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As we look forward to the start of the next Carolean age of King Charles III, Edward Rycroft looks back
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The David Stather Library, a remarkable private collection put together over a lifetime, is to be sold in a single-owner
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Five first-edition novels by Jane Austen from the early 19th century have sold for a total of £181,000 in a
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As the collecting world adjusts to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Paul Fraser considers the impact on that most
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BBC Antiques Roadshow expert, author and antiques dealer Mark Hill has announced that he is opening a new shop in
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An oil painting by Cedric Morris (1889-1982) entitled Flowers and Pears was highly contested at the 7 and 8 December
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The recent white glove sale of Sir Terence Conran, The Contents of Barton Court, held at Bonhams, saw all of
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A cinnabar carved lacquer circular charger, which was originally thought to be Ming but turned out to be from the
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David Harvey steps up to reveal how a meeting in a French car park led him to lift the lid
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Alan Ball’s 1966 World Cup winner’s medal, World Cup final shirt and World Cup squad cap sold for a combined
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Pastels and chintz from the 1980s look set to be one of the key design trends of 2023, according to
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An 18th-century cornelian oval seal, with an intaglio carving featuring a ‘Horse frightened by a lion’ after George Stubbs has
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Fifty artworks from the historic Blaisdon Hall in Gloucestershire will go under the hammer at Dreweatts auctioneers in December. Located
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Over 78,000 people visited the Museum of London in its final month at London Wall before it closed in early
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An extremely rare pair of Meissen red-ground vases from circa 1735 achieved £831,900 at Bonhams 500 Years of European Ceramics
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Dreweatts auctioneers is excited to offer one of the earliest instances of sibling affection between brothers in British art. The
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A Harry Potter-mad teenager won the rarest Potter book ever seen by a books expert – and it could deliver
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The latest issue of Antique Collecting magazine is out soon – with a distinctly festive focus. Inside, discover the world’s
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A number of works by highly collectable artists will feature in an Oxfordshire saleroom this month, including examples from artists
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The highlight of the Cotswold Auction Company’s last sale of the year was a collection of vintage Punch and
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One of the world’s largest eggs, over a foot in length and laid by the now extinct elephant bird, is
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A unique watch gifted by King of Rock ‘n’ Roll Elvis Presley to close friend Marty Lacker to mark the
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A selection of Asian ceramics, Old Master paintings, furniture and collectibles from Chillesford Lodge in Suffolk will go under the
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As comfortable as they are stylish, Thonet’s bentwood furniture designs have been in production for two centuries and are still
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A metal detectorist in Dorset has unearthed a medieval diamond ring during his second outing in a farmer’s field that
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A portrait has been unveiled that is said to be the only signed and dated image of William Shakespeare painted
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Kyla Brooke is the owner of Art Folks, a fast-growing, affordable vintage art gallery, primarily operating on Instagram (@artfolks.gallery). The
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A bejewelled bird brooch winged its way to victory, when it sold for £40,000 – ten times the bottom estimate
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A fascinating and important collection of ancient glassware, assembled over a period of 30 years by the Dutch glass enthusiast
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Memorabilia from the first successful British ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 – including a food packet used by the
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Three fine collections of antique costume, noteworthy for their detailed curation, familial stories, and position as time capsules of textiles
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Items of furniture and works from the Spencer House stores, the neoclassical artistocratic palace in London, will go under the
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Two rare 18th-century nun dolls have sold at Reeman Dansie auctioneers in Colchester, Essex, for a combined total of £55,000
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The enigmatic face of Elsie Palmer, one of renowned artist John Singer Sargent’s most famous subjects, has returned to the
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Ben Hinson, curator of an ongoing exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre, Visions of Ancient Egypt, considers the legacy of ‘Tutmania’
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An eclectic collection of taxidermy from the well-known Flower Pot pub in Henley-on-Thames in London will go under the hammer
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Rare and antiquarian book seller, London-based Peter Harrington has released their new catalogue, which seeks to evoke the ephemeral moment
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Bellmans is offering a selection of paintings, prints and sculpture from the Estate of the late Wilfred and Jeannette Cass
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A collection of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey sold for a total of £6,250 in a recent auction at Midlands-based auction
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A rare 16th or 17th-century gold ‘toadstone’ ring, found in a box of mixed jewellery during a valuation, comes for
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Christie’s is set to present The Collection of Lord & Lady Weinstock, comprising Old Master Paintings, English and European furniture
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A flag believed to have been flown at Wembley during the 1966 World Cup is set to spark football bidding
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Silvery Moonlight by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893), one of Yorkshire’s most significant 19th-century artists, is coming up for sale in
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A unique artwork by celebrated contemporary artist Ann Carrington is set to sell to raise funds for the ‘Queen Mother’s
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Bonhams is to host a major exhibition of works on paper by the pioneering artist Egon Schiele (1890-1918) from one
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One of the most valuable works of art set to be offered in a Surrey saleroom’s upcoming quarterly fine art
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Antiques Roadshow specialist Marc Allum reflects on how a thwarted trip to see Tutankhamun still rankles but also sparked a
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Christie’s is to present an examination of the artistic treatment of the macabre through the ages in a selling exhibition
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