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LOOKING for something a little different or edgy perhaps to decorate your home? Look no further; an up and coming auction of a ‘curious collector’ may well be just what you need. A painting, ‘Frolics in the harem’, a cow horn day bed, a pair of ‘fully inflated Porcupinefish’ (blowfish) and a ‘Gharial Crocodile head mount’ are all included. Described as ‘The Curious Collector Sale’ the items were all amassed by one man to furnish a private residence. There are more than...

Published: 7:00 PM January 28, 2021    Artwork depicting animals, created by (left to right) Iggy and Romey is displayed in the windows of a row of houses to launch The Great Big Art Exhibition, the nations largest ever exhibition, an initiative by Firstsite. - Credit: David Parry/PA Wire People across East Anglia are being invited to make works of art to put up in their front windows to create the nation’s largest ever exhibition – a celebration of creativity to counter the gloom of the ...

Uniquely Signed Painting By Decourt Discovered In London A miniature painting – bought ‘unseen’ during lockdown in 2020 has been positively attributed to the 14th- century court painter  Decourt. The 57mm tall likeness was originally described as Sir Walter Raleigh, but experts at Philip Mould & Co soon discovered it was an image of Henri III, King of France (1551-1589), whose remaining contemporary images are extremely scarce. A second transformative discovery was made when a conserva...