri Geller for £40,000 (plus 23% buyer’s premium) via Catherine Southon’s auction on July 31.

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Drawing result is a surprise even for Klimt in Austria

12 August 2024

Works on paper by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) are regularly strong sellers at Austrian auctions, but even so, the result for one of his coloured pencil drawings at a Dorotheum (30/25% buyer’s premium) sale in Vienna was quite a surprise.

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Find bargains and a beer at So Last Century's new market in Gipsy Hill

12 August 2024

Alan Old of So Last Century has started a new antiques market at the Gipsy Hill Brewery’s Taproom, near Crystal Palace in south London.

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Pink Frankenstein shines in Strutz sale part one

12 August 2024

William Strutz’s library built within his home in Bismarck, North Dakota, consisted of some 15,000 books, which the attorney began assembling while in college in the late 1950s

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