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| 25 April | ||
A large collection of period Mouseman oak furniture will be sold by auction precisely seventy-five years after it was commissioned for Leeds Girls’ High School’s Senior Library in 1933. The sale of this Arts and Crafts furniture will no doubt be of interest to many of the old girls from the school and families who have had a connection with it over the past seventy five years... read full story |
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| 14 April | ||
One of the oldest toys ever seen at Tennants Auctioneers was a Georgian Dissected Puzzle dating from 1812 – a forerunner of today’s jigsaw puzzle –sold for £420 in January, more than double it’s lowest estimate. Amazingly still complete after almost 200 years, the puzzle was entitled ‘My Pony’ and its mahogany box was inscribed showing that it had been given to a young boy by his governess... read full story |
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| Spring Sale 10 & 11 April Post Sale Report | 11 April | |
| A house in Saltburn-by-the-Sea provided the day’s most spectacular price - £49,000 paid by a telephone bidder from Italy to repatriate a late 18th Century North Italian Rosewood, Tulipwood and Marquetry Commode (lot 1125). This piece was discovered by Tennant’s furniture specialist, Jeremy Pattison, during a routine valuation visit... |
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| 2 April | ||
With inexhaustible media interest on the royal family, the collectors market for items with royal and patriotic significance is ever growing. Items which once actually belonged to a member of the royal family are the ultimate prize for collectors, but there is an historical tradition of producing souvenir and commemorative jewellery which is also of great appeal... read full story |
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| 2 April | ||
An item rarely seen in a North Yorkshire saleroom is a wedding or ceremonial collar to be included in Tennants Spring Sale on 10-11 April... read full story |
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| 10 March | ||
Thomas Sidney Cooper, R.A. highly prized paintings to sell at auction |
3 March |
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| 20 February | ||
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| 30 January | ||
Exceptional Marine Chronometer to sell at Tennants Catalogue Sale 10&11 April |
30 January |
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