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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.
Proof that looks aren’t everything, as Wally Bird makes top price
It wasn’t the most attractive stoneware ornament, and there was some debate about whether he was ugly enough, but an early 20th century Wally Bird – all wild eyes and mottled feathers – made the top price of the day … Continue reading
Celebration of a French military victory goes under the hammer
In 2003, the Canadian satirist Steven Lerner created the most famous ‘Googlebomb’ in history. Anyone searching for ‘French Military Victories’ using the Google search engine was directed to a fake website resembling the Google homepage, which read: ‘Your search did … Continue reading
Forty years of theatrical costumes go under the hammer as RAF bows out
A large collection of costumes, props and equipment amassed by a Wiltshire theatre company over 40 years will be going to auction in June.The curtain at RAF Lyneham fell for the final time last year as the airforce bowed out … Continue reading
Classic Cars Driven accelerates away while Culinary Capers site sizzles
Regular readers of Secret Agent Marketing newsletters, blogs and social media posts may recall a post from waaaaaaay back on March 20 this year, about a client whom we helped launch a career as a professional writer. Matt Nichols is … Continue reading
Auctioneers get stuck into stamps
As the posting public reels from the price of stamps going up to 60p – or 50p if you don’t really mind how quickly your letter gets to its destination – auctioneers at Cirencester’s Moore Allen & Innocent getting stuck … Continue reading
Auctioneers get excited about the Olympics… the 1984 Olympics
Olympics fever is hitting antiques auctioneers Moore Allen and Innocent this week. But being an auctioneer of antiques, it’s not London 2012 they’re getting excited about – it’s Los Angeles 1984. A limited edition 80-colour silkscreen print commemorating the LA … Continue reading
Lowry-esque orchard scene makes top price at auction
A Lowry-esque painting of Apple Pickers Going Home, by the contemporary artist Mary Newcomb, exceeded all expectations when it was sold at a Cotswold art auction last week. The long, thin painting, measuring 44 cm by 213.5 cm, was expected … Continue reading
Auctioneers hope for Arab Spring
Auctioneers in the Cotswolds are hoping for an Arab Spring as paintings with a Middle Eastern flavour go under the hammer next week. The Selected Picture and Book Sale at Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester features two watercolours by … Continue reading
Old bears go head-to-head with plastic action figures
In a toy story worthy of Hollwood treatment, a group of teddy bears clashed with the combined forces of goodies and baddies from Star Wars, some heavy-hitting Transformers, He-Man, the Thundercats, a platoon of GI Joes, and martial arts experts … Continue reading
Joy as hammer falls on Chinese vases
An innocuous-looking pair of matching vases caused a great deal of excitement at an antiques auction in the Cotswolds today (Friday). Pulled out of a box of miscellaneous items from a deceased estate by an eagle-eyed valuer, the Chinese amber … Continue reading