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Tuesday 19 November 2024 Morning briefing for buyers and sellers of art & antiques

Collectables Pick of the Week: Cigar case bought for under £200 makes 16 times estimate When an Irish antiques sleuth paid under £200 on eBay for what appeared to be a cigar case, information about its origin was sketchy at best. READ MORE
Art market Windfall: Vendor doubles money after ‘flipping’ Orpen portrait just four months later A US-based vendor cashed in when a portrait by Sir William Orpen (1878-1931) of his lover sold for more than double the amount it was bought for. READ MORE
Manuscripts Museum acquisition: Dealership delighted as Giant Bible goes home Les Enluminures has sold a thousand-year-old Giant Bible of St Maximin to the National Library of Luxembourg. READ MORE
Asian art Enough to render you ‘speechless’: Exceptional Chinese art amassed by industrialist In storage for a century, a remarkable group of Chinese works of art recently appeared at a south London auction. READ MORE
International Snapped up: First die-cast Leica camera appears at auction The first-ever Leica die-cast camera dating to 1933-34 appeared as a landmark lot in a sale at Wetzlar Camera Auctions. READ MORE

ALSO TODAY:
News in brief including the Ashmolean Museum's purchase of a Fra Angelico READ MORE 2024 BADA Art Prize winner announced READ MORE Books and works on paper auction calendar READ MORE Full contents of ATG's latest issue BROWSE HERE
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