Rare gold Cromwell coin sells for world record price of £471,200 at Dix Noonan Webb
It had been expected to fetch £100,000 150,000 and only 12 specimens are believed to exist, with most being in institutions.
LONDON
.- An extremely fine and rare Oliver Cromwell 50 shilling gold coin, dating from 1656 by Thomas Simon, who was Cromwells chief engraver has sold for a World Record Price of £471,200 today (Thursday, January 21, 2021) by International coins, medals, banknotes and jewellery specialists Dix Noonan Webb. It had been expected to fetch £100,000 150,000 and only 12 specimens are believed to exist, with most being in institutions. This example was bought by an American buyer after much interest on the phones and internet from countries such as the Far East, North America and the UK [lot 1142].
Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Stock through auctions to be held on January 22, 2021. The amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) for the underwriting auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), include 3.96% GS 2022 ( Rs 2,000 crore), 5.15% GS 2025 (Rs 11,000 crore), 5.85% GS 2030 (Rs 8,000 crore) and 6.80% GS 2060 ( Rs 6,000 crore). The underwriting auction will be conducted through multiple price-based method on January 22, 2021 (Friday).
PDs may submit their bids for ACU auction electronically through Core Banking Solution (E- Kuber) System between 9.00 A. M. and 9.30 A. M. on the date of underwriting auction.
Art Basel, Swiss centerpiece of the trade s year, is postponed
Attendees during the preview of Art Basel in Miami Beach on Dec. 4, 2019. John Taggart/The New York Times.
by Scott Reyburn
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- The international art trades hopes of returning to some kind of in-person normality were set back Thursday when Art Basel announced that its flagship fair in Switzerland, scheduled for June, would be postponed until September.
Because of the ongoing impact of the pandemic and travel restrictions worldwide, the fair has now been rescheduled for Sept. 23-26, Art Basel said in a statement.
While the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination programs started in many parts of the world last month, 2021 is a year in which planning remains complex, said Marc Spiegler, Art Basels global director. By moving our Basel fair to September, we hope to offer our galleries greater possibility for successfully preparing their year. Following 10 months of vaccination programs i
Exhibition at the Clark Art Institute highlights the work of contemporary artist Erin Shirreff
Erin Shirreff: Remainders on view through January 2, 2022.
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS
.-The Clark Art Institute is featuring a new year-long exhibition highlighting the work of contemporary artist Erin Shirreff (Canadian, b. 1975). Erin Shirreff: Remainders presents photographs, prints, and video that examine Shirreffs fascination with the mythmaking behind art history through a practice that spans analog and digital media, two and three dimensions, and still and moving images. The free exhibition is on view in public spaces in the Lower Clark Center and the Reading Room of the Manton Research Center through January 2, 2022.