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Louis Vuitton trunks stand out in the vintage luggage market

16 December 2024

It is said Louis Vuitton spent 17 years mastering the art of trunk making before establishing his eponymous company in 1854.

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Ghent gains an Elizabeth I letter thanks to auction purchase

11 November 2024

Belgian city’s council was successful with pre-sale deal to buy queen’s plea on behalf of political prisoners

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Single-owner 'beautiful collection' helps design sale to top the £1m mark

04 November 2024

Premium-inclusive total achieved in Edinburgh underlines the quality of lots on offer

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Five figures bid for a 6ft sign advertising Webb’s Seeds

28 October 2024

The pictorial enamel signs advertising Webb’s Seeds of Stourbridge are some of the most popular on the UK market.

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Mackintosh stool unites English and Scottish style

21 October 2024

The second day of the Design Since 1860 sale at Lyon & Turnbull on October 17 included a rare stained oak Charles Rennie Mackintosh stool from Miss Cranston’s Argyle Tea Rooms.

John Lavery painting

Lavery’s tennis match tops sale of works from Paisley Art Institute

27 September 2024

A selection of 96 paintings from the collection of the Paisley Art Institute sold for £1.1m at Lyon & Turnbull on the evening of September 26.

Webb’s Seeds of Stourbridge enamel sign

Seeds of success as rare advertising sign sells at three times estimate

25 September 2024

A highly desirable British enamel advertising sign surfaced for sale in Scotland where it sold for £11,000.

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Classic British colonial pith helmet heads to a top sum as part of extensive Scottish collection

16 September 2024

Edinburgh auction includes possible record for the design achieved by an example worn by a member of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers

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Single-owner collection of biscuit tins gets novelty treatment at McTear’s

16 September 2024

Barrie Lewis, a Midlands wholesaler of cakes, biscuits and confectionery, began collecting old biscuit tins after he received one as a birthday gift in the early 1980s.

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Thomas Daniell Calcutta plates in five-figure demand

16 September 2024

Five plates from the series Views of Calcutta underlined the demand for work by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) when they hammered at £24,000 in Edinburgh on September 4-5.

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Spoons are thought to be Glasgow goldsmith’s only survivors

09 September 2024

A set of six rare Scottish provincial silver trefid spoons dating from c.1686 were not only among the earliest Glasgow-made spoons recorded, but also appeared to be the only extant work by the goldsmith George Luke.

2658 AR Thomson Roddick KOSB Pith Helmet 2

Boer War tropical pith helmet fights the good fight at Edinburgh Auction

29 August 2024

Thomson Roddick Callan (20% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh held a mammoth two day sale on August 14-15, featuring nearly 1400 lots of antiques and militaria from the Michael Hall of Galashiels Collection.

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Take a dive into the prints world of sought-after artist Ravilious

27 August 2024

Small group of wartime lithographs that surfaced in a Scotttish saleroom provided a market test

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Pick of the Week: Not Braveheart but Brucehead…

27 August 2024

Long before the American/Australian actor Mel Gibson gladdened Scottish hearts with the woad-splattered film Braveheart, the early 19th century was an awakening for Caledonian identity.

2657 AR L&T Trefid Spoons Close Up

Rare set of Glaswegian silver spoons bring strong demand at Lyon & Turnbull

22 August 2024

A remarkable set of six 17th century Scottish provincial silver trefid spoons drew strong competition at an auction in Edinburgh this week.

Archibald Knox Cymric clock

Opportunity Knox: Previously unknown design for Liberty & Co clock emerges in Glasgow auction

19 August 2024

An apparently unique silver and enamel clock designed by Manxman Archibald Knox (1864-1933) for London retailer Liberty & Co surfaced for sale in Scotland last week.

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Barrie Lewis biscuit tins up for grabs in Glasgow

19 August 2024

On August 28, Glasgow auction house McTear’s is conducting a single-owner, single-subject sale titled The Art of the Biscuit Tin: The Lewis Collection.

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Pick of the Week: Celtic torc talked of as a Co Cork find

12 August 2024

This Celtic silver ‘ribbon’ torc, or armlet was made – perhaps in Ireland – sometime in the period between c.500BC-500AD.

Abertheny Pearl Image By Stewart Attwood

Scotland’s Abernethy pearl to be offered at auction

06 August 2024

Pearl found by Scotland’s last freshwater pearl fisherman to appear at Edinburgh’s Lyon & Turnbull

Pink and gold by Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell

Paisley Art Institute consigns 100 works to auction after withdrawing collection from host museum

05 August 2024

A selection of 100 paintings from the collection of the Paisley Art Institute in Scotland has been consigned to Lyon & Turnbull.

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