Press Archive

An archive selection of news stories and articles featuring Sworders Fine Art. For press enquiries please contact press@sworder.co.uk

 

 

Auctions to go on line for Princess Diana’s lace and a sculpture by Grayson Perry

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Auctions to go on line for Princess Diana’s lace and a sculpture by Grayson Perry

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Cedric Morris' pupil David Carr creates his own interest

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Sworders to roll out online auctions in May

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Painting by ‘renowned’ Suffolk artist set to earn thousands at auction

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St Albans family’s George III clock fetches £2,000 at auction

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Its doors may be closed but Stansted auction house Sworders is gearing up for online sales

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Rare forged £50 banknote made by the Nazis as part of a failed secret plot to destabilise the British economy during WWII goes up for auction

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Diana, Princess of Wales' wedding shoe designs are being auctioned

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The hidden romantic detail in Princess Diana’s wedding shoes

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Sale of Grayson Perry sculpture to benefit IVF treatment for Essex couple

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Stained glass windows with medieval heraldic crests from the home of the late Brian Lister sell at auctioneer Sworders for over £2,000

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Essex Auction House Offers Online Valuations

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How Britain’s regional auction houses are taking on the mighty duopoly — and pulling off coups as they do so

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Elizabethan beer jug, Irish chess set, Iron ‘witch's bridle’ – six auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes

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Why the Ikea furniture in your house could be worth a fortune

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Harrowing story of executed ‘witches’ sells for £7,000

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Terence Cuneo Painting Celebrating the Age of Steam Offered by Sworders

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Terence Cuneo ‘end of an era’ painting of British Rail’s last steam engine emerges at Sworders’ auction

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The end of the age of steam - and a mouse - captured by Cuneo

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US buyer wins bidding battle for Terence Cuneo’s painting of British Rail’s last steam engine

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Taxidermy penguin from Scott’s doomed Antarctica expedition attracts attention at Sworders

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Stuffed penguin from Scott of the Antarctic expedition fetches £10,500 at auction at Sworders in Stansted

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Contemporary art & design at Sworders Auctions

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Looking for something 'Out of the Ordinary'

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Bizarre portrait Pete Doherty painted of himself and Kate Moss using his own BLOOD goes on sale for £5,000

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Emma Bunton’s court sketch from 20 years ago when Spice Girls were hit with £1m bill after unsuccessful lawsuit is up for auction

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Executed for 'witchcraft': harrowing tale of how Suffolk court ordered innocent pair's death

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The strangest Lots of 2019 to go under the hammer

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The 10 Weirdest Auction Sales of 2019

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What’s in your cupboard?

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Christine Keeler topless snaps taken in the 60s sold for nearly £6000 at auction

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Topless photos of Christine Keeler taken three years after her affair with John Profumo was exposed sell at auction for almost £7,000

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Don't give in to the anti-clutter bullies, we need our bits and pieces

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Sir Rod Stewart puts a stuffed FOX up for sale as he auctions off 20 items worth a total of £37,000...

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Rod Stewart flogs old furniture for £37k including stuffed fox in a glass case

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Auction offers rare glimpse of lost Hardwick House in Bury St Edmunds

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Auction date - delve into the history of the Cullum family of Bury St Edmunds

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How a saleroom can get into the right groove to offer an amphibious vehicle and a 12m sofa

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Baroness 'Thrift' on Johnny Depp, the Queen Mother and leaving her Norfolk home

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A collection of Boer War and WWI letters up for sale at Sworders auction

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'World's longest sofa' fetches thousands at special auction

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Burnett’s Boats Sold at Auction

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Luxurious contents of England’s Alderley House to be auctioned July 23

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Polo player friend of the royals sells off the entire contents of her country mansion for a total of £250,000 as she heads off to the U.S.

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Alderley House Auction Puts 500 Lots of Georgian and Victorian Furnishings On Sale

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Sworders to auction luxurious furnishings of England's Alderley House

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Haven’t I seen you somewhere before, maybe the Antiques Roadshow?

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Record-breaking 137mph offshore raceboat goes up for auction

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Frugal baroness to auction items from her Norfolk mansion

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Music-lover to sell his vinyl collection of every number one from 1952 to 1992

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Items you can buy belonging to a baroness selling the contents of her mansion home

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10 Lots We’d Love To Own: Sworders ‘Into The Groove’ Sale, July 2019

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Collection of art belonging to Barry and Betty Power from Feckenham to go under the hammer

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Collection of every U.K #1 vinyl single could fetch up to £30,000

Collection of every U.K #1 vinyl single could fetch up to £30,000

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Rare Queen Victoria commemorative due for auction at Stansted

Rare Queen Victoria commemorative due for auction at Stansted

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Tiny 300-year-old Chinese tea bowl bought for £20 by a British traveller in the 1980s sells for a whopping £40,000 at auction

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Old pottery piece highlights shattering effects of 200-year-old political row which rivalled raw emotion of Brexit

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Melton artist’s hunting painting expected to fetch more than £50,000 at auction

