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A hoard of historical coins that was unearthed during renovation work on a cottage has sold at auction for double the top estimated value.
The cache of more than 1,000 gold and silver coins, dating back to the 16th and 17th Centuries, was found buried under a floor at South Poorton, Dorset.
The collection fetched £60,000 at Duke's Auctions in Dorchester.
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The weapon, with an estimate of £60,000-£80,000, was made for James Proctor after he helped Britain win the the first Battle of Copenhagen
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The double-sided altar panel was slated to be sold at Duke’s Auctions.
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A 2ft-tall bronze maquette of Sir Winston Churchill, much loved by him and his wife, has sold for £260,000. It was made by his friend, Oscar Nemon.
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Auction houses are one of the best resources for unearthing interesting and rare antique furniture, but would you know where to go? We’ve asked nine interior designers to share their favourites
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Collection of Victorian and Edwardian headwear expected to sell for a staggering £30,000 at auction.
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The sale includes various Series Land Rover parts and trailers – including a Camel Trophy RIB – and might be the first-ever Land Rover-only auction in the UK.
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The watch market can be obsessed with brand names – and the best names do come with a price tag to match.
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Among the 20th century works on paper generating demand at regional sales in the last few months was a Keith Vaughan (1912-77) study of a group of bathers.
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A Victorian sapphire, diamond and pearl brooch-pendant was one of two pieces with Indian roots offered for sale at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium)
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A "remarkable" collection of English literature has sold at auction for £346,000.
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The flag, which has been stored in a loft in Weymouth, Dorset, for more than 40 years, was made by Petty Officer Sharp aboard HMS Unbroken.
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It will now contain a group of impeccably provenanced material from the RER Luff Will Trust.
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The highest single price posted in the regions during the autumn series of Asian art sales was the £380,000 bid at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Dorchester for a monumental Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze devotional figure of Tara broadly dated to the Qing period.
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Despite the lockdowns, the last 12 months has been a busy time for the art market with plenty of activity witnessed around the country. Here we pick out five of the top picture results at auctions outside London in 2021.
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In 2010 The National Gallery held the first exhibition of works by Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862-1927) in the UK for 30 years.
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This rare first impression edition of J.R.R Tolkien's classic children's book The Hobbit which features a handwritten correction has sold for a whopping £59,800 at an auction in Dorset
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Celebrating the county’s history, literature and its arts and crafts, an inaugural Dorset Auction was held in Dorchester by Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium).
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An exceptionally rare 15th century silver chalice which originated in Ireland has been sold at auction in the UK for close to €58,000.
The silver gilt chalice dating back to circa 1480 was sold at auction today by Dukes of Dorchester.
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The beautiful stately home was owned by John Evetts, the Landmark Trust's Furnishing Manager, whose taste is of course second to none
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The sale has been described as ‘the most important collection of English country-house furniture to come to auction in in recent decades’
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The prized valuables of one of Britain's most beautiful stately homes that went unseen for generations have sold for more than £750,000 at auction.
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The box was found on a shelf during a routine valuation by auctioneers at a house in Devon
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A multi-millionaire is reluctantly selling his collection of ‘some of the finest Bentley cars in existence’ because of his divorce.
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The family has now decided to sell it at auction with Dukes Auctioneers of Dorchester, Dorset, and it has been given a pre-sale estimate of £6,000.
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Retired IT consultant Ken Ollerton, 72, and his wife Jane have now consigned 107 lots with auctioneers Duke's, of nearby Dorchester, Dorset, with the sale expected to raise £30,000.
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A China teapot that was found on a shelf of a semi-detached house has sold for a staggering £1m - despite having a damaged lid.
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“Good old-fashioned country house auctions are a rarity these days and it is a privilege to organise one against such an historic backdrop.” So says Guy Schwinge of Dorchester auction house Duke’s, referring to the upcoming sale of the contents from Athelhampton House in Dorset.
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The convertible DB6 Vantage Volante was previously owned by the wife of media entrepreneur Sidney Bernstein.
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The top regional Asian art price at auction this season was reached by Duke’s of Dorchester on May 18 when Wu Guanzhong’s (1919-2010) scroll painting White Birches on Mount Chang Bai (Zhangbai) sold at £500,000 (plus buyer's premium).
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The ‘Declaration Pound’ went under the hammer at Duke’s of Dorchester in a collectors’ sale recently.
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A rare 7ft (2.1m) stone horse from the Chinese Ming dynasty is expected to fetch up to £100,000 when it is sold at auction in Dorset.
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