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NewsBidders fired up for exceptional flintlock

A flintlock duck gun hailed as exceptional by Olympia Auctions fully lived up to its billing when it shot past an estimate of £60,000-80,000 to hammer down at £380,000 on June 26.

News DigestLot reveals story of the Lumberjills

While the work of British women on the home front in both world wars is now widely recognised in a wider sense, many of the specific units set up remain obscure and largely forgotten.

FeatureRoyal approval for the work of George Michael Moser once dubbed ‘England’s favourite goldsmith’

Auction ReportsA family provenance to chew on: collection bought with proceeds of a biscuit empire

Auction ReportsPaul Nash’s rare interior view starts among Bussock Wood selection

Books & Works On PaperMystery writer' s musings on meteorites prove a big hit at auction

Dealers’ diarySporting approach to the Paris Olympics

InternationalHarry Davis Royal Worcester polar bears on the prowl in the US

Fairs, Markets, Shops & CentresRacecourses: why thinking on the hoof works for organisers

NewsCracked in the attic: broken crockery was worth £162,000

Ceramics and Glass

Recent coverage of the ceramics and glass market

Ceramics

Ceramics and GlassMeissen freemasons rub shoulders with Lowestoft musicians

The most desirable element of a collection of 18th century white-glazed porcelain figures offered by Reeman Dansie was the Meissen group known as Two Freemasons.

Ceramics and GlassVincennes candleholders spark hot contest

Pair of rare and early French examples offered separately create a bidding frenzy despite condition issues

Ceramics and GlassOttoman tile packs in power of tiger and leopard

Ceramics and GlassWell-known Sèvres service delights bidders

Ceramics and GlassSoviet-era porcelain on the up

Ceramics and GlassGroup of prime period De Morgan tiles take close to six-figures

Ceramics and GlassLalique style leads selection of design classics

Ceramics and GlassFlower power: British majolica hits the bigtime

Ceramics and GlassNelson's Worcester teapot brings £42,000

Ceramics and GlassA taste of rare colour combinations at Bonhams

Jewellery Highlights

Recent coverage of the jewellery market

Jewellery

JewelleryTiffany is tops at Toomey's jewellery sale

Snake bracelet among the highlights as period jewellery makes an auction debut.

JewelleryDealer Tomasso adds to personal collection with an auction purchase

A gold and cameo ring offered at Irita Marriott caught the eye of a number of jewellery dealers and bidders from as far as Paris and the US.

JewelleryThird Antiques Roadshow-discovered Burges brooch sells at auction

JewelleryRing by Dubret influenced by Lalique but at a more affordable level

JewelleryStrong markets that create key battleground

JewelleryCarved coral pendant created in a style typical of Trapani

JewelleryBrooch was ‘gift from Duke and Duchess of Windsor’

JewelleryWhite gloves for Chameroy’s eclecticism

JewelleryThe draw of a great sapphire and a great atelier

JewelleryHardman jewel with a Pugin connection

Modern British Art Highlights

Recent coverage of the Modern British art market

Modern British Art

Modern British ArtBloomsbury Group attracts fresh buyers

Result of select offering in London shows a healthy market which now even includes Asian bidders.

Modern British ArtNewlyn artists are setting the scene

Recent works sold in Dorset from the Cornish ‘school’ show the market strength.

Modern British ArtArt innovator Richardson’s collection comes to auction

Modern British ArtNewcastle saleroom sets auction record for surrealist Pulham

Modern British ArtActor Peter Barkworth also had a private passion for collecting

Modern British ArtEarly Dod Procter portrait turns heads at West Sussex auction

Modern British ArtA feather in the cap of Eliot Hodgkin

Modern British ArtRight time and place for Lowry

Modern British ArtHow Gwen John sought creature comfort

Modern British ArtCadell still life sets house record

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Eye of the Collector combines old and new in lavish style

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Daoguang bowls left in attic fetch £162,000 at auction

28 June 2024

Photo and badges reveal little known but vital work of the Second World War Lumberjills female forestry workers

28 June 2024

The Treasure House Fair returns with a lively opening

27 June 2024

The real Withnail: diaries of Vivian MacKerrell, the actor who inspired Withnail and I, for sale at auction

