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India flag first to fly in the UK emerges at auction

15 September 2025

The national flag of India on offer at west London saleroom Lots Road in a Two Day Fine Interiors Auction was by the appearance alone seemingly nothing special.

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Burges jade bowl revealed as Bedford museum purchase from Scottish auction

15 September 2025

The long journey through private collections, auctions and dealerships taken by a William Burges (1827-81) jade bowl has ended at a museum and art gallery in Bedford, it has emerged.

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French royal château launches campaign to buy rediscovered sculpture

15 September 2025

The Château Royal de Blois in France has launched a fundraising campaign to buy a terracotta bust of Louix XIII's brother Gaston d'Orléans.

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Brooches are ‘too often underestimated’ says Wartski specialist

15 September 2025

Wartski’s Katherine Purcell stages a museum-quality loan exhibition devoted to the history and the magnificence of a classic jewellery form

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Newsflash: the Portsmouth trundler won his bet after all

15 September 2025

In Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres, ATG No 2709, we ran a story about the South of England Postcard Fair which included mention of a postcard showing a WR Hayes.

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How Darnley decided on Cecil Court as a buzzy base

15 September 2025

Having gone from Newark International Antiques Fair to the West End’s Cecil Court, art and antiques dealer Adrian Pett is now expanding his business into a 1400 sq ft two-floor gallery.

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New Zealand relic carved for a Scot comes up for auction in Australia

15 September 2025

The kumete whakairo (presentation bowl) shown here is one of three large and historically significant figure-supported bowls carved between 1865-85 by master carver Patoromu Tamatea.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, September 17-30, 2025

15 September 2025

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

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McCullough's typewriter and earliest-known manuscript for The Thorn Birds emerges

15 September 2025

The best-selling book in Australian history, with more than 30 million copies purchased is 'The Thorn Birds', a novel by Colleen McCullough published in 1977.

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ATG letter: Anyone seen something similar to my car clock?

15 September 2025

Re: ‘Art and industry’ (Clocks & watches feature, ATG No 2708)– a most interesting article about Guilmet and similarly designed novelty clocks.

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It’s sail day on Isle of Wight

15 September 2025

Forum Auctions won the shield of the annual inter-auction house sailing regatta at Seaview, Isle of Wight.

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Textiles can ‘make a room’, says dealer ahead of big annual specialist London event

15 September 2025

Launched in 2009, the annual 'London Antique & Vintage Textile Fair' run by the Textile Society will welcome 60-plus dealers to Chelsea Old Town Hall on Sunday, October 12, where the room will be crammed with textiles from the sedate 18th century to the swinging 1960s.

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Flea market itching to go at Wembley

15 September 2025

Such a spark has been ignited by Mark Farhall’s pop-up Giant London Fleas held in the car park at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park sports complex in Hackney, east London, that he’s launching another.

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Eccentric Trading: Pieces that found fame as screen props

15 September 2025

On September 24-25, Lyon & Turnbull presents The Secret Life of Props: The Eccentric Trading Collection, a two-day single-owner auction of items that have shaped British film and television for a generation.

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Collection of prominent Perth couple provides a piece of Australian history

15 September 2025

Portrait of first governor of Western Australia stands out in a 745-lot auction offering colonial-era items

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Precious metals prices: issue 2710

15 September 2025

On Friday, September 12, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $3661.24 / €3112.06 / £2692.09

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Decorative Fair memories four decades later

15 September 2025

Who best to ask about how the fair has evolved than Wakelin & Linfield, stalwarts since the very first?

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Delftware salt at Salisbury auction is rare survivor

15 September 2025

Altar-like form of an item usually attributed to one of two Southwark makers reflects the reverence that the commodity once held

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Sparks ignites more sale interest

15 September 2025

Artist’s masterpiece sold earlier this year is followed up by plates, prints and paintings from same source

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Previews: issue 2710

15 September 2025

Our selection of lots from 12 upcoming auctions

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