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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Artist’s studio archive set to draw in bidders in Dorset
The studio archive of pictures by late Victorian and Edwardian artist George Hodgson is to be sold in a Dorset
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Polo auction celebrates anniversary
A timed auction devoted to the sport of polo, which is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first polo game
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Pre-Raphaelite painting leads Old Masters sale
A watercolour by Edward Burne-Jones’s longest serving assistant, Thomas Matthews Rooke (1842-1942), was the star attraction in a sale of
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Albert Goodwin artworks in Suffolk sale
A collection of artworks by renowned Victorian artist Albert Goodwin sold for almost £120,000 in a recent Suffolk sale. A
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Hidden coin strikes gold in sale
A 14th-century French gold coin found by chance inside a tiny secret drawer of a 20th-century bureau – much to
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Beatrix Potter First Editions could Fly
A near-complete first edition run of Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of The Faithful Dove will go under the hammer in
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Lakonia disaster survivor sells bracelet
A former model who survived an infamous shipping disaster aboard the Greek ship Lakonia during a pleasure cruise in 1963
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Undiscovered Elgar music stirs interest
An undiscovered and unheard piece of music by the celebrated composer Sir Edward Elgar has been found tucked inside an
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Intriguing array in anniversary sale
An ‘intriguing array’ of fine furniture and clocks will go under the hammer at a Surrey auction house to celebrate
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