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Churches host antiques in Norwich

12 February 2018

According to Wikipedia, the medieval city of Norwich had at one time 36 parish churches, the largest collection of urban medieval buildings north of the Alps.

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Spoons are a key Ashbee work

12 February 2018

Marked CRA and dated 1895, a set of three silver spoons offered at auction represent a key point in the career of one of the giants of the Arts & Crafts movement, Charles Robert Ashbee (1863-1942).

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Table set for second Cowdray

12 February 2018

Galloway Antiques Fairs returns for its second edition at the Midhurst stately home Cowdray House this year.

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Dealers source pine furniture from fairs and auctions to restore

12 February 2018

Antique pine furniture has many followers who buy it battered and cheap and simply ‘tart it up’ with an invariably low degree of skill and taste to sell on.

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Mid-century: much to discuss

12 February 2018

Mid-century design, particularly furniture, continues to be one of the most sought-after within the vintage genre, particularly by designers and decorators.

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Previews: £2001 - £5000

12 February 2018

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

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'Collect 2018': a fair at London’s Saatchi Gallery mixing the old with the new

12 February 2018

Collect 2018 is a fair offering a wealth of contemporary craft, but this year it also takes a look back to leading craftspeople of the 20th century.

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Get your claws into a canine collar

12 February 2018

'Steal me not but let me jog; for I am Mrs Gwynn’s Dog.' For lovers of antique dog collars, collecting examples engraved with an amusing inscription such as this one, or a quirky owner’s name, is all part of the fun.

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Buffalo Road musician sets Miller on way to specialist sale

12 February 2018

Three years since he launched his Suffolk auction house Bishop & Miller, managing director Oliver Miller is fine-tuning his sales line-up.

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Heads and tails of London’s coin market

12 February 2018

Almost a quarter of a century since ATG’s first overview of the numismatic market, ATG reviews the comings and goings of 2017

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Collectors vote for female artists

12 February 2018

As celebrations get under way to mark the centenary of women gaining the right to vote (or over-30s at least), the Modern British art market is showing a growing appetite for 20th century female artists.

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Maori’s new photo finish

12 February 2018

A 19th century painted print of a Maori took top honours at Heliers Auction (18% buyer’s premium) in Blackburn, Lancashire.

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Previews: £501 - £2000

12 February 2018

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

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ATG letter: Plea for more sterling work from the plate committee

12 February 2018

Given the Antique Plate Committee (APC) is undertaking a “crackdown” (ATG No 2328), there are a couple of current issues I would like to highlight.

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Bid Barometer

12 February 2018

ATG’s selection of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com from the period February 1-7, 2018. This includes both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

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Sixties desk shows form and substance

12 February 2018

Designed by Bodil Kjaer, this 1960s oak, palisander and steel ‘executive desk’ offered at Chiswick Auctions (23% buyer’s premium) is a classic example of the huge influence of Scandinavian architects on Western post-war design.

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Of Mice and Men and Biggles

12 February 2018

Michael Rothenstein’s illustration of Lennie Small and George Millon, the Californian migrant workers whose story is told in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, formed both the jacket illustration and the frontispiece (shown below) to the 1927, first UK edition.

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Previews: £5001 - £30,000

12 February 2018

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

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Barns-Graham at Bohun

12 February 2018

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham described making her late work, a colourful and energetic collection, as ‘letting rip’.

ATG letter: Musings on ‘museum quality’: BAMF is ‘not living in the real world’

12 February 2018

MADAM – Re: the article ‘So what is museum quality?’ (Letters, ATG No 2328).

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