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COLLECTOR INSIGHT Beyond reminders of childhood old trains are heritage and history
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TWEAK YOUR HOLIDAY EXPERIENCES Summer in Paris, Madrid, Sydney, Napier
SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING Art Nouveau pottery from Turn-Teplitz region of today's Czechoslovakia for an enormous variety of beautiful and sought after pieces
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KNOWLEDGE BASE
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Look beyond collecting objects In the art world, ‘not the full Monty’ can be more than enough Terry Ingram
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Collectors share their passion
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Bruce Macdonald and his toy train collection is so special that the National Museum of Australia in Canberra has mounted an on-going feature exhibition of his Australian-made toy trains Rob Ditessa
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Ray and Jean Rogers and their carnival glass collection. Collecting carnival glass is a worldwide interest Rob Ditessa
Botanical prints Documents of rare specimens and their medicinal properties Melody Amsel-Arieli
From the wonders of Ancient Egypt a unique Sphinx belonging Mycerinus
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Summer in Paris – the good and the irritating! Roy Williams
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The Prado pays tribute to its history
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New Zealand’s Art Deco capital of Napier
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Sydney’s Macquarie’s Light Australia’s oldest lighthouse
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Royal Doulton’s Heroines Collection Celebrating iconic women drawn from British literature and history
Carriage clocks Miniature clocks intended for travelling Leigh Fist
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Teplitz art ware pottery The ceramics produced by the Teplitz area potteries were made using different techniques Melody Amsel-Arieli Aynsley China One of the best-known names in ceramics Paul Vinecombe
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ART WARE POTTERY A region in the Czech Republic which housed myriad potteries in the 19th to early 20th centuries is responsible for an enormous variety of beautiful and sought after pieces
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Top: Gilt-bronze cannelee cased carriage clock, c.1895, maker’s mark suggests it might be Brunelot (Paris, France) with champlevé panels, eight-day time and strike movement. Courtesy www.sundialfarm.com Left: Gilt and silvered bronze carriage clock made by Francois-Arsene Margaine (Paris, France), c.1885, with enamelled panels. Margaine was a famous carriage clock maker and received numerous awards including a gold medal in 1900. Courtesy www.sundialfarm.com
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