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Pick of the Week: Rare reminder of tragic royal reign

25 March 2017

A coin sold in the Dix Noonan Webb (20% buyer’s premium) auction on March 15 is a poignant reminder of the mysterious death of the Princes in the Tower.

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London gallery stages theatre design showcase

25 March 2017

Caspar Neher, the focus of Abbott and Holder’s upcoming exhibition, was a long-time collaborator with the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. Neher designed the stage sets for a number of his theatre productions in the 1920s and ‘30s.

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Healthy appetite for right Victorians

25 March 2017

Rare painting by 19th century American artist achieves record price at Bonhams

Alejandro Guijarro photo

X-rays lead to ‘new’ Old Masters

25 March 2017

This image is one of the pieces featured in LEAD, an ongoing exhibition of the photographs of Alejandro Guijarro at the London gallery Tristan Hoare.

Bomber Command

Bomber Command Memorial maquette swoops in to north London gallery show

22 March 2017

A maquette of the Bomber Command Memorial in London will be on sale as part of an exhibition of works by sculptor Philip Jackson.

Harold C. Harvey portrait

Charity shop find bought for 50p gets £8000 estimate for Christie’s South Kensington auction

21 March 2017

A 50p charity shop find has been identified a Harold C. Harvey (1874-1941) portrait and given a £8000 high estimate at Christie’s South Kensington sale tomorrow.

Cheyenne Westphal of Phillips

Cheyenne Westphal starts as chairman at Phillips

21 March 2017

Ex-Sotheby’s worldwide head of Contemporary art Cheyenne Westphal is starting her new role at Phillips this week.

V&A Museum London

Fabergé treasures donated to V&A from collection of former Wartski chairman

20 March 2017

The V&A has been awarded a clutch of Fabergé treasures from the estate of Kenneth Snowman, the well-known collector of works by the Russian jeweller and former chairman of jewellery dealer Wartski.

New home for Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions

18 March 2017

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions is to hold the first sale in its new Pall Mall home in April.

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Get on the Blowers for his sale

18 March 2017

Cricket commentator who has a way with words offers books from own library at auction

Rare bronze

Bonhams brings best under one roof

18 March 2017

Bonhams will conduct the first of a new format flagship sale next month.

CSK to close: industry reaction

18 March 2017

Reaction from ex-CSK specialists to the announcement that the saleroom will be closing.

Exodus may follow South Ken closure

18 March 2017

250 jobs threatened as venerable rooms fall victim to global review

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Christie’s South Kensington: an ‘end of an era’ moment

18 March 2017

As the market evolves, auction rooms will inevitably come and go. But few will leave their mark like Christie’s South Kensington.

What closure of CSK means for dealers, London and the regions

18 March 2017

Much will depend on what the plan is for King Street and for the firm’s online-only sales (a growing but small fragment of the Christie’s business totalling £49.8m last year).

Ornate gold box

Bonhams: gold box by Hancock

18 March 2017

The engraved inscription to this gold box reads: A Common Council holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London on Thursday the 7th day of April 1864 resolved that the honorary freedom of this city be presented to General Giuseppe Garibaldi on the occasion of his visit to this country as a tribute of respect to the most generous, brave and disinterested of patriots.

John Marston’s The Scourge of Villanie

Banned and then burned – two early English satires bloom again at Bonhams’ sale

17 March 2017

Bound together some 200 years ago, rare copies of two Elizabethan satires that were first condemned and then burned will be among the books offered by Bonhams at the Glyn Cywarch sale later this month.

BADA fair 2017 Private View Party

BADA Fair 2017 – slideshow from last night’s private view party

16 March 2017

BADA 2017 kicked off this week with a private view party at the venue in Duke of York Square in Chelsea. Among those attending was Lord Heseltine. ATG brings you a selection of 10 shots from the event.

Parliament

Antiques trade hopeful of business rates reform following government u-turn on National Insurance

16 March 2017

A government u-turn on a National Insurance rise has been welcomed by the art and antiques trade, giving hope that a review of business rates could follow.

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A King’s Road Trip – 10 images from Chelsea Antiques Fair and BADA 2017

16 March 2017

With many dealers based in and around Chelsea’s King’s Road, this area of west London is a common haunt for members of the art and antiques trade. But mid-March is arguably the busiest time of the year for business here when both The British Antiques Dealers Association (BADA) and Penman Fairs stage their annual events. This year BADA 2017 and The Chelsea Antiques Fair run simultaneously, each closing on March 19. Yesterday, ATG took a walk down the King’s Road to look around the stands and view the objects on offer at both fairs.

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