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Piaget winning at Polo

10 March 2025

Piaget launched its Polo wristwatch model in 1979.

La Belle Mere by John Lavery

Lavery portrait of his wife and daughter makes six-figure sum in Essex

04 March 2025

An intimate work by Irish artist Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) has sold for £360,000 at Sworders.

Sèvres vases

Stand out pieces of Sèvres spotted at New York auction

04 March 2025

An exceptional pair of Louis Philippe period Sèvres hard paste porcelain vases has been unearthed in upstate New York.

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BADA Friends fund purchase for Tudor-Jacobean mansion

04 March 2025

BADA Friends has supported the purchase of a footstool for Temple Newsam in Leeds.

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Pocket watches with historical back-stories bring demand in Exeter auction

03 March 2025

The latest silver and jewellery sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (26/25% buyer’s premium) in Exeter included two Georgian 18ct gold pocket watches from two generations of the Drummond family.

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Former Christie’s auctioneer Morley-Fletcher’s collection consigned to south London saleroom

03 March 2025

A collection of works owned by the late BBC Antiques Roadshow expert and former director at Christie’s, Hugo Morley- Fletcher (1940-2022), has been consigned to Roseberys.

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British Library reunites pages of Elgar musical sketchbook via Christie’s deal

03 March 2025

A draft of a composition by Edward Elgar has been acquired by the British Library in a deal organised through Christie’s.

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Grimmer vendor glad to hear confirmation

03 March 2025

A Flemish Old Master lost to scholars for almost a century has emerged from a private source at Woolley & Wallis.

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Rare Victorian mineral water bottle makes a refreshing result

03 March 2025

A rare English mineral water bottle sold for £19,000 (plus 20% buyer’s premium) at Griff in’s Auctioneers in Warwick on February 25.

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Tom Roberts on track in Twickenham

03 March 2025

Born in London, artist Tom Roberts (1856-1931) became famous on the other side of the world painting the people and landscape of Australia.

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News in brief including Castle Howard's Fabergé animals for sale

03 March 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a collection of 30 Fabergé animals from Castle Howard being offered by Sotheby's

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Five questions with sculpture dealer Georges Van Cauwenbergh

03 March 2025

Georges Van Cauwenbergh is the director of Artimo Fine Arts Gallery, in the renowned Sablon antiques district of Brussels.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2683

03 March 2025

On Friday, February 28, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2862.30 / €2754.40 / £2271.67

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Twentieth century masters make waves at Frieze LA

03 March 2025

Modern names were among the major sellers at the recent staging of Frieze Los Angeles.

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Surrealist artist offers reward to find his missing works

03 March 2025

Henry Orlik (b.1947) is a celebrated Surrealist who is enjoying a career revival, but the cheering comeback has been tarnished by a raft of missing work.

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Barry Humphries – an entertainer and collector who could have been an artist in his own right

03 March 2025

Works painted by the man behind famous comic characters are sold at auction alongside those he acquired

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Plates once rated as rarities on Antiques Roadshow demonstrate that delftware ‘still has a following’

03 March 2025

Two English Delftware plates, described on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow a decade ago as “as rare as you can get”, went under the hammer at Woolley & Wallis (26% buyer’s premium) on February 5.

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Use of silver fuels powder flask desirability

03 March 2025

A rarity offered on the opening day of the sale held by Mellors & Kirk (24% buyer’s premium) in Nottingham on February 11-12 was this George III silver pear shape powder flask.

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Bath Decorative ‘brings new business to the trade’

03 March 2025

The Bath Decorative Antiques Fair returns to The Pavilion venue from March 13-15.

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Bid Barometer: issue 2683

03 March 2025

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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