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The force is strong with new eclectic antiques fair
22 May 2017If you don’t know which epic film opens with the phrase ‘A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….’ then you may just be living on a different planet.
Civil War painting by William Dobson acquired by Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum
17 May 2017A painting by William Dobson revealing Oxford’s role in the English Civil War has been acquired by the university’s Ashmolean Museum.
New owner of Dreweatts plans to run auction business day-to-day
15 May 2017The new boss of Dreweatts says he sees “huge potential” for the saleroom as it reverts to owner-management focused on its headquarters in Newbury.
Czech sculptor with right royal connections
15 May 2017Bronze busts of the Queen and Prince Philip from the Oxfordshire studio of Czech émigré sculptor Franta Belsky (1921-2000) took top honours at Mallams (20% buyer’s premium) in Oxford on April 25.
No regrets as Stanley Gibbons breaks up Interiors unit
15 May 2017Back in 2013 and with great fanfare, stamp dealership Stanley Gibbons revealed to the stock market that it had bought a group of art, antiques and collectables specialists.
Nine phone lines compete for outstanding card tables
08 May 2017Latest in a number of outstanding pieces of English furniture to surface and succeed at provincial auctions was this pair of satinwood inlaid demi-lune card tables, above, offered at Stride & Son (20% buyer’s premium including VAT) at Chichester on March 31.
German Expressionist works from collector who fled Nazis
08 May 2017A collection of early 20th century German works on paper, brought to England in the possession of a German academic who fled the Nazis on the eve of the Second World War, appeared at Canterbury Auction Galleries (20% buyer’s premium) on April 4-5.
Alphabet images spell sale interest
08 May 2017A scarce complete portfolio of 26 prints from Erté’s (1892-1990) famed Alphabet Suite appeared at Henry Adams (20% buyer’s premium) on April 12 in Chichester.
First Just William work takes rightful pole position
08 May 2017Reversing the usual pattern where it is an author’s first book that makes the big money, it is the last of the 38 books featuring Richmal Crompton’s most famous children’s book creation that has for many years been one of the most expensive purchases for collectors.
Event organisers keep an eye on what is in vogue for interior design
02 May 2017Textiles dealers Caroline Zoob and Hetty Purbrick, organisers of the annual Decorative Living Fair at Eridge Park in Kent, met more than 20 years ago when they were exhibiting at the Kensington Brocante.
Weak pound is good flea news
02 May 2017Alan Wilkinson is in a good position to assess the current state of the Brighton and Lewes flea markets, having owned them for 25 years. Both markets are fully let with a total of 80 stallholders and 40 cabinets overall.
Bidders compete over cavalry skirmish in Chichester
02 May 2017A French School painting, catalogued as early 18th century, drew strong bidding at Stride & Son’s (20% buyer’s premium inc VAT) sale in Chichester on March 31.
Arts & Crafts collection to appear at Oxford auction
28 April 2017Primary provenanced Arts & Crafts furniture comes up for sale at Mallams in Oxford on May 25.
Avington Park mirror re-acquired after 65 years in the US
27 April 2017A George I giltwood mirror bearing the coat of arms of Sir Bysshe Shelley has returned to a Hampshire stately home after 65 years.
Watch-tapping Alfred Hitchcock Psycho film poster at auction
24 April 2017Psycho must have been a frightening enough film in its day even without a menacing poster that greeted cinema-goers.
5 Questions: Gary Wallis
24 April 2017Gary Wallis is based in Henley-on-Thames, trades in anything from childhood collectables to potential heirlooms and is a regular at The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea.
Visitor numbers up at Margate’s vintage market
24 April 2017The opening of the Turner Contemporary in Margate in 2011 reinvigorated the tourism industry in the north Kent area.
Sir Cedric blossoms again in West Sussex for a fresh auction record
21 April 2017Almost exactly a year after setting an auction record for modern British painter Sir Cedric Morris (1889-1982), the Henry Adams saleroom has done it again.
Auction record for Cedric Morris in Chichester for the second year running
19 April 2017A new auction record was set for modern British painter Sir Cedric Morris (1889-1982) at Chichester’s Henry Adams which hammered down the still life oil on canvas ‘Wild Flowers’ at £130,000.
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