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Category Archive: International News

‘Barn find’ dial clock sells at over ten-times estimate

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Estimated at a token £100-200, a large twin fusee wall clock sold to an online bid of £2400 […]

Posted on June 13, 2019June 12, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Bought for £5 in 1964: ‘Lewis Chessmen’ piece comes to auction with estimate of up to £1m at Sotheby’s

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Dating from the 12th and early 13th centuries, the Lewis Chessmen collection was rediscovered on Lewis in 1831 […]

Posted on June 12, 2019June 5, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Moorcroft shows Australian appeal

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While British studio potters were battling to break through in the 1930s, established factories, even Moorcroft, were struggling […]

Posted on June 12, 2019June 5, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Matisse makes top Shropshire sum

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Characteristic etching is best-seller in appealing single-owner mix of works on paper. Extracted from Antiques Trade Gazette | […]

Posted on June 11, 2019June 5, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Prince Charles original watercolour attracts attention at sale of Harold Wilson collection

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A rare opportunity to own a watercolour by Prince Charles (b.1948) presented itself when items belonging to the […]

Posted on June 11, 2019June 5, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Persian tile symbolic of ceramic revival takes £95,000 in John Nicholson’s sale

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A large Persian lustre tile dating from c.1300 sold for £95,000 at John Nicholson’s in Haslemere last month. […]

Posted on June 10, 2019June 5, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Iznik tile takes £31,000 at Dreweatts auction

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The May 22 sale at Dreweatts of Donnington Priory titled Japanese, Islamic and Indian Works of Art included […]

Posted on June 10, 2019June 5, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Staying alive by the grace of god

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Pamphlet in later royal binding offers thanksgiving for James I’s survival of Gunpowder Plot. Extracted from Antiques Trade […]

Posted on June 9, 2019June 5, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Candlesticks back in spotlight

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The hope at every house clearance came true for Reading auctioneer Chris Boreham when he unearthed this set […]

Posted on June 9, 2019June 5, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Collectors tune into Diss sale for mechanical music delights

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Best-seller and one of the biggest surprises at the white-glove sale of a mechanical music collection was a […]

Posted on June 8, 2019June 11, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Pet food signs serve up tasty sums

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Coming fresh to market from a corn merchant’s shop, seven early/mid- 20th century enamel signs extolling Spratt’s pet […]

Posted on June 8, 2019June 4, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Original artwork for James Bond You Only Live Twice 1967 film poster makes double top estimate at auction

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The name’s McGinnis. Robert McGinnis. A name which may not be as immediately familiar as James Bond, but […]

Posted on June 7, 2019May 30, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Salvaged ‘Whisky Galore’ bottles from the 1940s go under the hammer at Bonhams in Edinburgh

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When the 8000-ton cargo ship SS Politician left Liverpool for Jamaica and New Orleans in 1941 it was […]

Posted on June 7, 2019May 30, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

David Bowie’s rejected debut album tracks sell for double estimate figure at Merseyside auction

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Tracks recorded by David Bowie for his 1967 debut album that were later rejected have been sold at […]

Posted on June 6, 2019May 29, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Art Nouveau ‘Dying Swan’ piano emerges in Paris auction

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The upcoming Decorative Arts sale to be held by Tajan in Paris includes a number of pieces by […]

Posted on June 6, 2019May 29, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Russian sword owned by prince who died in action

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A Russian battle sword is on offer at Morphy Auctions in the June 12 sale in Denver, Pennsylvania, […]

Posted on June 5, 2019May 29, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Printed edition of Islamic medical text is healthy seller

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Billed as the first printed edition of the most authoritative medical text in the Islamic world, a 1593 […]

Posted on June 5, 2019May 29, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

Here come the Men in Black (and the Jedi and the wizards): Will Smith suit goes under the hammer at Ewbank’s movie prop auction

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Bidders have the chance to get that alien-hunting time-travelling look next week as Will Smith’s suit from Men […]

Posted on June 4, 2019May 29, 2019 International NewsLearnNews

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