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Collectibles News April 06 |
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 Lorna
Bailey Auction & Open Day Saturday 29th April: The Lorna Bailey Open and Auction takes place on Saturday
29th April. The auction includes over 50 items
including original art by Lorna Bailey. (28th April 2006) click
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Chris Rea's "Road To Hell" Piano Sells at Bonhams Auction: A piano used by one of the UK's biggest selling rock artists, Chris Rea, sold at a Bonhams auction (24 April 2006) for £6,960. The piano features in Rea's recordings made over the last 11 years, and was bought by a concert pianist who prefers to remain anonymous. (27th April 2006) click
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 Harmony Kingdom 'Golden Poppy' Prototype: This never released Harmony Garden box figurine prototype is being auctioned to raise money to support NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness), the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families. (26th April 2006) click
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 The Wentworth Collection of Britains: The Wentworth Collection to be auctioned by Vectis on Thursday 4th May will be a sale of International importance to Britain's collectors around the World. Featuring over 650 quality lots, the sale includes many [boxed examples] of, early [pre 1905], rare and unlisted variants of Britain's military sets and "Paris Office" examples. (25th April 2006) click
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 Lorna
Bailey Open Day and one day only pattern: The Lorna Bailey Open day is to be held on Saturday 29th
April, doors will open at 10am. A new pattern
'Burslem' will only be produced for the day. (24th April 2006) click
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 Her Majesty The Queen's 80th Birthday Stamps: Just released from Royal Mail are a set of stamps to commemorate the Queen's 80th Birthday. The set features eight informal photographic portraits. (21st April 2006) click
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 Lowry Print Breaks World Record Price:Bonhams sale of Sir William Russell Flint and L.S. Lowry limited edition prints on April 11th in Leeds produced a clear star of the show with Lowry's picture `Going to the Match' making a world record price at auction for a Lowry print. (20th April 2006) click
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 Bonhams to Hold First Newmarket Racing Sale: Bonhams will hold its first Racing Sale at Newmarket on 20 July featuring every aspect of horse related art from paintings to sculpture and jewellery to winning jockey’s silks. (19th April 2006) click
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 Rare
Titanic Deckchair to be Sold by Bonhams & Butterfields: Ninety six years after the fateful night when the world’s
worst shipping disaster took place – the sinking of
RMS Titanic - Bonhams & Butterfields will auction an
original deckchair from the ship at its annual Marine Paintings,
Ship Models, Scrimshaw and Ocean Liner Memorabilia Sale
at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, Massachusetts,
on Sunday, 7 May 2006. (18th April 2006) click
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 Hantels'
New Cub Gift - Cinderella's Slipper: The
new Hantel Collectors Society is Cinderella's Slipper on a Purple
Cushion. (13th April 2006) click
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Bailey Open Day and one day only pattern: The Lorna Bailey Open day is to be held on Saturday 29th
April, doors will open at 10am. A new pattern
'Burslem' will only be produced for the day. (12th April 2006) click
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 Maria
Callas and Swarovski - Jewels on Stage: “Maria
Callas & Swarovski – Jewels on Stage” is a unique
exhibition and was born of an inspiration by Rinaldo Albanesi,
Swarovski International Vice President. The exhibition is composed
of the stage jewellery and the prototypes created for Maria Callas
by the famous Atelier Marangoni of Milan, Italy. (11th April 2006) click
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 Liberation
of Moscow Immortalised on Canvas: A remarkable painting named ‘Fires of
Victory, Moscow,’ by Sir Claude Francis Barry (1883
– 1970) is to be sold at Bonhams’ forthcoming
sale of 20th Century British Art on 11 July in London. Last
year saw the 60th anniversary of the celebrations, so it
is fitting that this painting is likely to attract bids
above its upper estimate of £60,000, creating a world
record price for the artist. (10th April 2006) click
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 Hantel
Meet 2006: This years Hantel Collectors Meet is to be held at the Royal
Albion Hotel in Brighton on Sunday the 21st May. (7th April 2006) click for more
 Lorna
Bailey's Collectors Club 2006 Gifts: The Lorna Bailey Collectors Club have just
released details of their latest club gifts. (4th April 2006) click
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 Easter
Basket Surprise Pin Set: Open
up The Great Egg-citing Easter Mystery and find out which four
pins are yours! (3rd April 2006) click
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