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Eugène Girardet makes his move

10 October 2022

Sotheby’s conducts The Orientalist Sale on October 25.

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Compton Verney CADA delights

10 October 2022

Showcase for Cotswolds dealers and guests takes place at arts and antiques exhibitions hub

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Look for lasting value in Harrogate

10 October 2022

Sue Ede of Cooper Events, organisers of The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair is pushing an eco-friendly message ahead of its next staging.

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Le Gray was also a painter

10 October 2022

Gustave le Gray is well known today as a pioneering French photographer but not as a painter.

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Meiji era wisteria wonder

10 October 2022

This Japanese Meiji-era cloisonné vase decorated with wisteria by Namikawa Yasuyuki will feature in a US auction.

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Brighton racecourse venue offers separate events over a single weekend

10 October 2022

One especially good reason to head for Brighton over the weekend of October 22-23 is the presence of two fairs running at the south coast city’s racecourse.

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Celestial inspiration at Chiswick Auctions

10 October 2022

This pair of Indian gem-encrusted gold and champlevé enamel arm bracelets or bazubands are expected to bring £5000-7000 at Chiswick Auctions’ Islamic Art – Property of a European Collector sale in London on October 28.

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Portrait of much portrayed Qajar monarch offered at Roseberys

10 October 2022

More images survive depicting Fath ‘Ali Shah (r.1797-1834) than of any other Qajar monarch, the result of an enormous effort to replicate images of the ruler for display throughout his realm.

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Moxon Junior shaped up to be a talented son of Joseph

10 October 2022

Illustrated here is a complete deck of James Moxon’s ‘Geometrical’ cards, each bearing figures of scientific instruments and dating from the mid-1690s.

Antiques on High goes fourth with latest centre in Taunton

10 October 2022

Vincent Pugh and his wife Lesley White have opened their fourth centre under the brand name of Antiques on High.

Obituary: David ‘John’ Lines (1940-2022)

10 October 2022

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden but peaceful passing of John Lines.

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Record gasoline sign escaped fate as a septic tank lid

10 October 2022

Enthusiasts who feel British enamel advertising signs are becoming overpriced may spare a thought for collectors in the US.

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Pick of the week: Honey seller from as early as 1620 marks a sweet success

10 October 2022

Depictions of north Africa and the Middle East became commonplace in Western art as the Orientalist art movement reached its height in the 19th century.

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News in Brief – including a portrait of black Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge

10 October 2022

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a portrait of the first black Shakespearean actor to gain international fame selling in the US.

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All cisterns go in Gloucestershire

10 October 2022

Two classic country house ‘garden’ form 17th century examples show their mettle

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Art Market: Pryse guide – artist’s estate bonanza

10 October 2022

Largest group of artist’s works to be offered was consigned to Essex auction house by daughter.

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Show underlines role that Slade played

10 October 2022

A portrait in profile of Winifred Knights (1899-1947) by her husband and fellow artist Thomas Monnington (1902-76) is among the offerings at a major double exhibition of drawing in London this month.

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ATG letter: Auction refunds – I’m confused about who is or isn’t responsible

10 October 2022

I’m writing in the hope that readers might give me a view on whether a recent experience of mine is or is not common practice among regional auction houses.

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Fine crop of agricultural works from the Glaisdale library

10 October 2022

Collection gathered in by a local farmer comes to auction in North Yorkshire

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Happy news for salerooms: not the end of Spider-Man

10 October 2022

Four auction records were set in the first 90 minutes of a recent four-day comics and comic art auction conducted by Heritage (20% buyer’s premium).

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