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Interesting things can be picked up at auctions – like lost Rembrandts and biscuit tins decorated with surreptitiously rude pictures. Agent Pete has written about both of these, and much, much, more.
Tin toys dominate antiques auction
Tin toys from the 1950s and 60s dominate the catalogue for an antiques auction in Cirencester next week. The sale of 157 lots of play-worn toys, amassed by a single collector and including brightly-coloured trains, aircraft, spaceships and cars, make … Continue reading
Tigers are real kings of jungle
Tigers proved they were the real kings of the jungle at a Cotswolds antiques auction. Knocking the spots off the leopards and leaving lions lying well down the league table, three tiger skins appeared in the top ten of prices … Continue reading
Antiques collectors have chance to earn their stripes
Antiques collectors will be given the opportunity to earn their stripes when two tiger skins go under the hammer at a Cotswold auction. The two skins, one measuring just over three metres nose to tail, the second just under three … Continue reading
Bidders go round twist as corkscrew sells for £11,000
A rare corkscrew has been sold at auction in the Cotswolds for a head-spinning £11,000. Collectors went round the twist when the Robert Jones and Son Patent corkscrew – in brass with a rosewood handle, bearing a Victorian kite mark, … Continue reading
Antiques are child’s play at Moore Allen
Cotswold auctioneers are chuff-chuff-chuffed to be selling a large collection of miniature petrol and steam engines later this month. The 43 engines, which range in size from a couple of inches to a foot long, were all handmade by a … Continue reading
Corks will be popping after Cotswold auction
Corks will be popping after a Cotswolds antiques auction next week – when a large collection of vintage wines will go under the hammer. The sale at Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester on Friday, November 19 features enough wine, … Continue reading
Big names in contemporary art at auction
PAINTINGS, drawings and prints by some of the biggest names in modern art – including David Hockney, Dame Elizabeth Frink, Sidney Nolan and Brett Whitely – will go under the hammer at Moore Allen & Innocent’s Selected Picture Sale next … Continue reading
George’s head fetches a king’s ransom
A BUST of George III fetched a king’s ransom at Moore Allen & Innocent’s selected antiques sale on Friday (September 24). The 43.5cm bust, by Dublin sculptor Peter Turnerelli, was one of 80 given by King George to friends and … Continue reading