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Previews: issue 2676

13 January 2025

Our selection of lots from 13 upcoming auctions

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Suffragette scarf rarity motors to £7500

13 January 2025

A Books, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs sale that ran online at Bonhams Knightsbridge (28/27/21/14.5% buyer’s premium) included a fine group of Suffragette textiles. A particular rarity is the Votes for Women ‘motoring’ scarf.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2676

13 January 2025

On Friday, January 10, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2679.08 / €2601.76 / £2178.12

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Wakey wakey with an alarm clock run on gunpowder

13 January 2025

An unusual, slightly risky, but highly effective late 17th century alarm clock found a new owner at Dr Crott (25% buyer’s premium) in Mannheim.

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Hodler captures the light of Lake Geneva – 18 times in total

13 January 2025

Painting sold in Zurich was one of the series of views from the apartment where he spent his last months

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Artists’ posters provide more affordable opportunities

13 January 2025

Albany Gallery in Cardiff is currently showing an Exhibition of Posters until February 8.

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Early football memorabilia hits the spot

13 January 2025

A cornerstone in any early football library is 'Association Football & The Men Who Made It', the history of the modern game in its first half-a-century as written by Alfred Gibson and William Pickford and published by Caxton in 1905.

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Extraordinary English bird book tops estimate in Ireland

13 January 2025

Over 300 watercolours were produced for each one of the 60 copies of a remarkable ornithological work

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Pissarro’s medical bills covered by picture payment plan

13 January 2025

Before he devoted himself fully to Impressionism, the French painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) created numerous more traditional landscapes, one of which was on offer at Tiberius (27% buyer’s premium) in Vienna.

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Sharp competition for Viking relic making rare appearance

13 January 2025

Viking artefacts seldom appear at auction and when they do, they cause quite a stir.

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Frankenstein comes to the stage

13 January 2025

Based on Mary Shelley’s novel published in 1818, the play 'Frankenstein; or the Man and the Monster, A Romantic Melo-Drama, in Two Acts' debuted at the Royal Coburg Theatre in July 1826.

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Schongauer shows a crozier

13 January 2025

The vast majority of the 116 known engravings created by the German artist Martin Schongauer in the second half of the 15th century are depictions of religious scenes or portraits of biblical figures.

Eardley Knollys 1902 1991 Summer Renishaw

London Art Fair returns for its 37th edition

10 January 2025

The latest edition of London Art Fair offers a dizzying cocktail of international galleries, intriguing workshops and a mix of modern and contemporary art

Emil Nolde picture

Emil Nolde watercolour to be offered at Halls

10 January 2025

A watercolour by the Expressionist painter Emil Nolde (1867-1956) which has undergone a year-long authentication process is being offered at a Shropshire auction.

Scrimshaw whale

Ban on selling antique scrimshaw to come into effect this month

08 January 2025

The UK’s ban on the trade in antique scrimshaw and narwhal tusks will come into force on January 28.

EBay’s headquarters in Berlin

EBay introduces buyer’s fees on all sales

07 January 2025

EBay has effectively placed a buyer’s premium on sales from private vendors with the introduction of its Buyer Protection scheme.

Brown Derby Pilsner beer can

A market coming of age: Record for an American beer can broken for third time in a year

07 January 2025

An American beer can achieved a record $80,000 (£63,850) at Morean Auctions in Brimfield, Massachusetts, at the end of last year. With buyer's premium added, the price was $93,600.

Dressing painting

Laura Knight portrait of ‘favoured model’ tops estimate in Chichester

07 January 2025

Among the Modern British pictures generating bidding at the end of last year was a portrait by Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) that was lifted to an above-estimate sum thanks to a combination of commercial factors.

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Della Robbia sets auction record in Salisbury sale

06 January 2025

Some strong bids were achieved in 2024 for the best of the Della Robbia Pottery but none higher than the £14,000 tendered at Woolley & Wallis (plus 26% buyer’s premium) for a large plaque by Cassandra Annie Walker.

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