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The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of Woolley & Wallis offering the silver collection of the late dealer Michael Baggott this summer.
A court in Pontoise, near Paris heard French antique furniture dealer Bill (Georges) Pallot was sent… ...
Jewellery specialist Geoffrey Munn has placed his personal collection of historical jewels on permanent loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The 22 pieces, many of them created in deeply personal ...
Records date back to 1720 for a small glassworks off London's Fleet Street, but Britain's longest running glass house, best known as the Whitefriars factory, really came into its own when James Powell ...
When they first came into use in the 1830s, friction matches were hazardous and could combust without warning, so vesta cases were something of a necessity. But as their production became more ...
Almost every sporting activity you can think of is represented in the memorabilia market and many sectors of the antiques industry have their own sporting sub-sector: silver, ceramics, paintings, ...
A scarce Louis Vuitton wardrobe steamer trunk dating from the 1920s or earlier sold for £130,000 hammer (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at John Nicholson’s on June 11. The saleroom in Fernhurst, Surrey, ...
The first part of an auction series offering a remarkable array of coins buried in Europe for over 50 years to prevent them from being looted during Nazi invasion kicked off with a focus on British ...
From dealers and auction houses, here is the latest round up of people moves. Terence Woodcock, known as Terry, will be ...
Serendipity has it that two Regency pollard oak and ebony inlaid desks attributed to George Bullock (c.1762-1818) come for sale on the same day this week. The near identical desks follow the pattern ...
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