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Rare Arctic discovery in Dorset auction

30 October 2023

Only 155 Arctic Medals 1875-76 were issued, with 59 of those being to HMS Discovery.

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Moret on a rare visit outside France

30 October 2023

A textbook 1900 oil by the French Impressionist Henry Moret (1856-1913) led the field at Clars (26% buyer’s premium) in Oakland, California, on September 14.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, November 1-18, 2023

30 October 2023

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions available via thesaleroom.com

Bomberg study

Bid Barometer: issue 2616

30 October 2023

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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Bidders jump to attention for Paratrooper gear

30 October 2023

Airborne forces memorabilia is usually a winner at auction but especially when it’s an early example

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Phyllis Lucas Gallery's drawings and art come to auction in New York

30 October 2023

On November 4, Roland Auctions in New York will offer the final part of a vast gallery inventory of original prints, lithographs, etchings and paintings.

ATG letter Elizabethan goblet – a typo in the catalogue

30 October 2023

I act for the Goldsmiths’ Company of the City of London and the Goldsmiths’ Hallmark Authentication Committee. Your article ‘Elizabethan goblet good to go after further examination’ page 4, ATG No 2612, is materially misleading. That arises from a typo in the auction catalogue.

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Kime flies when you’re bidding

30 October 2023

Focus on three days of dispersing the collection of renowned interior designer and antiques dealer

Rhinocrétaire I by François-Xavier Lalanne

News in brief including an auction record for a Lalanne sculpture

30 October 2023

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a sculpture by François-Xavier Lalanne making an auction record in Paris.

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Bone model Victory and striking oil painting sail to success

30 October 2023

Originally Roman, Portchester Castle near Portsmouth was first used to house captured enemy soldiers in 1665, when England was at war with the Netherlands.

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Cape features more than 300 thank-yous for nurse Carey

30 October 2023

The front page of ATG No 2558 featured a Second World War nurse’s cape decorated with an array of cloth regimental badges that sold at Essex auction house Sworders in August last year.

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Feuchere’s Satanic majesty attracts bids at Bonhams Los Angeles auction

30 October 2023

A highlight of Bonhams’ (28/27/21% buyer’s premium) Home & Interiors sale on September 26 was this clock surmounted by a bronze cast of the Jean-Jacques Feuchere (1807-52) sculpture Mephistopheles or Satan.

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Man of letters: correspondence from famous figures

30 October 2023

A collection of correspondence penned by leading figures of the 20th century to an Oxford academic raised more than £20,000 for charity at Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) on October 10.

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Heavyweight sums for ‘paperweights’

30 October 2023

Charity donation from the collection of the man who brought Woolworths to the UK includes rare Tiffany vases.

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From Newark to the world: latest IACF event attracts global appeal

30 October 2023

International buyers were out in force among the buyers at the busy IACF two-day event

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ATG letter: The not-so-strange story of card maker Berry

30 October 2023

Regarding Christopher Crellen’s carte de visite (Letters, ATG No 2615), the following might be of interest.

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FAGS burn bright after hot competition on the golf course

30 October 2023

The Fine Art Golfing Society (FAGS) recently met the Scottish Art Dealers (SAD) at Dunbar Golf Club in their annual challenge match.

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The Polish eagle has landed in badge form

30 October 2023

Among recent paratrooper items that impressed at auction, this Polish badge with combat wreath doubled the top estimate at Bosleys to take £4000 from a UK online private buyer.

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Pylkkänen steps down at Christie’s

30 October 2023

Jussi Pylkkänen, Christie’s global president, plans to step down at the end of the year to work as an independent art adviser.

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Maritime specialist Miller waves goodbye to Fulham and moves to… Fulham

30 October 2023

It is a big move for auctioneer Charles Miller. Well, big in terms of his new premises being larger and taller. Not so big in terms of huge distance, however.

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