Matthew Boulton

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  LONDON – Fellows Auctioneers held their highly anticipated Blue John mineral sale Oct. 5. With high hammer prices being the norm for the day, Fellows recorded an exceptional 95 percent sold rate. LiveAuctioneers.com provided absentee and Internet live bidding.

LONDON – The urge to own every antique we find was overcome some years ago. Now our wish list is much shorter and way more refined than it used to be. Somewhere toward the top of mine is an object made from Britain’s scarcest semiprecious stone: Derbyshire’s romantically named Blue John.