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The web shop window: an early 20th century desk fan

13 March 2023

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

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Horsup in shot for Tatler

13 March 2023

Jewellery and vintage accessories dealer Gillian Horsup is in demand – not just for her sparkling gems and handbags, but for her modelling credentials.

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Gouaches given a seal of approval

13 March 2023

A pair of unusual works on paper by the Anglo-American painter George Henry Boughton (1833-1905) struck a chord with bidders at a sale in Somerset.

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On a treasure hunt: new London event name revealed

13 March 2023

The new fair planned by two of the original founders of Masterpiece has a new name: The Treasure House Fair.

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Bid Barometer: issue 2584

13 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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News in Brief including the launch of a major Martin Brothers show

13 March 2023

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an exhibition in the Cotswolds to mark 150 years since the inauguration of the Martin Brothers pottery

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Great and the good connected in a collar

13 March 2023

This Victorian 18ct gold, enamel and gemset collar tells a fascinating story of a well-known aristocratic family.

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Best of West and East covered by one carpet

13 March 2023

When Ziegler and Company of Manchester established a carpet factory in Sultanabad in 1883, it did so with a clear idea of its customer base.

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Dan Dare frustrates the Mekon in full colour art

13 March 2023

Full-page artworks featuring Dan Dare and the unmistakable green features of the villainous Mekon were among the most successful lots in a Comic Book Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) timed online sale of February 26.

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Organisers promise a wow factor

13 March 2023

Thirty dealers will be spreading out on the ground floor and in the grounds of Enys House, Penryn, near Falmouth in west Cornwall at the first of this year’s antiques and decorative fairs on Saturday and Sunday, April 1-2.

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Whimsical tale of VCA’s missing Precious Puppy

13 March 2023

Here is a heart-warming story for all admirers of retro canine-themed jewels. Yes. The lost puppy has been found.

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Dealers news in brief including a show focusing on an East Anglian artist in Aldeburgh

13 March 2023

A roundup of news and events from across the trade

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Rubens sketch last auctioned in 1867 is highlight of Christie's drawings sale

13 March 2023

Christie’s holds its annual dedicated drawings sale in Paris on March 22, the same day that the Salon du Dessin opens.

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It must be love for a buyer who bid £2900 on a Troika plaque

13 March 2023

The first of the Troika ‘Love’ plaques was made by Benny Sirota as a present for his mother.

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Maritime tale gains from Mark Twain inscription

13 March 2023

A 1908, presentation first of one of WW Jacobs’ maritime tales, 'Salthaven', was the top lot in a sale held by Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium).

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The might of the round table at Fellows

13 March 2023

Topping Fellows’ sale of Antiques, Fine Art & Collectables, a timed online event closing on March 3, was this impressive 19th century Italian giltwood and micromosaic centre table.

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Long life down to good cooking?

13 March 2023

Manuscript including recipes sold for £15,000 was written by a lady who died ‘aged around 100’

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5 Questions with Kate Mitas

13 March 2023

Kate Mitas specialises in 19th and 20th century American social history, with an emphasis on women’s history. She is one of the exhibitors at The Ephemera Society of America fair in March (18-19) and the New York Antiquarian Book Fair (April 27-30).

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Drawings fairs March on in Paris

13 March 2023

The Salon du Dessin and its Contemporary art younger sibling are now back to normal in the spring slot

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Tajan to offer mixed selection of works on paper

13 March 2023

Works on paper are included in two picture sales running on consecutive days at Tajan in March.

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