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Obituary: John Maas (Jean-Baptiste Marie Josef Maas, 1940-2025)

15 September 2025

An adoring, devoted and brilliant father of two, John Maas passed away on his birthday (of skin cancer).

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London jewellery dealer offers Downton Abbey delights

15 September 2025

Head from your local cinema to London’s Piccadilly: jeweller Bentley & Skinner is offering 13 pieces featured in the new film Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.

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Dealers full of praise for new venue in Suffolk

15 September 2025

Lomax Fairs holds several events in schools now and the latest in Suffolk has been warmly welcomed

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Latest fine art auctions in Australia show strong demand

15 September 2025

Auction records are tumbling this year in Australia. Strong property prices, a buoyant stock market and a government with a clear mandate – after a landslide victory for Labor in May – are all contributing to confidence among buyers.

Sam Parker Bowles

Rountree Tryon gallery returns to the city from Sussex

15 September 2025

Fine art dealership Rountree Tryon is returning to St James’s, London, its home for many years, after a stint in Petworth.

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Queen of the Waters ended up in Victoria

15 September 2025

Robert Steele and Company was a partnership formed in 1816 in Greenock, Scotland, between shipbuilder Robert Steele (1745-1830) and his two sons, James and Robert, that became associated with the term ‘Clydebuilt’ ships.

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Dieter Rams: Designer whose influence was not left on the shelf

15 September 2025

From electronics to furniture, Dieter Rams laid the foundations for modern industrial design

Sotheby's

News in brief including Sotheby's reporting a $248m annual loss

15 September 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Sotheby's latest results

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Bidders run rule over first book in English to look at laws that related to women

15 September 2025

The Lawes Resolutions of Women’s Rights: or the Lawes Provision for Women, attributed to the English lawyer Thomas Edgar and printed in 1632 by John More, is recognised as the earliest book in the English language to compile laws relating to women.

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Pals team up for Art Deco dealing in Woking

15 September 2025

Visitors will be packing the aisles at Grandma’s Attic’s antiques and collectors’ fair at Woking Leisure Centre on Sunday, October 5, where among the 160 confirmed stallholders, 30-plus are selling specifically Art Deco and Nouveau plus Mid-century stock.

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Fuchs stamp of approval

15 September 2025

If this small portrait of Edward VII looks like a bit like a postage stamp, that’s no surprise. The artist was the Austrian- American painter and medallist Emil Fuchs (1866-1929). As well as painting portraits of society figures in London and New York, he was commissioned to paint both Queen Victoria and Edward VII

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Conference gets to grips with a subdued market and next generation of buyers

15 September 2025

Market regulations, appealing to the next generation of buyers and whether there are too many fairs were among the topics discussed at the latest Art Business Conference, as Laura Chesters reports

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Surreal sensations go on show

15 September 2025

A gold pendant, Tête aux Seins, by Max Ernst is one of the artist-made jewels starring at Louisa Guinness Gallery’s Surrealist Jewels 101 show.

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Silver with scandalous ladies and ducal provenances

15 September 2025

Silver flatware once owned by the so-called Ladies of Llangollen was offered in Cheffins’ (25% buyer’s premium) latest Jewellery, Silver & Watches auction in Cambridge.

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Minnie showcased for max effect

15 September 2025

Often remembered as the matriarch of an artistically gifted family, Emma Minnie Boyd (1858-1936) was an artist in her own right, exhibiting prolifically in Australia and also at the Royal Academy of Art in London.

Florence Poulett Pigott

Bid Barometer: issue 2710

15 September 2025

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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Rare prison records judged to be worth an £11,000 bid

15 September 2025

Calendars listing details of prisoners in a 17th century gaol prove popular in North Yorkshire saleroom

Peter Pan sculpture by George Frampton

Cast of George Frampton’s Peter Pan sculpture takes £350,000 at Dreweatts

11 September 2025

A posthumous cast of George Frampton’s (1860-1928) best-known sculpture was the subject of strenuous bidding at Dreweatts this week.

Art Business Conference

Art conference gets back to business in Westminster

11 September 2025

Market regulations, appealing to the next generation of buyers and whether there are too many fairs were among the topics discussed at the latest Art Business Conference

Christ on the Cross attributed to Peter Paul Rubens

Crucifixion scene gains ‘Rubens’ attribution and appears at Osenat auction

10 September 2025

A previously unknown depiction of Christ on the cross believed to have been painted by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) has emerged at French auction house Osenat.

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