World record Japanese artist in Essex sale
A work by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who established a world record price for a living female artist in 2008, is to go under the hammer at an Essex auction house next month.
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Out of the ordinary results in sale
Essex auction house Sworders’ recent Out of the Ordinary sale saw strong interest – we take a look at the top lots
Read moreHouse of horrors in Essex saleroom
Everything from a mummified cat to a rare Wicker Man film poster are some of the items coming up in an Essex auction house’s ‘extraordinary’ sale
Read moreKnife collection will make the cut
Ancient items retrieved from the muddy banks of the River Thames by dedicated ‘mudlark’, Bill Brown, will be offered alongside 17th-century rarities at two Sworders’ sales
Read moreTin toy strikes gold at Sworders
A rare tin toy has sold for thousands more than its top estimate of £800 at Sworders’ Country House Sale
Read moreBiggles set to fly in sale
Famed for his Biggles books, author WE Johns also painted, and a set of his aircraft watercolours looks set to fly in a sale this month
Read moreChinese vase smashes estimate to make £50K
The recent Asian Art sale at Essex auctioneers Sworders sees top prices paid
Read moreHenry Moore prints in Sworders sale
See the three works by Henry Moore to be offered in Essex auctioneers Sworders’ inaugural dedicated prints sale later this month
Read moreCorrection
Correction – the estimate of Paul Caulfield’s Red and White Still Life, one of the lots at Sworders’ 500 Years of Printmaking sale, is £1,000-£1,500
Read moreAugustus John photograph in sale
Read why a striking photograph of the artist Augustus John and his family appears to call into question the dates of images held in the National Portrait Gallery archive
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