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Bidders run rule over first book in English to look at laws that related to women

15 September 2025

The Lawes Resolutions of Women’s Rights: or the Lawes Provision for Women, attributed to the English lawyer Thomas Edgar and printed in 1632 by John More, is recognised as the earliest book in the English language to compile laws relating to women.

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Pals team up for Art Deco dealing in Woking

15 September 2025

Visitors will be packing the aisles at Grandma’s Attic’s antiques and collectors’ fair at Woking Leisure Centre on Sunday, October 5, where among the 160 confirmed stallholders, 30-plus are selling specifically Art Deco and Nouveau plus Mid-century stock.

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Fuchs stamp of approval

15 September 2025

If this small portrait of Edward VII looks like a bit like a postage stamp, that’s no surprise. The artist was the Austrian- American painter and medallist Emil Fuchs (1866-1929). As well as painting portraits of society figures in London and New York, he was commissioned to paint both Queen Victoria and Edward VII

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Conference gets to grips with a subdued market and next generation of buyers

15 September 2025

Market regulations, appealing to the next generation of buyers and whether there are too many fairs were among the topics discussed at the latest Art Business Conference, as Laura Chesters reports

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Surreal sensations go on show

15 September 2025

A gold pendant, Tête aux Seins, by Max Ernst is one of the artist-made jewels starring at Louisa Guinness Gallery’s Surrealist Jewels 101 show.

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Silver with scandalous ladies and ducal provenances

15 September 2025

Silver flatware once owned by the so-called Ladies of Llangollen was offered in Cheffins’ (25% buyer’s premium) latest Jewellery, Silver & Watches auction in Cambridge.

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Minnie showcased for max effect

15 September 2025

Often remembered as the matriarch of an artistically gifted family, Emma Minnie Boyd (1858-1936) was an artist in her own right, exhibiting prolifically in Australia and also at the Royal Academy of Art in London.

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Bid Barometer: issue 2710

15 September 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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Rare prison records judged to be worth an £11,000 bid

15 September 2025

Calendars listing details of prisoners in a 17th century gaol prove popular in North Yorkshire saleroom

Peter Pan sculpture by George Frampton

Cast of George Frampton’s Peter Pan sculpture takes £350,000 at Dreweatts

11 September 2025

A posthumous cast of George Frampton’s (1860-1928) best-known sculpture was the subject of strenuous bidding at Dreweatts this week.

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Art conference gets back to business in Westminster

11 September 2025

Market regulations, appealing to the next generation of buyers and whether there are too many fairs were among the topics discussed at the latest Art Business Conference

Christ on the Cross attributed to Peter Paul Rubens

Crucifixion scene gains ‘Rubens’ attribution and appears at Osenat auction

10 September 2025

A previously unknown depiction of Christ on the cross believed to have been painted by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) has emerged at French auction house Osenat.

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Rediscovered Old Masters draw interest in Salisbury

10 September 2025

Two Dutch and Flemish Old Masters offered fresh to the market and with a sense of rediscovery drew notable competition at Woolley & Wallis’ latest Old Masters, British & European Paintings sale.

Tony Playing the Cello by Beryl Cook

Beryl Cook strikes a chord at sale of her old friend Tony Martin’s collection

09 September 2025

Art from the West Country featured prominently in the collection of the late antiques dealer Tony Martin.

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Back in town: Henry Aldridge & Son returns to centre

08 September 2025

Wiltshire auction house Henry Aldridge & Son is expanding and investing a seven-figure sum in its home town of Devizes.

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Rediscovered Shakespearean miniature sells for six figures

08 September 2025

A rediscovered miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, believed to depict Shakespeare’s muse Henry Wriothesley, the 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624), has sold for a six-figure sum.

Castle Grayskull playset

Collectables reach new heights as US auction achieves huge sums

08 September 2025

‘By the power of Grayskull!’ was the cry in the Masters of the Universe TV cartoon series in the 1980s. Four decades on, that power has taken toy prices to an astonishing new high.

WH Smith enamel advertising signs

WH Smith archive delivers high street nostalgia at auction

08 September 2025

A lot offering five WH Smith enamel advertising signs, c.1930, took the top price as memorabilia from one of the UK’s most enduring and recognisable retail brands came to auction.

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Freemasons sent Mercury away

08 September 2025

Following disagreements over ritual and governance, two rival Freemasonry grand lodges - the Antients and Moderns - had emerged in the 1750s.

Gainsborough Dupont sketches

British Museum buys pair of Gainsborough Dupont sketches from dealer Karen Taylor

08 September 2025

Art dealer Karen Taylor has sold two oil sketches by Gainsborough Dupont (1754-97) to the British Museum.

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