18 May 2012

 
  

May 3, 2012 - Filed under: Antiques News — Harriet

Antiques aren’t always about Victorian oak pedestal desks and Georgian antique dining tables, as a Lancashire dealer will verify; in fact, some of the objects at (more…)

May 2, 2012 - Filed under: Antiques News — David

When reporter Samantha Castle visited a Snowdonia antique store, she experienced first-hand the hard work that goes into making an antique cabinet ready for sale – by (more…)

April 30, 2012 - Filed under: Antiques News — Richard

A collection of decorative objects designed and owned by Victorian architect Augustus Pugin were among the highlights of the Sworders spring country house sale. (more…)

April 11, 2012 - Filed under: Antiques News — Richard

Sometimes, valuable antique dining tables can be can be found in the most unlikely of places – such as a run-down council flat near Petersfield.

Antiques auctioneer Martin Lawrence was expecting nothing more than a long drive when Jacobs & Hunt asked him to do a probate valuation on a dilapidated top floor council flat in Southsea, Portsmouth. However, what he found inside was an Aladdin’s cave of antique treasures, inherited from the deceased’s parents who had been successful dealers during the pre and post-war periods. (more…)

April 10, 2012 - Filed under: Antiques News — Harriet

Rev. Peter J. Gomes was an acclaimed American Baptist minister and writer, who was also a prodigious collector of antiques. Just before Easter his entire collection, consisting of Victorian dining chairs , antique porcelain, fine art and other effects, was put under the hammer following his untimely death from a stroke in February. (more…)

April 9, 2012 - Filed under: Antiques News — David

Police have recovered a statue aged 2,500 years old from a goat pen near Athens, Greece, and placed the goat herder and an accomplice under arrest. It is alleged they were trying to sell the illegally excavated piece for half a million euros (around £415,000) – it is worth £10m. (more…)

April 5, 2012 - Filed under: Antiques News — David

antique desks, open bookcases and a large selection of canine artworks – these are just some of the lots which will be going under the hammer when Sotheby’s holds a sale of property from the estate of Brooke Astor in September. (more…)

March 29, 2012 - Filed under: Antiques News — David

antique cabinets and other items from the estate of British actress and philanthropist Dame Celia Lipton Farris have gone under the hammer in New York, including antiques which once belonged to the Vanderbilt family. (more…)

March 28, 2012 - Filed under: Antiques News — Richard

The ‘old submarine badge’ looked as if it wouldn’t be out of place hanging above an antique oak partners desk , so Philip McKeiver was happy to pay £90 for it whilst attending a village sale. (more…)

March 26, 2012 - Filed under: Antiques News — David

A £300,000 cache of antique jewellery and other rare valuables accidentally discovered by police in Scotland would grace any antique cabinet, but Lancashire viewers aren’t likely to see them popping up on Real Deal any time soon. (more…)

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