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History of coronation on the cards

01 May 2023

A 20-page booklet telling the story of the coronation ceremony using historical cigarette cards from past coronations has been created.

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Lotus and chrysanthemum set to blossom

01 May 2023

Roseberys’ Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art sale on May 16-17 runs to over 1000 lots and includes two private collections.

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Museum secures Ingres portrait from dealer’s sale

29 April 2023

The two-day sale of works from the French dealership Talabardon & Gautier was held at Drouot by Ader (28% buyer’s premium)

Books and works on paper calendar, April 25-May 11, 2023

24 April 2023

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

Brooches

First auction house donations arrive at the ARC

24 April 2023

The Antiques Rescue Centre (ARC) received its first donations from an auction house and has catalogued them for its records.

Rufus Bird

Mallett makes a comeback at Gurr Johns

24 April 2023

Historic dealership Mallett has been relaunched with furniture specialist Rufus Bird to lead the firm.

Intaglio ring

Pick of the week: Ring that took £90,000 could be one of lost Marlborough gems

24 April 2023

A garnet intaglio ring was bid to 450-times estimate at an auction in Birmingham after speculation that it could be one of the ‘lost’ Marlborough gems.

Dealers

Female quartet launches collective art fair

24 April 2023

A small Modern British art fair is launching in Aldeburgh this summer to coincide with the town’s historic music festival.

Ray Heath

Dealer reunited with Moorcroft vase

24 April 2023

Fifty years after buying it the first time, former dealer Ray Heath has been reunited with a beloved Moorcroft vase.

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Italian attractions in Philadelphia

24 April 2023

This typical genre scene by Italian painter Alessandro Milesi (1856-1945) was taken to a multi-estimate $37,500 (£31,000) at a US auction

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New dealer Florence Evans is among the exhibitors at the next Battersea Decorative fair

24 April 2023

A new dealer brings works by female artists to her first fair as 130 exhibitors get ready for showpiece event.

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Dealer news in brief including an exhibition at the Garden Museum in Lambeth

24 April 2023

A summary of news and events from around the trade including Liss Llewellyn's latest exhibition.

Philip de László picture

News in brief – including an export block on a portrait of British Indian Army cavalry officers

24 April 2023

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of an export block on a Philip de László picture.

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Anker sketch with Renaissance undertones

24 April 2023

Works by Albert Anker (1881-1910) are as popular with today’s Swiss collectors as they were in the late 19th century

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Rice wine pots come to Europe

24 April 2023

While probably not made specifically for export, Chinese silver rice wine pots had arrived in Europe as early as the late 17th century.

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View of the Acropolis is high point at Roseberys

24 April 2023

This oil depicting the Acropolis in Athens by Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (1844-1905) was taken to £13,000 at Roseberys (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).

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Tesson’s delicacies in line with bidders’ taste

24 April 2023

French artist Louis Tesson (1820-70) is best known for his genre paintings in the Middle East and north Africa.

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5 Questions with tribal art dealer Els Verheij of Tribal Design, Amsterdam

24 April 2023

Dr Els Verheij of Tribal Design, Amsterdam, is one of the exhibitors at the Tribal Art Fair Online, which runs from April 26-May 1.

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Millet drawing part of Alain Delon sale

24 April 2023

This charcoal drawing of a Normandy milkmaid is one of four works by Jean-François Millet (1814-75) to be included in Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr’s Paris sale of the collection of Alain Delon

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European Art: Freshness and pitch combine to create market bright spots

24 April 2023

While demand for 19th century European art remains selective, recent sales have enjoyed good bidding on the ‘right’ material with appealing estimates

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