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5 Questions with Andy Maule

07 August 2023

Andy Maule is among the exhibitors at The Cotswolds Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair in Westonbirt School, Tetbury, (August 11-13).

Car park becomes temporary fair venue in Northampton

07 August 2023

Northampton’s Monday to Saturday market has had to resort to a temporary location in the Commercial Street car park during the £8.5m renovation of the town’s historic market square.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2604

07 August 2023

On Friday, August 4, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1933.25 / €1765.81 / £1522.25

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Omnibus driver staged brave blaze rescue

07 August 2023

A privately produced Victorian silver bravery medal proved hugely popular when offered at Noonans (24% buyer’s premium) on June 21.

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Gilbert White work’s family value

07 August 2023

Apocrypha sold at auction was his personal copy and then inscribed by descendants who later owned it

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West Yorkshire's Lotherton Hall hosts vintage event

07 August 2023

The lawns at the front of Lotherton Hall, an Edwardian country house at Aberford near Leeds in West Yorkshire, will be buzzing with the sights and sounds of a vintage weekend on Saturday and Sunday, August 12-13.

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Rugs under the spotlight in new book

07 August 2023

New York rugs dealer Jason Nazmiyal has released a new book on the art and history of rugs.

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Paris sale features plenty of post-war material by currently popular blue-chip names

07 August 2023

A recent Design sale at Sotheby’s (26/20/13.9/plus 1% overhead buyer’s premium) in Paris had stacks of post-war material by renowned names such as the Lalannes and Charlotte Perriand but the Art Deco period also featured.

Robert Kime's at home

Personal collection of dealer and decorator Robert Kime comes to Dreweatts auction

02 August 2023

Robert Kime, the collector, dealer and interior decorator who died last year, spent a lifetime building his own collection alongside his business.

Edmund Edgar miniature

Australian demand lifts Edmund Edgar miniature to five times estimate in Oxford auction

27 July 2023

Edmund Edgar (c.1804-54) worked as a house painter, engraver and lithographer in London. And life may have stayed that way had he not been apprehended by a constable in Lisson Grove, Marylebone on the morning of September 12, 1825, in possession of a bag of silver, watches, jewellery and fine linen.

Shepherd and sheep picture

Ewe beauty: naïve painting is star lot at Yorkshire auction

24 July 2023

An early 19th century naïve agricultural scene by the elusive Joseph Digby-Curtis (c.1755-1837) posted one of the highest prices for this genre of painting in the last 20 years.

Darwin notes

Darwin notes reveal evolution of a book

24 July 2023

Christie’s Books and Manuscripts sale on July 12 included a remarkable copy of 'Insectivorous Plants' by Charles Darwin (1809-82).

Beeleigh Abbey library

Library from famed Foyle books family up for sale

24 July 2023

More than 10,000 books and artworks from the library of the late Christopher Foyle are coming to auction in Cirencester.

A drawng in The Illustrated Autobiography

Pick of the week: Family collection of manuscripts and pictures tell story of an artist lost in sadness

24 July 2023

A poignant description of life as an artist studying at the Royal Academy in the mid-19th century emerged at auction and more than doubled its estimate.

Tapestry

Funds needed to buy Henry VIII tapestry to return it to UK

24 July 2023

A previously lost tapestry, commissioned by Henry VIII for Hampton Court during the turmoil of the English Reformation, is a step closer to returning to the UK for public display.

Ryedale Hoard

New Treasure Act rules take effect this month

24 July 2023

New laws introduced under the Treasure Act take effect from July 30, in a bid for more antiquities finds to be bought by museums.

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Photographica: Double visions – stereoscopes

24 July 2023

An early version of virtual reality, the Victorian craze of stereoscopes is firmly in focus this summer

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Signs sales signal a robust market

24 July 2023

Born into a Jewish Orthodox family in Brooklyn, New York, Seymour Stein (1943-2023) discovered his love of pop music early on, listening to records and memorising Billboard magazine’s charts.

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Platter taken to 11 times estimate at German auction

24 July 2023

The sale at Düsseldorfer Auktionshaus (25% buyer’s premium) on May 12 included this 22in (57cm) diameter Russian carved wood ‘bread and salt’ dish.

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Blackdog Events adds garden setting to growing schedule of fairs

24 July 2023

A charming 18th century five-acre walled garden in north Norfolk is the latest in the lengthening portfolio of fairs in interesting venues organised by Suffolk-based Blackdog Events.

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