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Vecchio Sultano by Salvador Dalí

News in brief including a Salvador Dalí discovered in a house clearance

03 November 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a Salvador Dalí discovered in a Cambridge house clearance making £34,000 at auction.

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Getty museum buys ancient Greek ring at London auction

03 November 2025

The J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has purchased a Hellenistic gold box-bezel ring at auction, describing it as “one of the finest and best-preserved surviving examples of this ancient jewellery type”.

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Rediscovered Ravilious and Garwood woodblocks secured by two museums

03 November 2025

A group of woodblocks from artists Eric Ravilious and Tirzah Garwood that had gone missing for 72 years has been recovered and purchased by two museums.

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Young nobleman revealed to be by Goya not French school

03 November 2025

A recently rediscovered early work by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) has sold for €400,000 (£349,000) in Vienna.

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LAPADA fair celebrates Art Deco anniversary

03 November 2025

Art Deco was one of the main themes of LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair this year, with the design movement celebrating 100 years.

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Howzat for a Segal toy rarity

03 November 2025

Phillip Segal Toys are very much rarities. He began production in Hampshire in 1938 but was halted when wartime restrictions banned the use of lead.

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Frieze Masters tests cross examination

03 November 2025

Event now in 13th year encourages dealers and collectors to choose items regardless of period or culture

Gujarat mother-of-pearl charger

Tiger hunt, Gujarat charger and box by Kyoto craftsman take the top honours

03 November 2025

The winners of the Asian Art in London awards were announced at an event held at the V&A in London on October 28.

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Bid Barometer: issue 2717

03 November 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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Signed Le Petit Prince is particularly special copy

03 November 2025

A sale conducted by US firm Connecticut River Book Auction (15% buyer’s premium) on September 5 included a very rare copy of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s Le Petit Prince.

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Bed first made c.1580 hailed as ‘most original for years’

03 November 2025

Woolley & Wallis (27% buyer’s premium) considered the Elizabethan bed offered on October 1 to be to ‘by far the most original to be offered at auction in recent years’.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2717

03 November 2025

On Friday, October 3, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of : $4019.01 / €3465.74 / £3054.45

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Meiji crafts attracted a worldwide following

03 November 2025

The Kiryu Kosho Kaisha (The First Japanese Manufacturing and Trading Company) was set up by the Meiji government after the great success of Japanese crafts at the Weltausstellung 1873 Wien (Vienna world’s fair).

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Portrait by Mathilde, Princess Bonaparte makes a record sum

03 November 2025

Doyle (28% buyer’s premium) set a record for an artwork by Mathilde, Princess Bonaparte (1820-1904) at a sale in New York.

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Wars of the Roses bidding battle breaks out for famous Paston Letters lot

03 November 2025

Original manuscript copies of the famous medieval Paston Letters come to the rostrum in Norfolk

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Candelabra custom-built for the Vanderbilts

03 November 2025

A ‘monumental’ pair of 15-light silver candelabra made by Tiffany & Co for a member of the Vanderbilt family hammered for $230,000 (£171,565) at John Moran Auctioneers (27% buyer’s premium) in Monrovia, California.

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Honours even in golf clash

03 November 2025

The Scottish Art Dealers (SAD) met the Fine Art Golfing Society (FAGS) at Dunbar Golf Club recently to contest their annual challenge match.

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‘There was no warning, my boss just told me to take over the rostrum’

03 November 2025

Last month Stuart Triggol celebrated a notable landmark: 50 years working for auction house Greenslade Taylor Hunt.

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London calling: a look at current dealer exhibitions

03 November 2025

A selection of exhibitions taking place in the capital including the latest show at Chris Beetles

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Massive music machine stands out in East Anglia

03 November 2025

Jenny and Ray Norman, best known as East Anglian longcase clock dealers since 1974, have contacted ATG to highlight an item they say is just in time for the festive season (but it might not fit that well in a Christmas stocking).

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