1) Actor Nigel Havers to host BBC TV show on art and antiques dealers
BBC One is launching a new day-time TV show featuring art and antiques dealers called 'The Bidding Room'.
2) Love thy neighbour: dealer bequest of 'Kangxi' vase to woman next-door brings windfall at Dawson’s
A large Chinese porcelain vase inherited by a Chiswick woman from her next-door neighbour, an Asian art dealer, has made £37,000 hammer, more than ten times its lower estimate.
This large Chinese porcelain vase sold at £37,000 at Dawson's,
3) Chinese mantel clock, Rembrandt etching and Roman-Jewish bronze ring – five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes
ATG’s selection of hammer highlights includes a rare Roman-Jewish bronze ring that made over 30-times estimate.
A Roman-Jewish bronze ring – £22,000 at Pax Romana.
4) Vilhelm Hammershøi interior scene sets record for a painting sold in Denmark
Copenhagen auction house Bruun Rasmussen has set an auction record for any painting sold in Denmark.
‘Interior, Strandgade 30’ by Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi – DKR31.5m (£3.61m) at Bruun Rasmussen.
5) Six lots to watch at auction including a Fabergé brooch, an Elkington medallion and a Scottish colourist picture
With estimates from £400-£100,000, here are six previews of upcoming sales.
This medallion by Elkington & Co is estimated at £400-500 in a sale of Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals at Dix Noonan Webb in London.
This list is based on unique users for individual news stories over the period November 28-December 4, 2019.
