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Get to the point at £4000

16 December 2024

Among the most eagerly contested lots in a recent sale at Chorley’s (23.5/15/12.5/10% buyer’s premium) was a collection of early 20th century tattoo ephemera.

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Seventeenth century sash passed down by family descent is a belter

09 December 2024

A remarkably well-preserved blue sprang sash, dated c.1620, was the stand-out lot in a sale of textiles and antiques at Cirencester auction house Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium).

Eileen Mayo portrait by Dod Procter

Dod Procter portraits at the double indicate growing demand

04 December 2024

Over the last decade, portraits from the 1920s by Dod Procter (1891-1972) have become increasingly valuable.

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Early English oak carvings catch the eye at Chorley’s

02 December 2024

Pre-17th century English oak carving tends to generate a certain amount of market excitement on the basis that much less of it survives.

Matthews Foty Award

Stanley Matthews’ Footballer of the Year award to appear at Gloucestershire auction

28 November 2024

Items belonging to the two-time winner of the Footballer of the Year award comes to Kinghams on December 5

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Clock-watch sounds the alarm at £27,000

11 November 2024

This remarkable Charles II period silver clock-watch with alarm appeared for sale at Wotton Auction Rooms in Gloucestershire this month.

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Through the tiny keyhole: intricate diorama of a locksmith’s shop secures attention

11 November 2024

This Edwardian diorama offered by Smiths of Newent (20% buyer’s premium) in Gloucestershire depicts a locksmith’s shop.

Grand Canal, Venice by Henry Pether

Victorian artist's moonlit view of Venice finds appeal in Gloucestershire auction

08 November 2024

A trademark painting by Henry Pether (1800-80) attracted significant interest and sold for a solid price at Kinghams (25% buyer’s premium) latest Fine & Decorative Arts sale.

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Italian-English dictionary contains cryptic cricket term

04 November 2024

Published in 1598, John Florio’s 'A Worlde of Wordes, or most Copious, and Exact Dictionary in Italian and English' is considered the first comprehensive Italian-English dictionary.

‘Natural Painting’ by Man Ray

Man Ray ‘natural painting’ sells in Cotswolds auction

30 October 2024

Abstract and surrealist paintings by the American artist Man Ray (1890-1976) are a valuable proposition at auction and so it was no surprise that a small picture from a good source drew interest at a recent Cotswolds auction.

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Newman holds autumn showcase at Cotswolds fair

28 October 2024

The Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair is arriving at Westonbirt School, Gloucestershire, on November 1-3 for the third time this year.

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Gloucestershire town shop shuts but Fifi’s carries on

28 October 2024

The sole antiques and vintage shop which has traded in the Gloucestershire town of Wotton-under-Edge since 2015 is closing its doors after Christmas.

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Record bidding in the Cotswolds for a feminist first and a ‘horrid novel’

21 October 2024

Results from the Ombersley Court library reflect historical significance of the largely unseen works

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Desirable RAF lots coming up include a Battle of Britain golden ‘oldie’ and a Dambuster

16 September 2024

In November, Spink of London will offer a Spitfire pilot’s Battle of Britain group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer (later Squadron Leader) Ernest Mayne, No 74 (Tiger) Squadron, RAF.

Polydore Vergil’s Anglica Historia

Hand-drawn maps lift demand for Mary Tudor’s personal copy of Anglica Historia

12 September 2024

Mary Tudor’s personal copy of Vergil’s history of England has sold at auction for £140,000.

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Brooke boost: new auction benchmarks

09 September 2024

Prices are on the rise for Yorkshire-born painter Anne Brooke (1916-2002).

Edwardian Locksmiths Shop Diorama

Delightful diorama heads to auction

08 September 2024

A charming item brought to a saleroom last week will go under the hammer next week.

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Tudor propaganda: Queen Mary’s own copy of Vergil’s history of England comes up for sale boosted by maps

02 September 2024

Mary Tudor’s personal copy of Vergil’s history of England comes to auction in Gloucestershire this month.

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Quaker antiquary and family put together an extraordinary collection

27 August 2024

The first section of the Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium) Historic Textiles & Antiques auction on July 26 contained 33 lots of textiles from the collection of the Quaker antiquary Martha Spriggs and her descendants.

Provisional Articles of the Treaty of Paris

Ombersley Court library to be sold at Chorley’s

26 August 2024

Gloucestershire saleroom Chorley’s will offer works from the library from Ombersley Court in Worcestershire, seat of the Sandys family for 400 years, at auction next month.