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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.

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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.

London Art Week festival calls it a day after 10 years

06 January 2025

After 10 years, London Art Week (LAW) has folded. Citing changes in the UK capital’s art market and financial shortfalls, the board said the December showing of the twice-yearly festival of traditional art will be the last

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Pick of the Week: St Patrick’s relic rings out in electrotype

06 January 2025

During the 1860s the South Kensington Museum in London (now the Victoria and Albert Museum) campaigned to have electrotypes made of important historic artefacts.

A fragment from HMS Bounty

Fragment from HMS Bounty found in vendor’s attic heads to auction

06 January 2025

A fragment from HMS Bounty that has been discovered in an attic is coming to auction in Derby on February 26.

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British artist Shannon's Lady in a Black Hat revealed to be a model who also inspired Augustus John

02 January 2025

British artist Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863-1937) is closely associated with the Bloomsbury Group, the famous collective of writers, intellectuals and artists in early 20th-century London.

Commonwealth oak armchair

Where bread meets oak: remarkable 17th century armchair emerges at Salisbury sale

30 December 2024

This oak panelled back armchair can be firmly dated to the Commonwealth period.

Hans Coper

Hans Coper mural to go on display in Winchester after auction purchase

27 December 2024

The Hans Coper (1920-81) mural that sold at a recent auction in Germany will be going in display in the UK this month, it has emerged.

Martin Wilson of Phillips

Martin Wilson to succeed Ed Dolman as chief executive at Phillips

20 December 2024

Executive chairman of Phillips Ed Dolman is standing down in 2025 and will be succeeded by Martin Wilson.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Derelict by Jean-Michel Basquiat

Sotheby’s makes dramatic u-turn over buyers’ and sellers’ fees

20 December 2024

Auction house Sotheby’s is to roll back the commission structure it introduced just seven months ago.

Sarum Master bible

Public fundraising sees Sarum Master bible return to Salisbury Cathedral

20 December 2024

A bible written and illuminated by the Sarum Master has returned to Salisbury Cathedral 700 years after being written there.

René Magritte’s 1954 L’empire des lumieres

Christie’s results down 6% but stronger sales recorded in second half of year

18 December 2024

A better second half of the year and strong private sales helped Christie’s make the best of a difficult 2024.

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Bust of Pope John Paul II stolen from storage in north London

17 December 2024

A bronze bust of Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) by Arthur Fleischmann (1896-1990) has been stolen from storage in north London.

Egyptian faience figure

Egyptian faience rodent formerly in Qatari collection sells for £37,000

17 December 2024

'Twas just ten nights before Christmas when this ancient Egyptian faience figure of a rodent sold at Apollo Art Auctions in London.

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‘John Hobbs-Buggins fake tables’ are resold after auction house alerted

16 December 2024

A pair of neoclassical mahogany and ormolu demilune pier tables, believed to be John Hobbs-Buggins fakes, have sold for a tiny fraction of their original retail price.

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Portrait shows mystery black bandsman who went into battle at Waterloo

16 December 2024

An intriguing portrait of a black man in the uniform of a military bandsman and wearing a Waterloo medal drew strong competition after emerging at an auction in East Sussex.

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Roman gold coin that has long fascinated enthusiasts

16 December 2024

Swiss coin auction house Numismatic Genevensis has sold a rare Roman gold coin featuring the portrait of Marcus Junius Brutus for SFr1.5m (£1.34m).

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Bring me sunshine and an Eric Morecambe pipe

16 December 2024

British comedy star Eric Morecambe’s (1926-84) lifetime collection of showbiz memorabilia and personal treasures are set for auction at Hansons on January 10-11.

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Captain Cook’s medal sails to museum overseas

11 December 2024

A medal made to be given to Pacific islanders who encountered Cook and his crew appeared at RWB Auctions in Wiltshire

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