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Previews: issue 2671

02 December 2024

Our selection of lots from 20 upcoming auctions

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News in brief including a series of Schiller auctions on the way

02 December 2024

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a series of Schiller auctions offered by Freeman's Hindman

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Ronner-Knip feline work is catnip to eager collectors

02 December 2024

Pictures by the Dutch artist Henriette Ronner-Knip (1821- 1909) are pretty abundant on the market but the considerable popularity of her characterful feline studies means they are invariably a valuable proposition.

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Animal attractions pointed out from Bristol station

02 December 2024

This enamel sign - possibly an early AA tourist sign - is thought to have been displayed at Bristol Temple Meads railway station to direct arriving passengers to The Clifton Zoo.

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Market test for Test the Best

02 December 2024

Cadbury's advertising sign on offer in Staffs saleroom

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Meats with approval: ever-popular Palethorpes sign at auction

02 December 2024

Many collectors own examples of Palethorpes signs for sausages and pork pies.

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Cappuccino cheaper than Canaletto

02 December 2024

What am I bid for this cuppa and slice of cake?

Apples by Cedric Morris

Cedric Morris’ apple painting finds plenty of appeal

29 November 2024

While flower paintings by the artist-plantsman Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889-1982) are now a familiar sight at auction and invariably a valuable proposition, his depictions of fruit and vegetables are equally interesting and vivid.

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John Lennon’s black velvet 'Imagine' jacket to be offered at Adam Partridge

28 November 2024

Adam Partridge is selling one of the most stand-out pieces of pop culture fashion to come to market: John Lennon’s black velvet jacket he often wore (and was seen in the ‘Imagine’ film).

Powell Duffryn Mural by Hans Coper

Unlocated Hans Coper mural rediscovered in German auction

27 November 2024

Since 1985, when it was auctioned by Christie’s in London, the exact whereabouts of a major work by the German-born British ceramic artist Hans Coper (1920-81) has been unknown.

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'Unlikely to ever be equalled': Justin Schiller's remarkable collection of Mao's Little Red Books offered for £1m at Firsts Hong Kong

27 November 2024

From the world’s largest collection of the Little Red Book to the first atlas of China made in Europe, London's book dealers are bringing rare pieces of history to Hong Kong

Design for the Abu Dhabi Mastaba by Christo

Christo design for ‘the world’s largest contemporary sculpture’ sells at Chiswick Auctions

26 November 2024

An original drawing for the project that Christo (1935-2020) intended as his only permanent, large-scale public artwork emerged at a recent Chiswick Auctions sale.

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Channel Islands table makes 22 times estimate

25 November 2024

This handsome Georgian mahogany silver or china table soared above expectations at an auction in the Channel Islands.

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Bidder catches silver fox at £100,000 hammer

25 November 2024

A spectacular Victorian silver fox modelled by taxidermist James Rowland Ward sold for £100,000 at Tennants on November 16.

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A lawyer writes: War trophy taken by a British soldier created a restitution conundrum

25 November 2024

A fight for restitution of an artwork, as ATG readers will be well aware, frequently involves descendants/grandchildren of a family originating in Austria or Germany, claiming title to a valuable artwork.

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Dealer can sneak around Hogwarts

25 November 2024

The Marauder’s Map from the Harry Potter film series hammered down at over nine times estimate at Propstore on November 14, selling at £190,000 to a leading dealer.

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Country house was furnished thanks to three fortunes made

25 November 2024

The residual contents of Yorkshire country house Copgrove Hall were sold by Duggleby Stephenson (25% buyer’s premium) in York.

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Precious metals: issue 2670

25 November 2024

On Friday, November 22, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2704.22 / €2597.14 /£2163.38

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Previews: issue 2670

25 November 2024

Our selection of lots from 10 upcoming auctions

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Words and pictures bring the Great War experience alive

25 November 2024

An eight-page account of the famous football match played on Christmas Day in the First World War during an unofficial truce was a highlight of a remarkable album compiled by Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse Maude Alice Lineham (1883-1967).

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