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Hertford auctioneers estimate Victorian pottery 'with little worth' could fetch up to £3,000 at auction

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Welwyn Garden City woman amazed after ‘worthless’ pottery valued at thousands of pounds

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Smoking out a good investment in cigarette cards

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Victorian ivory canes sell for £34,000 at auction

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What lots caught bidders’ eyes in the last week? Six auction highlights…

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Sworders joins dealers in Cecil Court with new London office

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Dog portraits once owned by Gallaher boss up for auction

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Not Your Average Bear Climbs To Top At Sworders

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Better By Design - Highlights From Sworders' 20th Century Design Auction

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No, it isn’t a huge carrot…

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Mystery Buyer Splashes Out Thousands On Sperm Whale Penis At Auction

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Auction earns £300,000 selling items including stuffed polar bear...

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Antiques expert Tim Wonnacott to talk at Sworders charity valuation roadshow

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The Barbara Holliday Collection - The Collector

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That’s My Lots – John Black of Sworders

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Winter is here: Game of Thrones embroidery in the snow

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Whale endowed! Monster of the deep is bigger than John Bercow…

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Furniture, porcelain and a lot more at Sworders’ January auction of 20th Century design, in Essex

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Collection of paintings assembled by a farmer's wife sells for £665,000

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Monumental HBO-commissioned Game of Thrones textile art to be auctioned

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The Art Newspaper

January 2019 Object Lessons: The Barbara Holliday Collection

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Auction Preview - The Barbara Holliday Collection

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Mod Brit art for under £1000 at Sworders' Barbara Holliday collection sale

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Better By Design: Highlights from Sworders' Jan 2019 20th Century Design Auction

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Forbes

Rod Stewart's Luxury Furniture Up For Auction This September

 

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The Times

Do ya think I’m thrifty? Sir Rod Stewart has a clear-out

 

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EADT

Rod Stewart is selling his stash of antiques in Essex

 

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The Times

A term-time holiday? Not even for you, Mr Gladstone

 

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East Anglian Daily Times 

Could a Freud masterpiece be hidden under this Suffolk painting?

 

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Smithsonian

Rare Landscape Attributed to Lucian Freud Discovered Underneath Another Work

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Metro

£30K for the Lucian Freud painted over by his friend

 

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Mail Online

Rod Stewart and wife Penny Lancaster put £40,000 of lavish furniture and fittings up for auction

 

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The Sunday Times 

Handyman paints over Lucian Freud landscape

 

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Frieze.com

Rare early Lucian Freud landscape 'discovered' under pub sign artist's painting

 

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Antiques Trade Gazette

Not one but two Lucian Freud paintings discovered underneath picture by Suffolk pub sign artist

 

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Artnet News

Where Did an Early Lucian Freud Landscape Go? It Turns Out His Wartime Drinking Buddy Painted Over It

 

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Sworders New Sporting Art, Wildlife and Dogs Sale

 

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World record Japanese artist in Essex sale

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Auction Preview: Asian Art at Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers

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Yorkshire Post

Lord Hawke: Souvenirs from career of Yorkshire’s aristocratic skipper shed new light on sport’s golden age

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North Mymms Park "A Sanctuary of Fine Art and Antiques"

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Princess Michael of Kent gives £1m North Mymms Park auction Royal approval

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Princess Michael of Kent returns to Essex for auction preview

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Sumptuous tapestries help country house auction to total a hefty £1.75m for Sworders

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Antique Collecting

Signed Suffragette book set for sale at Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers in March

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The Telegraph

'Out of the Ordinary' sales in Essex: The latest Art News

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BBC News

Dodo bone sells for £3,800 at Stansted Auction House

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Blouin Artinfo

Out of the Ordinary at Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers, Stansted Mountfitchet, Feb 13

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The Telegraph

Unusual auction items for sale at Sworders Fine Art

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The Dunmow Broadcast

Dodo bones and daleks at auction house’s upcoming ‘out of the ordinary’ sale

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The Hertfordshire Mercury

A dalek and other 'out of the ordinary' items are up for sale at the Sworders 

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The Saffron Walden Reporter

Dodo bones and daleks at auction house’s upcoming ‘out of the ordinary’ sale

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Mughal era painting goes under the hammer

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Contents of Australian School artist Tony Underhill’s studio revealed for first time in 40 years 

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Sworders auction house to host Christmas market

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Boxing: Archive featuring Hugh ‘Pat’ Floyd memorabilia up for sale at auction

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Sworders seeks to boost its fine art auctions with appointment of former CSK and Sotheby's specialist

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Notebooks containing Princess Margaret’s measurements up for auction

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Norman Hartnell notebooks containing Princess Margaret's measurements

 

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House of horrors in Essex saleroom

 

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Royal letter about ‘shy’ future king up for sale

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Royal letter from 1908 talks about ‘rather shy’ Prince Albert

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The Times

Fretting father reveals shyness of King George

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Future George V's letter on 'too forward' boys to be sold

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Pip Piper’s jazz collection goes on sale

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