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Florentine panel could be work of di Cione family

31 March 2025

Decisively claiming top-lot status in the January 12 sale at Clarke Auction Gallery (28% buyer’s premium) was a Florentine School gold ground and tempera panel that hammered for $230,000 (£177,380).

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Cartier featured in The Illustrated London News advert hits the headlines

31 March 2025

A Cartier Egyptian revival jewel, previously known only from an advert that appeared in The Illustrated London News in the 1920s, sold for £55,000 at Woolley & Wallis (26% buyer’s premium).

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The minute chance of mining a pink diamond

31 March 2025

A Cartier necklace with a rare pink diamond was offered by Tennants (22% buyer’s premium) of North Yorkshire on March 15. It sold towards top hopes at £190,000.

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Man’s best friend is best seller as canine art stars in US saleroom

31 March 2025

The February 14 sale at Freeman’s Hindman (27% buyer’s premium) was dubbed Interiors featuring a Collection of Canine Art.

On the Beach by John Lavery

Lavery beach scene creates waves at Surrey auction

28 March 2025

Among a number of works by John Lavery (1856-1941) to emerge on the secondary market recently, a rapidly executed view of the Venice Lido was among those that bought strong competition when it appeared for sale in Farnham, Surrey.

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Duncan Grant’s diary sells for 14 times estimate at Gorringe's

27 March 2025

The rediscovered diary of Bloomsbury artist Duncan Grant (1885-1978) drew strong interest this week after emerging at an auction at Gorringe's in Lewes, East Sussex.

German stackfreed pocket watch

‘Complete and original’: 16th century pocket watch makes 14 times estimate in Cheshire

26 March 2025

The latest jewellery and watches sale at Wilson55 in Nantwich included a rare pocket watch from the 1580s.

Joseph Cartwright watercolour

Cartwright’s Corfu scene brings demand in Scottish auction

25 March 2025

Among the works on paper attracting interest at the early spring auctions was a 19th century study that emerged at a sale in Dumfries.

2687NEDI NIB LSK Led Zep

Led Zeppelin IV album becomes a five figure hit thanks to signatures of all four band members

25 March 2025

For many fans, the untitled fourth album known simply as 'Led Zeppelin IV' is the band at their very peak. Released in 1971, it includes classic tracks such as 'Stairway to Heaven', 'When the Levee Breaks' and 'Black Dog'.

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Auction house Gorringe’s back under family control

24 March 2025

Sussex and Kent auction house Gorringe’s begins a fresh chapter next month under full family ownership and new management.

Georgian silver coffee pot

Coffee pot plundered from burning White House makes five times estimate in Tetbury

24 March 2025

A Georgian silver coffee pot that once formed part of the silver at the White House has emerged for sale in Gloucestershire.

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Gloves ‘given by Charles II’

24 March 2025

The timed online sale of Books & Manuscripts at Bonhams Knightsbridge that closed on March 20 included a pair of 17th century embroidered gauntlet gloves that reference one of the most famous - and most romanticised - moments of the civil war.

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Latest Constable sketch to make its mark in the regions bursts through estimate

24 March 2025

A previously unrecorded John Constable (1776-1837) sketch attracted strong bidding at North Yorkshire saleroom Tennants.

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Early Klimt African prince portrait stars in Maastricht

24 March 2025

A hit at TEFAF was a rediscovered portrait that Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) painted in 1897 of Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona, from the Ga people of west Africa.

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News in brief including a rediscovered Emil Nolde picture selling in Shropshire

24 March 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a watercolour by Emil Nolde (1867-1956) bringing interest at Halls

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JPR Williams shirt from rugby classic on offer

24 March 2025

A memento from one of the most famous rugby union matches of all time - the Barbarians v New Zealand in 1973 - will go under the hammer at Rogers Jones on April 10.

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Football programme recalls friendly match called off amid febrile atmosphere

24 March 2025

Underlining once again the desirability of football match programmes for games that were actually postponed or cancelled, an Arsenal example offered on March 3 hammered at £7500 via thesaleroom.com.

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Original carrying case contains early Barbie and her little sister

24 March 2025

A c.1960 Barbie doll and related items by Mattel is estimated at £300-500 in the Specialist Collectable Toys Auction on April 10 at Sheffield Auction Gallery.

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Classic Sengantini mountain view climbs to €150,000 hammer price

24 March 2025

A landscape by Gottardo Guido Segantini (1882-1974) was the highly fought-after favourite at Döbritz (26% buyer’s premium) in Frankfurt on February 22.

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Previews: issue 2686

24 March 2025

Our selection of lots from seven upcoming auctions

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