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  BONHAMS TO SELL HISTORIC DAGGER CELEBRATING EARLY SCIENTIFIC LINKS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND BRITAIN

  Antiques : Antiques Auction

  DAGGER PRESENTED TO BRITISH GEOGRAPHER WHO GAVE HIS NAME TO MOON CRATER AND 15 PLACES ON EARTH.

• India in Photography: Sale of the Collection of Kanwardip Gujral at Bonhams in London

  Antiques : Photographs

  This important collection of 420 images from the 1850s to the 1940s, covering India and the adjacent countries, will be sold in London by Bonhams on 9 April.

• Bonhams Instructed to Sell Richard C. Paine, Jr. Collection to Fund Legacy

  Antique Car : Vintage Car

  Bonhams’ newly-formed New York-based motoring department today announced a ‘save the date’ must for the fall with the news that they will offer more than 60 motorcars, selected motorcycles and automobilia - from the famed Richard Paine Collection.

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  ELIZABETH BENNET’S & MR DARCY’S ‘WARDROBE’ FOR SALE AT BONHAMS THE FASHION WARDROBE 1700-1960 SALE AT BONHAMS

  Antique Clothing : Clothing

  A magnificent collection of men's and women's fashion going back 200 years will be offered in The Fashion Wardrobe 1700-1960 sale at Bonhams in Knowle on Wednesday 7 May 2008.
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  Fine furniture from Red Lion Antiques to be offered at Bonhams

  Antique Furniture

  More than 150 lots of traditional English furniture sourced by the late Rod Wilson, will go on sale at Bonhams Knightsbridge salerooms on 29 April 2008.
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  APARAGUS SEASON STARTS ON A PLATE AT BONHAMS WITH SALE OF 18th CENTURY CERAMIC ASPARAGUS SERVERS

  Antique Porcelain : Antique Pottery : Vegetables

  Bonhams Fine British Pottery and Porcelain Sale on April 23, includes a delightful collection of those strange and unusual objects , fan-shaped asparagus servers.
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  United Kingdom

  BONHAMS TO OFFER LARGEST COLLECTION OF GILLOWS FURNITURE TO BE SEEN AT AUCTION

  Antiques Auction : Auction : Auction Rooms

  Bonhams is delighted to be offering one of the largest collections of Gillows and Holland and Sons furniture to have emerged on the market.

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  ROLEX STANDS THE TEST OF TIME IN BONHAMS MOST SUCCESSFUL SALE OF WATCHES TO DATE

  Antiques Auction : Antique Watch : Watches : Auction

  A rare Rolex Sea-Dweller Comex watch fetched £86,400 - double its pre-sale estimate - in Bonhams most successful sale of watches to date.

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  IMPORTANT CATCH FROM RENOWNED NOTTINGHAM ANGLER

  Angling : Antiques Auction : Auction : Auction Rooms

  An historically important barbel mounted in a mahogany bow-front case with a brass plaque that reads 'Caught at Shardlow Septr.1900 Barbel 7lbs 7ozs by Mr. F.W.K. Wallis' will be sold at Bonhams next Henley Sale on July 19.

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  River 'Belle' Takes To The Water At Bonhams Henley Sale

  Antiques Auction : Auction : Auction Rooms

  If you raise your bidding paddle at the right moment in this year's Bonhams sale in Henley (Saturday 19 July 2008), you could sail home with 'Belle', a magnificent Victorian river launch.

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  FIRST DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S RUSSIAN GOBLET AT BONHAMS SALE

  Antiques Auction : Auction : Auction Rooms

  A Russian goblet and cover engraved with the arms of the first Duke of Edinburgh, circa 1874 is one of the historical highlights of Bonhams sale of Fine British and European Glass on June 4.

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  Nelson’s insight into the war against France in an unpublished letter to be sold at Bonhams

  Antiques Auction : Auction : Auction Rooms

  An autograph, unpublished letter signed "Nelson & Bronte", to his friend General William Villettes, dated "Victory, April 18th, 1804" will be put under the hammer at Bonhams' Printed Books, Manuscripts and Photography Sale on the 24th June 2008.

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  BONHAMS TO SELL COLLECTION OF FINE FURNITURE FROM CENTURY OLD ANTIQUES FIRM - SMITHS OF HARROGATE

  Antiques Auction : Auctioneer

  Bonhams in Knightsbridge is delighted to be selling selected contents from the venerable antiques firm, Smiths of Harrogate.

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  TRUNCHEON RECALLING THE BRUTALITY OF LIVERPOOL'S 1919 RIOTS TO SELL AT BONHAMS

  People & Society : Antiques Auction

  A rare hardwood truncheon commemorating The Liverpool Riots of 1919 will be sold at Bonhams in Knowle on 13 May 2008.

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  A 250-YEAR-OLD DUTCH GLASS FOUND BY RAF WING-COMMANDER COULD SHATTER RECORDS AT BONHAMS

  Antiques Auction : Wine

  An exquisitely engraved Dutch wine glass that dates from 1759 is the top lot in Bonhams sale of The Thomas Collection on June 4.
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  Canada

  BONHAMS’ INAUGURAL CANADIAN SALE IN TORONTO

  Antiques Auction : Art Auction : Fine Art

  Bonhams - the international fine art auction house - is delighted to announce its inaugural Canadian Sale, to be held at St Lawrence Hall in Toronto on 19 June 2008.

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  TOLKIEN ABOUT A LOT OF MONEY

  Antiques Auction : Literature

  A very rare 1937 first issue of the first edition of J R R Tolkien's much-loved classic The Hobbit was sold today by international fine art auctioneers Bonhams in London for a staggering £60,000

• MEDALS OF AN AIR GUNNER WHO TOOK PART IN THE FAMOUS 1940 DIEPPE RAID WHICH COST 4,100 LIVES FOR SALE AT BONHAMS

  Antiques Auction : Medals

  Medals awarded for courage and bravery during World War II's first Dieppe landing will be sold at Bonhams Coins, Medals and Banknote auction on the 2nd April 2008.

• BARON ANTHONY DE ROTHSCHILD’S 1870 PURDEY SHOTGUN FOR SALE AT BONHAMS

  Antiques Auction : Guns

  A 138-year-old shotgun once owned by the railway magnate, Baron Anthony Nathan de Rothschild, will be sold at Bonhams next sale of Fine Sporting Guns on April 2nd at Knightsbridge.

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  Gold Cup Won by Burrough Hill Lad May Make £6,000

  Auction : Equestrian : Auction Rooms

  The Cheltenham Gold Cup, won by the Jenny Pitman trained Burrough Hill Lad, will be sold in Newmarket on 19 July at Bonhams Racing Sale. The cup is estimated to sell for £4,000- £6,000.

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  PAINTING BY WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE FEMALE ARTIST MAKES £1.7 MILLION AT BONHAMS MULTI-MILLION POUND RUSSIAN SALE

  Arts & Culture : Art Auction : Auction Rooms

  An exceptional oil painting, The Sailboat, by the world's most expensive female artist, Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) sold for £1.7m at Bonhams Russian Sale in New Bond Street, London, on 9 June.