1) The ‘engraving’ that bidders discovered was a JMW Turner drawing
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Catalogued as an engraving, bidders believed this picture to be an original JMW Turner drawing for a print in Scott’s Essays.
A somewhat innocuous-looking lot at Hansons (26% buyer’s premium) proved to be anything but as a number of eagle-eyed bidders spotted a JMW Turner drawing.
2) Rare Northwest coast shamanic mask prompts tribal gathering in Royston
A 19th century Native American wolf mask, once used in religious ceremonies on the Northwest coast, emerged from the obscurity of a £50-100 estimate to bring £14,000 at auction in Hertfordshire.
3) Annual auction totals: Dreweatts takes top spot again in an increasingly selective market
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Among the many strong results in the Robert Kime sale at Dreweatts in October was this English School portrait of a man with pickaxe and a spade in a landscape dated 1601. It was estimated at £10,000-15,000 but sold at £400,000.
Regional firms report that while big buyers remain active the middle level is challenging.
4) New faces at auction houses in the UK and overseas
A new director at a West Sussex firm and expansion in Sheffield are among the latest Movers & Shakers across the world of art and antiques.
5) Sandwich Islands noblewoman sells for 180-times top guide
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Liliha, Wife of Bohki, a small early 19th century half-length portrait of a Hawaiian noblewoman sold for $180,000 ($212,400) at Richard Opfer.
Portrait of Sandwich Islands noblewoman who visited London on diplomatic tour in 1824 appears in Maryland auction