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  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Antique Omani pottery and jewelry from the collection of Louisa Montague, a former tourism director, and gifted by Sultan bin Mohamed Al Qassimi, ruler of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, will be sold to the highest bidders at an I.M. Chait Gallery auction Feb. 21.

STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET, U.K. — A bronze bust that unites two titans of British 20th-century art — the sculptor Jacob Epstein (1880-1959) and the painter Lucien Freud (1922-2011) — will be offered at Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers. Epstein’s 2ft 3in (68cm) high portrait of Freud is estimated at £50,000-£70,000 ($60,500-$84,700) as part of an auction of Modern British […]

NEWBURY, U.K. – Dreweatts Donnington Priory will auction the personal collection of Robert Kime (1946-2022), the man known across the world as a titan of design and a polymath who was dubbed the ‘great assembler’ of beautiful things. Kime’s unique eye and aesthetic sensibility led him to become a leading interior design figure. The culmination of his […]