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Longcase and bracket clock among delights sold in Skipton

20 March 2026

A longcase clock from the English Golden Age sold for £90,000 at Hutchinson Scott (25% buyer’s premium) in Skipton, North Yorkshire.

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Previews: issue 2736

20 March 2026

Our selection of lots from 12 upcoming auctions

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How complicated can it be – making the perfect watch

20 March 2026

If the period from the 19th to early 20th century was the ‘golden age’ for carriage clocks, it was equally a superb age for pocket watches

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Breguet and Cartier watches fly above estimates at Dawsons

20 March 2026

While London throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries produced much fine watchmaking, Paris could also lay claim to some of the limelight.

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Dunhill silver pocket compendium is so much more than just a lighter

20 March 2026

Bourne End Auctions (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Buckinghamshire included a highly desirable Dunhill accessory on March 4.

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Morse made it as a professional artist not just co-creator of code

20 March 2026

Samuel FB Morse (1791-1872) is today best known for his contributions to the creation of the single-wire telegraph system and the co-creator of the Morse code.

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Chinese clock market marvel created by Grantham

20 March 2026

Very little is known about the late-18th century London maker John Grantham other than that he made many watches for the Chinese market, one of which came up for sale at Cortrie (21% buyer’s premium) in Hamburg.

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Reuters reveals identity of elusive street artist Banksy

20 March 2026

For more than 25 years, some people in the art world have been pondering one question: who is Banksy?

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Sketchbooks of worldwide interest created by Alexander the great traveller

20 March 2026

Papers outline the journeys extraordinary for even a Victorian military man and explorer

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British trophies win big in the US

20 March 2026

High quality sporting cups for Cowes Week yachting and Indian horse racing sell to American bidders

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Lantern clock and case reconnected after a remarkable reunion

20 March 2026

A private collection of 17th century lantern and longcase clocks recently came for sale at Dawsons (27.5% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead.

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ATG letter: Rostrum doesn’t rise to the occasion

20 March 2026

Alex Capon’s article on Christie’s new auction rostrum is most intriguing, though I confess the accompanying photograph fills this reader with a certain melancholy (ATG No 2735).

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Buffalo Bill postcard backs up poster sale at Las Vegas auction

20 March 2026

A hitherto unknown c.1902 lithographic poster for Buffalo Bill’s famed Wild West show hammered for $40,000 (£29,510) at Morphy Auctions (23% buyer’s premium) in Las Vegas.

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Descheemaeker the dealmaker

20 March 2026

Whether it’s at a hotel, a restaurant or even in a car, he secures sales without an actual fair presence

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We are taking a break from TEFAF Maastricht for a year but will be back

20 March 2026

Galerie Bel Etage of Vienna took a year off exhibiting at TEFAF Maastricht, opting to put out a catalogue, Masterpieces 2026.

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Advertising board and epergne with British links shoot to high sums at a US auction

20 March 2026

Witherell (25/26% buyer’s premium) in Sacramento, California, posted healthy results for two markedly different lots of British origin: a scarce sporting cartridge advertising display and a silver epergne.

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Write up your street in Edwardian days

20 March 2026

Edwardian silver and enamel desk sets are rarely as extensive as this one sold by Franklin Browns (18% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh.

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First Period lantern clock and George Graham longcase emerge in regional sales

20 March 2026

Discovered as a ‘box of bits’ in the late 1960s when clearing the attic of a London residence, a ‘First Period’ lantern clock was placed in storage until being put back together in the 1980s.

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News in brief including two six-figure sum diamonds snapped up at UK auctions

20 March 2026

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including two six-figure sum diamonds selling at two regional auction houses in London and Dorset.

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Pieces emerge from famous Sèvres service make 20 times estimate

20 March 2026

Elements of a well-documented Empire period Sèvres dinner and dessert service surfaced at Kinghams (26% buyer’s premium) in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, on March 4.

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