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Español | Deutsche | Français | Italiano | Portuguêsby Christopher Proudlove©
Sunday, July 10 has been designated as the day for celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and as the country prepares to mark the occasion, it occurred to me how attention will be focussed on war memorials [...]

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Español | Deutsche | Français | Italiano | Portuguêsby Christopher Proudlove©
Imagine what life would be like without paper – no rubbish-strewn streets for one thing. From plans for buildings and ocean liners to folding money, paper has played a vital role in shaping almost every aspect of the world we know today. Interestingly, all of [...]

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Record-breaking Canaletto
The champagne corks popped at Christie’s when their Canaletto sold for a record-breaking £11.4 million but the celebrations moved to Bond Street when Sotheby’s Canaletto smashed that price [...]

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£2 teapot
More fun than winning the Lotto. Imagine the joy of finding a Minton teapot like the one illustrated and learning it was worth all the tea in China. It [...]

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When will auctioneers realise that anything connected to Hitler, the Nazis and the Holocaust will cause an outcry if they try to offer it for sale? Or are they such desperate money-grubbers that they don’t care? Read about the latest case here: Adolf’s sketches on the block.

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Fresh from his headlining Live 8 Hyde Park appearance, Paul McCartney is top billing in another gig – a charity auction to raise money to rid that other scourge of Third World countries: anti-personnel mines. Read about it here and get bidding.

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Bikers’ bible Motorcycle News has announced it has launched an internet site so that like-minded buyers and sellers of anything connected with motorcycles can bid for and buy or sell objects from the comfort of their homes. Click here here to read more.

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Budding Luke Skywalkers and Darth Vaders will no doubt do battle to own an authentic light sabre when bidding opens in this auction in Beverly Hills on June 29. Click here to learn where to place your bid but caveat emptor – batteries are not included!

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Strange that no-one at eBay is interested in putting an end to all the crooks selling fake designer goods. Or is this a case of double standards? Read here about the axe falling on unlicensed DVDs of Live 8 concerts.

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Español | Deutsche | Français | Italiano | Portuguêsby Christopher Proudlove©The collecting world was abuzz this week as news filtered out about the sale of an Edwardian enamel advertising sign promoting “BP The British Petrol” which sold for a world auction record of £28,000.
No, not a printing error. With the auctioneer’s 10 per cent [...]

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Imagine hearing that the antique silver cup you sold in a provincial auction for £4,000 had just sold in a London auction for £456,000. That’s what happened to one unlucky punter this week, but what would you do? Sob or sue?Click here to read all about how an exceptionally rare early 17th century globe cup [...]

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