1) 'Turner' sunset painting flies to 100 times estimate
A work from an old German collection catalogued as in the manner of Joseph Mallord William Turner drew extraordinary competition in Stuttgart.
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Sailing ships at sunset before an approaching storm catalogued as in the manner of Joseph Mallord William Turner, €300,000 (£260,870) at Nagel.
2) Ceramics expert Henry Sandon dies
The ceramics specialist and Antiques Roadshow’s ‘favourite uncle’ Henry Sandon has died aged 95.
3) Marie-Antoinette’s chair sets an auction record
Among the star attractions at the 60-lot evening sale of works from the collection of Hubert Guerrand-Hermès (1940-2016) at Sotheby’s Paris was a carved and regilded Louis XVI chair.
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Louis XVI gilt walnut chair, stamped by Georges Jacob, c.1784-85, for the boudoir of Queen Marie-Antoinette at Versailles. It sold for €2.1m (£1.81m) at Sotheby’s Paris.
4) Stanley Gibbons and Baldwin’s saved from collapse
Stamp and coin dealership group Stanley Gibbons Group has been rescued from administration in a buy-out deal with owner Phoenix Asset Management.
5) Brooch was ‘gift from Duke and Duchess of Windsor’
A sale at Young’s in Farnham, Surrey, included jewels and objects of vertu with royal provenances.
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Marzo platinum, diamond and natural pearl bar brooch of royal interest, £55,000 at Young’s Auctions.
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