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Rolex worn by first British pilot to fly solo round the world comes to the rostrum

14 April 2025

A Rolex GMT-Master 'Pepsi' stainless steel automatic dual time wristwatch first worn by Sheila Scott OBE (1922-88) on her record-breaking solo flight around the world is coming to auction.

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Whitefriars Banjo vase plucks a top price

14 April 2025

One of perhaps only two known ruby red versions of the Whitefriars Banjo vase sold for £17,200 in Devon on April 9.

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UK regains second place as global art market cools

11 April 2025

The global art market contracted by 12% in 2024, achieving an estimated $57.5bn in total sales, according to a new report.

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Sienese gold ground paintings spotlighted in Christie’s private sales exhibition

11 April 2025

Christie’s private sales department is holding a selling exhibition titled Siena and the Renaissance.

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Saint Bride shines as Louise Jopling returns to the limelight

09 April 2025

A striking picture by one of the most prominent but then forgotten British female artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries appeared at a Cheshire auction.

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Elizabeth I gold Sovereign strikes £75,000

07 April 2025

Held by the same Dutch family for just over 300 years, a very high-grade Elizabeth I gold Sovereign sold for £75,000 at London coin specialist Sovereign Rarities’ auction on March 13.

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English delft features in Slater collection sale

07 April 2025

Graham Slater (1927-2024) was fascinated by relics of Stuart and Georgian Britain. His wife Rosemary shared his passions, including his love of mudlarking, exploring the banks of the Thames for fragments washed up by each new tide.

Rooms with a view to making sales: new Brussels fair launched

07 April 2025

Dealer Patrick Mestdagh (Galerie Patrick & Ondine Mestdagh) has partnered with gallery owner Sébastien Janssen (Sorry We’re Closed) to launch a new art and antiques fair in Brussels.

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Brontë Parsonage buys Emily’s painting

07 April 2025

The Brontë Parsonage was the successful bidder at £32,000 (plus premium) when an original watercolour drawing by Emily Brontë came for sale in London.

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Cotswolds dealer keeps it in the family

04 April 2025

Baggott Antiques have been a Stow-on-the-Wold staple since the 1970s and are having a sale to celebrate moving premises.

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Lost portrait of Robert Burns appears at auction

02 April 2025

A hitherto lost portrait of Robert Burns by Sir Henry Raeburn has resurfaced at Wimbledon Auctions on March 31.

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Valuable collection of 15,000 coins to be auctioned

01 April 2025

A spectacular coin collection, buried for over 50 years since the Second World War, is coming to the market

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French silver flatware made for George III appears at Christie’s

31 March 2025

Flatware from a French silver dinner service made for George III was pre-empted by the Louvre Museum at auction in Paris last month.

Burglar jailed for 30 months after Hansons break-in

31 March 2025

A man who broke into Derbyshire auction house Hansons and stole over £20,000 worth of items has been jailed.

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Marking 30+ years of antiques production

31 March 2025

Leaving our staff roster at the end of last week was Antiques Trade Gazette senior production manager Justin Massie-Taylor.

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Whopping Wedgwood: ‘largest ever Fairyland’

31 March 2025

A spectacular Wedgwood Fairyland lustre vase in the Dragon King pattern has sold for $87,500 (£67,900) in Kansas.

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Fabergé collection snapped up via private sale in eleventh-hour deal

31 March 2025

An en bloc private sale has been arranged for a group of Fabergé object d’art formerly in the Wernher collection at Luton Hoo.

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Lavery beach scene creates waves at Surrey auction

28 March 2025

Among a number of works by John Lavery (1856-1941) to emerge on the secondary market recently, a rapidly executed view of the Venice Lido was among those that bought strong competition when it appeared for sale in Farnham, Surrey.

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Duncan Grant’s diary sells for 14 times estimate at Gorringe's

27 March 2025

The rediscovered diary of Bloomsbury artist Duncan Grant (1885-1978) drew strong interest this week after emerging at an auction at Gorringe's in Lewes, East Sussex.

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‘Complete and original’: 16th century pocket watch makes 14 times estimate in Cheshire

26 March 2025

The latest jewellery and watches sale at Wilson55 in Nantwich included a rare pocket watch from the 1580s.

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