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Oystercatchers create a splash at Macclesfield auction
03 May 2024Somewhat appropriately given the subject matter, a picture of oystercatchers flew away at a recent Adam Partridge sale in Macclesfield, Cheshire.
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Seat coverings come with Scottish family connection
29 April 2024Pictured here are two lots of seat furniture that impressed bidders in recent auctions in Gloucestershire and Cheshire.
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Police appeal for witnesses following theft at Congleton antiques centre
02 April 2024Valuable silver and jewellery lost after smash-and-grab in Cheshire
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FA Cup hero’s 1884 honour sells in Cheshire
11 March 2024A football medal sold at a Cheshire auction house was so early in date that it was only the 13th time the FA Cup final had been contested, the game was played at Kennington Oval and the opposition was a Scottish team.
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Quentin Bell lampshade takes nearly 40-times estimate
10 January 2024A lampshade painted by Quentin Bell sold for a remarkable £4700 when Adam Partridge dispersed the residual collection of Michael Evans (Dayabandu).
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Arthur Swallow Fairs: quirky buys ideal for the curious
16 October 2023The Cheshire showground event run by Arthur Swallow includes plenty of conversation starters.
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All forgiven: medieval document relating to rebellion soars above estimate
04 September 2023This medieval document with a royal seal attached amounts to a pardon granted by Henry IV (1367-1413) to John Barlawe of the manor of Barlow in Chorlton-Cum-Hardy (now suburban Manchester).
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Batmobile based on earlier model roars away to Singapore
26 June 2023When the (Louis) Marx toy company produced a friction-drive model Batmobile in the 1960s the plastic car that resulted was really a model of the 1951 General Motors Le Sabre concept show car designed by Harley Earl.
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Cheshire Police warn antiques dealers to be vigilant following theft
11 April 2023Police are warning antiques dealers to be vigilant following the theft of two silver items and a lacquered snuff box.
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The web shop window: 'The funniest car mascot on the market’
16 January 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
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Arthur Swallow Fairs has 'high hopes' for 2023
09 January 2023“All things considered, it’s been a pretty good year and we have high hopes of 2023 being a cracker”, enthused Richard Burgoin, director of Arthur Swallow Fairs as he looked back at its fairs and markets in 2022.
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The web shop window: A Victorian prisoners' ‘pillow’
02 January 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
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Action stations for a three-day auction
05 December 2022Over the course of 35 years Andy Houldsworth amassed one of the largest collections of Action Man and similar action figures in the UK.
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Wilson’s new route got strait to the point
14 November 2022Although the box to this bronze medal is dated 1873 (leading the auction house to conclude it was Victorian), the piece itself was struck in 1760.
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Hugh got his skates on in Edinburgh 221 years ago
24 October 2022The sale at The Auction Centre (20% buyer’s premium) in Runcorn, Cheshire, on September 30 included this rare George III Scottish silver member’s badge for The Edinburgh Skating Club – the world’s first figure skating organisation.
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Extensive collection of Ford Madox Ford emerges in Cheshire
05 September 2022A substantial collection of works by just one multi-talented and enormously influential figure was presented as part of series of sales held by Adam Partridge (20% buyer’s premium) in its Macclesfield rooms.
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Strong demand for anti-slavery objects
29 August 2022Anti-slavery objects are enjoying a particular strong moment in the market as museums at home and in the US seek to fill holes in collections vulnerable to the label ‘pale, male and stale’.
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Helen Bradley childhood stories enthral eager bidders
25 July 2022Another high price for Helen Bradley (1900-79) came at Cheshire saleroom Wilson55 (22% buyer’s premium) last month.
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The web shop window: Edwardian leather suitcases
09 May 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
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Hockney drawings and prints bring demand in the North and South
25 April 2022The expansion in prices for David Hockney (b.1937) has affected not just his large and famous works which now sell for multi-millions but also his smaller drawings and printed works that fall further down the price scale.
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