Antiques Trade Gazette 25-03-06

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Thursday 06 March 2025
Morning briefing for buyers and sellers of art & antiques

Regional auctions
Watches: Pocket watch by murdered Victorian clockmaker triples estimate
A pocket watch by a watchmaker who was murdered in a highway robbery in 1853 sold at triple its estimate at TW Gaze in Diss, Norfolk. READ MORE

Jewellery
Rings: Memento of the Australian gold rush brings major competition in Devon
Among the earliest examples of Australian gold rush jewellery are the simple signet rings sold to miners in the settlement of Ballarat in the 1850s as a memento of the boomtown days. READ MORE

Furniture
Blossoming again: Oak back on the auction block in Salisbury
Salisbury saleroom holds specialist offering staged as part of a three-day sale as demand increases. READ MORE

Works on paper
Barry Humphries collection: Series of Wilde results for the collection of comedy legend
Famed for his range of characters, Barry Humphries was also a bibliophile of great taste. FULL STORY

Ceramics
Wedgwood: Abolitionist medallion appears in Somerset sale
Wedgwood produced badges depicting a kneeling slave in chains and the motto 'Am I Not a Man and a Brother?' for the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. READ MORE

ALSO TODAY:

London dealer offers Mary Newcomb works from private collections READ MORE
Bath Decorative ‘brings new business to the trade’ READ MORE
Ephemera event takes invention as inspiration READ MORE
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