Sarah Bernhardt items in demand
Six items from the personal collection of the celebrated French theatre actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) fetched more than five times their
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Silver
Christie’s Collectors Sale heads Online
Centuries of artisan craftsmanship is represented in Christie’s sale, The Collector: Online, which encompasses European and English furniture, silver, ceramics,
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Silver cow gets the cream in Suffolk sale
A naturalistic Georgian silver cow creamer was one of the star lots in a Suffolk auction house’s recent sale of
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Christopher Dresser rack in charity shop
An eagle-eyed charity shop volunteer spotted the work of renowned Victorian designer Dr Christopher Dresser among a consignment, which could
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David Little Collection of early silver at Christie’s
Rare and highly sought-after examples of early English silver will be offered by Christie’s at the start of December with
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Large Silver selection in Somerset sale
A huge selection of silver and vertu went under the hammer in Somerset recently, with strong prices achieved for items
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Signed LS Lowry Print to lead Surrey sale
A signed print by LS Lowry, a pair of oils by 19th/20th-century French landscape artist Antoine Bouvard and a Paul
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Charles I Silver Spoon leads Sale
A rare Charles I East Anglian spoon by Arthur Haslewood of Norwich (1635) has been sold for £11,250 in a
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Wiener Werkstätte spoon creates stir in Staffordshire
A rare silver spoon, designed by Josef Hoffmann the Austrian architect and designer who co-founded the influential Wiener Werkstätte in Vienna,
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Sparkling results for first silver sale of year
A Salisbury auctioneer’s first silver sale of the year has started impressively with a total of over 399,000. The sale
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