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ATG letter: Can you help track down missing Hynes artwork?

10 March 2025

Gladys Hynes (1888-1958), an overlooked Irish-British artist, pacifist, feminist and Irish Republican, will be the subject of a forthcoming book by Jennifer FitzGerald and Sean Mark and I to be published by Yale University Press in 2026.

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Martinware Brothers stoneware: a case of sophisticated simplicity

10 March 2025

Stoneware vases and jugs from the famed Martin Brothers also show their sense of style and character

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In focus: Antiques shops in the historic city of Carlisle

10 March 2025

The Cumbrian city of Carlisle has much going for it including a medieval cathedral and proximity to Hadrian’s Wall. The city also offers a few antiques and vintage businesses, so here are three to start you off.

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Rolls-Royce timepiece ‘given as Xmas present’

10 March 2025

This silver desk clock designed in the form of a Rolls-Royce radiator grille with a red enamel badge and a miniature Spirit of Ecstasy mascot perched on top is thought to have been given as a Christmas gift by the British luxury car maker to one of its distributors.

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Five questions with jewellery specialist Charlotte Morris Roper

10 March 2025

Charlotte Morris Roper is at the helm of Plaza 20th Century Jewellery, a vintage jewellery business specialising in French and European items with a particular focus on the 1940s-60s.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, March 11-17, 2025

10 March 2025

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

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Flower pictures by Garden of England artists bloom in Kent saleroom

10 March 2025

Focus on two flower paintings created in Kent by different artists but offered at the same local saleroom

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Ben Cooper promises to keep up high standards of Petersfield fair

10 March 2025

Dealer and organiser will take over the reins of the biannual event but still under the Penman banner

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Jacobite collector bids five times estimate for Bonnie Prince Charlie letter

10 March 2025

Letter sent from Holyrood implores a nobleman to support his course in the middle of the Jacobite Rising

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Piaget winning at Polo

10 March 2025

Piaget launched its Polo wristwatch model in 1979.

La Belle Mere by John Lavery

Lavery portrait of his wife and daughter makes six-figure sum in Essex

04 March 2025

An intimate work by Irish artist Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) has sold for £360,000 at Sworders.

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Stand out pieces of Sèvres spotted at New York auction

04 March 2025

An exceptional pair of Louis Philippe period Sèvres hard paste porcelain vases has been unearthed in upstate New York.

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BADA Friends fund purchase for Tudor-Jacobean mansion

04 March 2025

BADA Friends has supported the purchase of a footstool for Temple Newsam in Leeds.

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Pocket watches with historical back-stories bring demand in Exeter auction

03 March 2025

The latest silver and jewellery sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (26/25% buyer’s premium) in Exeter included two Georgian 18ct gold pocket watches from two generations of the Drummond family.

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Former Christie’s auctioneer Morley-Fletcher’s collection consigned to south London saleroom

03 March 2025

A collection of works owned by the late BBC Antiques Roadshow expert and former director at Christie’s, Hugo Morley- Fletcher (1940-2022), has been consigned to Roseberys.

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British Library reunites pages of Elgar musical sketchbook via Christie’s deal

03 March 2025

A draft of a composition by Edward Elgar has been acquired by the British Library in a deal organised through Christie’s.

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Grimmer vendor glad to hear confirmation

03 March 2025

A Flemish Old Master lost to scholars for almost a century has emerged from a private source at Woolley & Wallis.

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Rare Victorian mineral water bottle makes a refreshing result

03 March 2025

A rare English mineral water bottle sold for £19,000 (plus 20% buyer’s premium) at Griff in’s Auctioneers in Warwick on February 25.

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Tom Roberts on track in Twickenham

03 March 2025

Born in London, artist Tom Roberts (1856-1931) became famous on the other side of the world painting the people and landscape of Australia.

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News in brief including Castle Howard's Fabergé animals for sale

03 March 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a collection of 30 Fabergé animals from Castle Howard being offered by Sotheby's

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