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Emil Nolde watercolour

Emil Nolde watercolour sells for £29,000 at Halls

20 March 2025

A watercolour by the Expressionist painter Emil Nolde (1867-1956) which underwent a year-long authentication process drew a decent competition at Halls this week.

Tommy Cooper’s fez

Just like that, Tommy Cooper’s ‘last fez’ sells at auction

19 March 2025

Tommy Cooper’s (1921-1984) ‘last fez’ appeared at Hansons in Woburn, Bedfordshire, doubling its estimate to fetch £7000 (plus 26.5% buyer’s premium).

Ludovic-Rodolphe Pissarro woodcut

Exhibition celebrates women during wartime

19 March 2025

From woodcuts to a design for Wedgwood plates, Women at War offers perspectives of war that are slightly less familiar

Italian giltwood sofa

Impressive 19th century furniture among highlights at sale of works from Welsh estate Plas Teg

19 March 2025

Welsh auction house Rogers Jones conducted its largest house clearance in over 30 years this month – the principal contents of Plas Teg in Flintshire.

JPR Williams' Barbarians jersey

JPR Williams’ rugby shirt collection offered at Rogers Jones

18 March 2025

A memento from one of the most famous rugby union matches of all time: the Barbarians versus New Zealand in 1973 will go under the hammer at Rogers Jones on April 10.

John Constable sketch

John Constable sketch sells for £320,000 at Tennants

18 March 2025

A previously unrecorded John Constable (1776-1837) sketch attracted strong bidding at North Yorkshire saleroom Tennants this weekend.

Spherical Egg

Bidder shells out for one-in-a-billion spherical egg

18 March 2025

The egg had bidders scrambling for ownership at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood in Exeter