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Art advisor Gurr Johns brings ‘Anglo-Saxon model’ to Paris market
17 October 2024Gurr Johns, the art advisor that owns UK auction house Dreweatts, has opened an office in Paris.
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Prime example of pietre dure decoration emerges at Lisbon auction
14 October 2024An ornate 17th century cabinet with pietre dure inlays and gilt bronze mounts heads to Lisbon auction house Veritas on October 21 with an estimate of €80,000–120,000.
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Irish silver beer jug features among five lots to watch
14 October 2024With estimates from £100, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week
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Nerly brings Venetian grandeur, intrigue – and snow – to a Cologne auction
14 October 2024On October 26, Cologne saleroom Lempertz is holding a sale in Berlin devoted to the collection of some 100 paintings amassed by a German connoisseur from the 1980s onwards.
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Five upcoming auction highlights in Germany
14 October 2024Our selection of lots from five sales taking place in Germany this season
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Broad church of tribal artefacts on show at specialist fair
11 October 2024The Tribal Art Fair (TAF) is returning to De Duif in Amsterdam from October 24 to 27. Twenty ethnographic dealers will be exhibiting at the 22nd edition of the fair.
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Rozenburg porcelain gets to the art of the matter and Zsolnay hits its peak
07 October 2024Among the hundreds of new products launched at the Exposition Universelle in 1900 was the so-called eggshell porcelain, produced by the Rozenburg Royal Delftware Factory in the Hague.
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Celebrated Swiss auctioneer Kornfeld’s own collection offered on the rostrum
07 October 2024Items amassed by the late Eberhard Kornfeld feature in bumper series of five sales at the firm he ran
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Sèvres painter shows his talent
07 October 2024There were plenty of potential takers for a Sèvres cup and saucer from the 1840s which came under the hammer at Hargesheimer (28% buyer’s premium) in Dusseldorf on September 11-14.
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Box boasts Rothschild provenance
07 October 2024A French gold and enamel box with an unusual decoration caught the eye of several bidders at Kendzia (16% buyer’s premium).
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Munich fair set to wow with help of wine coolers
07 October 2024From October 17-20, the 15th edition of the prestigious fair Munich Highlights is opening its doors in the Residenz, the one-time city palace of the Bavarian royal family.
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Doucai dish destroys its estimate
07 October 2024Schloß Ahlden (25% buyer’s premium) near Hanover was presumably expecting more than the modest estimate of €500 for an 18th century Chinese doucai dish (diameter 8in/21cm) that was to become one of the top lots of a recent auction.
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Dealer Dickinson offers ‘early Michelangelo’
30 September 2024London dealer Dickinson is offering what it says is ‘the one of the most exciting old master discoveries to have been made in recent decades, and is an important addition to the small group of extant drawings by Michelangelo’.
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Empire period Sèvres centrepiece surfaces in Ostend
23 September 2024This Sèvres porcelain basket-shaped centrepiece was one of the highlights in a sale held by Ostantix Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Ostend on September 3-4.
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Autumn signals busy art market
23 September 2024With the Olympics over and the new season well under way, there is plenty of activity in the French art market.
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Biennale in Florence attracts British dealers
23 September 2024Prestigious Italian fair includes UK firms among the strong international contingent attending this year
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Monet sketchbook draws the eye
23 September 2024Studies include caricature-like portraits which were an early preoccupation of the young artist
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Bruun collection sets record for any Scandinavian coin
18 September 2024The first part of the auction of the extraordinary coin collection of Lars Emil Bruun (1852-1923) raised a total of €14.8m (£12.5m) including premium last week.
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Handy way to carry a rubber duck in style
09 September 2024A single-owner collection of 37 pieces of Louis Vuitton luggage formed part of Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) Design sale.
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Luxury travel: Christie's sells largest private collection of Louis Vuitton trunks
09 September 2024The largest private collection of Louis Vuitton trunks ever to come to auction was sold by Christie’s Paris (26% buyer’s premium) earlier this year.
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