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Puppy called Fairy was small stuff but a big result nevertheless

27 March 2023

Many animals stuffed by taxidermists stand out as fiercesome beasts that could easily have turned on the hunters themselves.

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Tapes set Rod Stewart on road to stardom

27 March 2023

Shown here is the original 15ips (inches per second) tape of, by repute, Rod Stewart’s first recording on June 18, 1964, together with a second copy.

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No Dickens available but a cricket tour at least

27 March 2023

“A very rare and early item of cricketing history” is how Knights Sporting Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) describes the large silk handkerchief shown here.

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Dealers news in brief including the retirement of Welsh dealer Martin Tinney

27 March 2023

A roundup of news and events from across the trade.

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Silver meant first place in the first revived Olympics

27 March 2023

Gold has become the standard to aspire to at the Olympics but for the first version of the modern summer Games it was silver.

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Fond memories of the Peterborough festival

27 March 2023

Dealers look back at the huge Peterborough event now holding its last showground venue staging

Jane Austen print

Jane Austen letter goes to her former house in deal brokered by Cheffins

23 March 2023

Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire has acquired a rare early example of a handwritten letter by the novelist after its sale was negotiated by Cambridge auction house Cheffins.

Coins

Roma owner arrested in coin false provenance probe

20 March 2023

Richard Beale, the owner and managing director of London coin auction house Roma Numismatics, has been arrested in New York in connection with the sale of a record-breaking classical coin.

Sophie Wood

New fair launched at NEC to fill the Birmingham void

20 March 2023

A new fair will launch at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in April next year.

Fieldings auctioneers

Co-founder of auction house Fieldings stands down after 21 ‘wonderful years’

20 March 2023

Stourbridge saleroom Fieldings Auctioneers has had a change in ownership.

George I architect’s desk

A grand design: George I architect’s desk in demand

20 March 2023

This exceptional George I walnut and feather-banded architect’s desk was hammered down at seven times its low estimate.

Pieter Brueghel the Younger picture

Brueghel discovery found behind a door comes to auction in France

20 March 2023

A version of one of Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s (c.1564- 1638) best-known compositions, 'The Tax Collector’s Office', will be offered at auction after being discovered behind a partially hidden door in a home in northern France.

Fob seal

Pick of the week: Notable name seals the deal at £10,000

20 March 2023

An original owner of considerable military renown made the difference when a c.1820 gold fob seal came up for auction in London on March 14.

Maltese bureau cabinet

Maltese cabinet makes du Boulay top price

20 March 2023

This mid-18th century Maltese walnut and marquetry bureau cabinet was the top lot of the du Boulay Collection at Duke’s.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2585

20 March 2023

On Friday, March 17, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1925.88 / €1814.63 / £1591.64

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Designer celebrated in the Soviet era

20 March 2023

This 9in (22cm) vase by the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory is signed and dated 1929 for Aleksey Vorobyevsky (1906-92)

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Previews: issue 2585

20 March 2023

Our selection of eight lots from upcoming UK auctions

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End of the world viewed by Haring

20 March 2023

Much has been made of the fact that in 1988 Keith Haring produced a series of 10 signed and dated serigraphs with texts by the veteran writer William Burroughs with the title 'Apocalypse'.

Sapphire ring

Bid Barometer: issue 2585

20 March 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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The European side of Du Boulay ceramics

20 March 2023

Anthony du Boulay (1929-2022) was well known as an expert on Chinese ceramics, although his interests were more wide ranging.

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