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Hours of fun and buying opportunity

14 October 2024

The ritual of clock-changing is upon us again when British summer time ends on Sunday October 27 and we all get an extra hour in bed.

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Frieze frenzy begins with a Gorky success

14 October 2024

'Frieze London' and 'Frieze Masters' opened in Regent’s Park with the former featuring over 160 galleries from 43 countries, and the latter – the 12th edition of Masters – showing more than 130 galleries from 26 countries.

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Dolls in demand: a selection of recent highlights

14 October 2024

An Adelaide Huret bisque shoulder head fashion doll with accessories hammered for £16,000 at Cheffins’ (25% buyer’s premium) teddy dolls and bears timed online sale on September 5, four times the high estimate.

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Dresser design did not descend to the masses

14 October 2024

Despite his pioneering aesthetic, many of Christopher Dresser’s designs were too complex and costly to be easily mass-produced.

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Five questions with Karl Kemp gallery manager Crawford Bray

14 October 2024

Crawford Bray is gallery manager for Karl Kemp which is exhibiting at the 13th Salon Art + Design in New York from November 7-11

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Unusual art and antique items tackled by delivery firms

14 October 2024

ATG asked three shippers what was the most unusual items they were asked to transport

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Heyde Antarctic toy set in pole position

14 October 2024

The Heyde Ernest Shackleton 1908 Antarctic Exploration Set is one of the rarest and sought-after productions from the German toy maker.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, October 15-30, 2024

14 October 2024

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

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Work of art in itself: Duchamp Dada poster impresses at auction

14 October 2024

When Marcel Duchamp was recruited in 1953 by New York gallerist Sidney Janis to create a retrospective of the Dada art movement, he rose to the challenge.

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News in brief including Fellows to auction the entire collection of an Edinburgh jeweller

14 October 2024

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of auction house Fellows selling the collection from Joseph Bonnar Jewellers in Edinburgh

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Visitor book includes four entries for a certain Elizabeth R

14 October 2024

Michael Ramsey (1904-88) who served as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961-74, curated his own personal visitor book that tracked his career from 1942-87.

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Munnings focus moves from the east to south west of UK

14 October 2024

Views of Exmoor form a notable niche in the market for works by Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959).

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Fascinating sitters help works in a family group to stand out

14 October 2024

Portraits consigned from the family of two artists feature intriguing stories of those depicted

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Last of the Portobello ‘scientists’

14 October 2024

Specialist dealer evicted from arcade stays optimistic about a return – and will be at the ‘Horti’ fair

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Raise a cup to LAPADA’s 50th

14 October 2024

Silver coffee pot with royal connection is just one of the many highlights at the Berkeley Square fair

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It’s good to get plenty of stick

14 October 2024

Derwen Fairs is back among the flora and fauna at the National Botanic Garden of Wales outside Carmarthen for its biannual weekend antiques fair on Saturday and Sunday, November 9-10.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2664

14 October 2024

On Friday, October 11, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2643.40 / €2410.55 / £2017.87

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Machiavelli’s wicked work of ‘poyson’ emerges in Essex sale

14 October 2024

First English edition of 'The Prince' was published more than a century after the Italian original appeared

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Playtime options of just the kitchen or a whole building

14 October 2024

Despite the catalogue note “would benefit from sympathetic restoration to exterior”, the overall appeal of a rare 19th century folk art dolls’ diorama of a kitchen was enough to take the hammer price to £7000.

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Previews: issue 2664

14 October 2024

Our selection of lots from 12 upcoming auctions

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