Antiques and Auction News
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Focus on: The Vaughan family
Imagine a family whose wealth, back in the 19th century, actually exceeded the riches of Britain...
Big earner (November 22)
If Press reports this week are anything to go by then diamonds are no longer a girl’s best frien...
Big Earner (November 15)
If you live in Gloucestershire and you’re lucky enough to find an original watercolour by Beatri...
Focus on: Paintings
If you’ve got any room left on your walls, or would like to buy someone a nice Christmas present...
Focus on: Lead figures
The best collection of lead vehicles and figures which Charterhouse of Sherborne says it has seen ...
Picks for the week ahead (November 15)
1. With the 90th anniversary of the end of Great War in 1918 very much in mind, Tamlyn’s of B...
Focus on: Frog memorabilia
Readers of an amphibious turn of mind will recall that back in the autumn of 2005, Kidson-Trigg of...
Focus on: Jewels and gems
A piece of 19th-century diplomatic history comes up for sale on Wednesday, November 12, when Drew...
The big earner (November 8)
This 19th-century Dyak wooden shield from Borneo, decorated with trophies of human hair and consig...
Focus on: Diamonds
Kidson-Trigg’s sale at Highworth on November 19 features this late 19th-century Art Nouveau dia...
Picks for the week ahead (November 8)
1. In 1753, Parliament passed Lord Hardwicke’s Marriage Act, which put the rules of marriage und...
Focus on: A post-war jukebox
This early post-war Discophonette 78rpm jukebox, estimated at £500-£1,000, is part of a substan...
Focus on: An Edison phonograph
This early Edison Class M phonograph, originally sold by Holland Bros of Ottawa, Canada, is estim...
Focus on: Eyecatching ceramics
They don’t like words like “crash” and “crunch” in the world of ceramics, since they are...
This week's big earner (november 1)
This stylish advertising figure for Shelley Potteries fetched a record price for the factory at Wo...
Focus on: Bronze winner
A lively day at Kidson-Trigg’s last sale was helped on its way by this action- packed Philip Bl...
Focus on: The history of Westminster Abbey
An interesting piece of Westminster Abbey history goes under the hammer at Dominic Winter in South...
Picks for the week ahead (November 1)
1. If only this Kyffin Williams painting were in oils, you could perhaps multiply its estimate of ...
Focus on: Silver worth drinking to
Lawrence’s recent two-day sale in Crewkerne topped £1 million, thanks in part to that fabulous ...
Focus on: Continental style
There’s a dashing Continental air to this 1952 Moto Guzzi 250cc Airone Turismo, even leaving asi...
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