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Moorcroft premises

Founder's family buys back Moorcroft pottery and vows to return production to original site

16 June 2025

The stricken Moorcroft pottery business will have a member of the founder's family involved with the firm for the first time in nearly 20 years.

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Oscar Wilde's bed and desk are among five sales to watch

16 June 2025

With estimates from £800, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

Arthur William Devis portrait

Devis in demand: ‘Relaxed’ portrait of a civil servant bid to £140,000

16 June 2025

Over recent years, works painted in India by Arthur William Devis (1762-1822) have become a valuable proposition.

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Top stories this week including the Michael Baggott collection coming to auction

15 June 2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of Woolley & Wallis offering the silver collection of the late dealer Michael Baggott this summer.

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Antiques Roadshow expert Geoffrey Munn loans jewellery collection to V&A

13 June 2025

Jewellery specialist Geoffrey Munn has placed his personal collection of historical jewels on permanent loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum.

William Dobson self portrait

Dealer brokers sale of Dobson self-portrait to two London museums

13 June 2025

A rare self-portrait by William Dobson (1611-46) has been jointly acquired by Tate Britain and the National Portrait Gallery in a £2.37m private treaty sale brokered by dealer Hazlitt.

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Louis Vuitton trunk steams in to the saleroom and takes £130,000

12 June 2025

A scarce Louis Vuitton wardrobe steamer trunk dating from the 1920s or earlier sold for £130,000 hammer (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at John Nicholson’s on June 11.