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Watch highlights at upcoming sales

11 November 2024

A selection of six watch lots at UK auctions

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Books & Works On Paper: auction previews

11 November 2024

A special selection of upcoming lots raging from the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Beano to Oppenheimer's passport and Machiavelli’s The Prince

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Made in God’s Own County

11 November 2024

Harrogate Pavilions fair has a healthy focus on art and antiques made in the area such as clocks

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A London Cartier Tank sets Birmingham house record

11 November 2024

Updated 1960s and 70s versions of earlier Cartier classics are much in demand. The best are those made for the London boutique during the Jean-Jacques Cartier years, with the cases commissioned from the London workshop Wright & Davies and the manual wind movements supplied by Jaeger-LeCoultre.

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Impressive model guns fire the imagination

11 November 2024

Two examples of substantial model presentation cannon came up at different salerooms recently.

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Artist Pointon parades his talent for painting

11 November 2024

The first major solo exhibition of Rob Pointon is to be held at Panter & Hall gallery which will highlight his works as Artist in Residence for The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.

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It’s looking good for new shop in bustling Old Town

11 November 2024

A shop in the characterful area of the East Sussex town of Hastings known as the Old Town, with deeds that date to 1511, has opened as a small antiques centre.

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Ruskin Spear’s sharp social comment in pictorial form

11 November 2024

Modern British painter depicted local life in west London including pub interiors and characters

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The pick so far of Ashley Down Bristol orphanage samplers

11 November 2024

The highest price at auction for a Bristol orphanage sampler was registered at Mellors & Kirk (24% buyer’s premium) in Nottingham.

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Camerer Cuss collection includes Thomas Tompion pocket watch

11 November 2024

Camerer Cuss watches carry a certain cachet.

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What makes a changed market tick

11 November 2024

In Norman Dean’s day, to be a watch collector was to collect pocket watches. In today’s market, when the 20th century mechanical wristwatch is king, demand for pocket watches is now markedly segmented.

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Lock-inspired tables on the auction block in the US

11 November 2024

George II period furniture bought by ‘international bidder’ for five-times top estimate in Connecticut

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Precious metals prices: issue 2668

11 November 2024

On Friday, November 8, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2694.17 / €2491.28 / £2072.44

Books and works on paper auction calendar, November 12-27, 2024

11 November 2024

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

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Surrealist enthusiast branches out on his own to open gallery

11 November 2024

Gallery 1936 is a recently launched online firm, established by George Richards in October.

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Christmas PBFA event aims to emulate last year's success

11 November 2024

Andrew Saidi, organiser of PBFA’s 'Christmas Book Fair' in London, is confident that this year’s event will be as buoyant as that in 2023.

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Claudet helped to develop UK photography

11 November 2024

Although born in the La Croix-Rousse district of Lyon, Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867) is best known for his contribution to the history of British photography.

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Estonian artist Wiiralt brings party time and hellish experience

11 November 2024

Two of the most familiar works by Estonian graphic artist Eduard Wiiralt (1898-1954) came for sale in St Paul, Minnesota, on September 17.

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Bovril and penguins: a sustaining polar diet

11 November 2024

Advertising showcards were displayed in grocers and chemist shops, often as counter displays or hanging signs.

Jiajing wucai ‘fish’ jars

Sotheby’s sets highest price for a piece of Asian art in the UK for seven years

08 November 2024

Recently rediscovered in a German family collection where they have been for at least a century, a pair of Ming dynasty wucai ‘fish’ jars and covers have sold at Sotheby’s for £8.3m.

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