27 June 2024

Harry Potter original artwork sells for $1.6m

27 June 2024

Tompion table clock stolen 31 years ago comes to auction following agreement

26 June 2024

Newly discovered American portrait miniature of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale comes to a London saleroom

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Newcastle United FA Cup winner’s medal sells for £7800

Largest collection of Louis Vuitton trunks come to auction

Soldier’s watercolour of First World War battle to appear at auction

Regency Chamberlain Worcester cabinet cups cause a stir at auction

First naval Victoria Cross of the First World War comes to London saleroom

Hanover Tompion sells for £3.5m at the Treasure House Fair

Rare 18th century Neapolitan crèche figures take off at auction and fly back to Napoli

Latest Print Edition

NewsBidders fired up for exceptional flintlock

News DigestLot reveals story of the Lumberjills

FeatureRoyal approval for the work of George Michael Moser once dubbed ‘England’s favourite goldsmith’

Auction ReportsA family provenance to chew on: collection bought with proceeds of a biscuit empire

Auction ReportsPaul Nash’s rare interior view starts among Bussock Wood selection

Books & Works On PaperMystery writer' s musings on meteorites prove a big hit at auction

Dealers’ diarySporting approach to the Paris Olympics

InternationalHarry Davis Royal Worcester polar bears on the prowl in the US

Fairs, Markets, Shops & CentresRacecourses: why thinking on the hoof works for organisers

NewsCracked in the attic: broken crockery was worth £162,000

Ceramics and Glass

Ceramics and GlassMeissen freemasons rub shoulders with Lowestoft musicians

Ceramics and GlassVincennes candleholders spark hot contest

Ceramics and GlassOttoman tile packs in power of tiger and leopard

Ceramics and GlassWell-known Sèvres service delights bidders

Ceramics and GlassSoviet-era porcelain on the up

Ceramics and GlassGroup of prime period De Morgan tiles take close to six-figures

Ceramics and GlassLalique style leads selection of design classics

Ceramics and GlassFlower power: British majolica hits the bigtime

Ceramics and GlassNelson's Worcester teapot brings £42,000

Ceramics and GlassA taste of rare colour combinations at Bonhams

Jewellery Highlights

JewelleryTiffany is tops at Toomey's jewellery sale

JewelleryDealer Tomasso adds to personal collection with an auction purchase

JewelleryThird Antiques Roadshow-discovered Burges brooch sells at auction

JewelleryRing by Dubret influenced by Lalique but at a more affordable level

JewelleryStrong markets that create key battleground

JewelleryCarved coral pendant created in a style typical of Trapani

JewelleryBrooch was ‘gift from Duke and Duchess of Windsor’

JewelleryWhite gloves for Chameroy’s eclecticism

JewelleryThe draw of a great sapphire and a great atelier

JewelleryHardman jewel with a Pugin connection

Modern British Art Highlights

Modern British ArtBloomsbury Group attracts fresh buyers

Modern British ArtNewlyn artists are setting the scene

Modern British ArtArt innovator Richardson’s collection comes to auction

Modern British ArtNewcastle saleroom sets auction record for surrealist Pulham

Modern British ArtActor Peter Barkworth also had a private passion for collecting

Modern British ArtEarly Dod Procter portrait turns heads at West Sussex auction

Modern British ArtA feather in the cap of Eliot Hodgkin

Modern British ArtRight time and place for Lowry

Modern British ArtHow Gwen John sought creature comfort

Modern British ArtCadell still life sets house record

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American colonial map cow-horn powder-horn is among five lots to watch this week

Top stories this week including an auction house record

Shakespeare’s First Folio lands in Tasmania

Elaborate Italian Renaissance armour emerges for public auction

Eye of the Collector combines old and new in lavish style

Daoguang bowls left in attic fetch £162,000 at auction

Photo and badges reveal little known but vital work of the Second World War Lumberjills female forestry workers

The Treasure House Fair returns with a lively opening

The real Withnail: diaries of Vivian MacKerrell, the actor who inspired Withnail and I, for sale at auction

Harry Potter original artwork sells for $1.6m

Tompion table clock stolen 31 years ago comes to auction following agreement

Newly discovered American portrait miniature of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale comes to a London saleroom

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