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Louis Vuitton ‘Explorer trunk’ used as toolbox makes 260 times estimate

16 June 2025

A scarce Louis Vuitton wardrobe steamer trunk dating from the 1920s or earlier sold for £130,000 hammer (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Joh n Nicholson’s on June 11.

Dealer and restorer sentenced after fake furniture scandal

16 June 2025

Prison terms and fines have been handed down in the Versailles fake furniture scandal.

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Sim’s rediscovered George Eliot portrait goes on display in the author’s home town

16 June 2025

A rediscovered portrait of author George Eliot will go on display at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery - the town where she grew up.

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‘We meet great people and we have a great team around us’

16 June 2025

The latest family generation to run Galerie Steinitz talks to ATG about the business and a landmark auction

Sector rule

Edmund Gunter rules the waves as brass rules makes 20 times estimate

16 June 2025

The Gunter rule was designed to help with the mathematical calculations necessary in navigation.

Baby House-style doll

Early doll coming to auction could be a royal memento gift

16 June 2025

A highlight of the The Dolls’ House, Doll, Teddy Bear and Toy sale taking place at Special Auction Services on June 24-26 is a mid-17th century wooden doll, just 5½in (14cm) high.

Arthur William Devis portrait

Devis in demand: ‘Relaxed’ portrait of a civil servant bid to £140,000

16 June 2025

Over recent years, works painted in India by Arthur William Devis (1762-1822) have become a valuable proposition.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, June 18 to July 2, 2025

16 June 2025

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

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Book fairs: New event fills a north-west hole

16 June 2025

Kirkby Lonsdale is the first of three fresh PBFA fairs this year with Frome and Dorchester to follow

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Brace yourselves for Brooker Part 2 at Olympia Auctions

16 June 2025

Foremost among Olympia Auctions’ several collections on offer in the June 25-26 sale are the 96 lots from Robert Brooker’s collection.

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The ‘Mignon’ who eventually married Rodin

16 June 2025

A bronze cast of the Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) bust 'Mignon' hammered for $97,500 (£73,350) at Black Rock Galleries in Fairfield, Connecticut.

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The blades of glory

16 June 2025

Edged weapons such as swords and daggers are on a ‘hot streak’ as one saleroom puts it. Here we look at the latest highlights

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Two centuries of British works take over two whole floors of Ongpin’s gallery

16 June 2025

Stephen Ongpin Fine Art is hosting a much-anticipated exhibition for the summer: 'Two Centuries of British Drawings, Watercolours and Oil Sketches'. The show boasts over 60 works, including JMW Turner and Johann Heinrich Füssli.

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Dashing cavalry helmet owned by a John Trotter

16 June 2025

A striking household cavalry officer’s 1817 pattern helmet offered at Antony Cribb (25% buyer’s premium) had the considerable bonus of retaining its “very rare” japanned storage tin with the owner’s name legible.

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Oh dear, I missed a couple of ‘0’s: musical box sings at US auction

16 June 2025

Lynbrook, New York auctioneer Phil Weiss of Weiss Auctions (18% buyer’s premium) admitted to a minor slip when cataloguing a silver gilt and enamel singing bird music box.

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Ruhlmann chandelier caught the attention at a French fishing club

16 June 2025

A chandelier that Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (1879-1933) made for a French fishing club hammered for $90,000 (£67,240) at Wright (27% buyer’s premium) in Chicago.

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Watchmaker Patek Philippe and jeweller Tiffany collaborated on timepieces

16 June 2025

The Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe and American jeweller Tiffany & Co recognised the merits of a union of luxury brands in the mid 19th century.

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Previews: issue 2698

16 June 2025

Our selection of lots from upcoming auctions

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Persian version of Voltaire’s Peter the Great sells at £14,000

16 June 2025

This extraordinary Persian manuscript sold by Roseberys (26% buyer’s premium) is a translation of 'Voltaire’s Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre-le-Grand' and his 'Histoire de Charles XII, Roi du Suede'.

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Armour of the winged warriors who saved Vienna

16 June 2025

Polish items were in high demand at German saleroom Hermann Historica (29.5% buyer’s premium inc tax) during the Spring Auction series.

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