Art at auction
Agent Louisa covers art in exhibition and galleries – this is the art sold at auction that Agent Pete writes about.
Fate of zebra’s bottom revealed by TV show
The fate of a zebra’s bottom, sold last year by Cotswold antique and fine art auctioneers Moore Allen & Innocent, has been revealed on the television show Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. The show, which pits two antiques … Continue reading
Century old bottle of wine goes under hammer
A bottle of fine wine, nearly a century old, will be going under the hammer at a Cotswold auction house next week. The single bottle of Château Mouton Rothschild 1916 – a premier grand cru from one of the … Continue reading
Autograph book Please Pleases auction house bidders
Fifty years after the release of The Beatles’ debut album – Please Please Me – Beatlemania continues to grip the saleroom of antiques auctioneers Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester. A book of autographs including the signatures of George Harrison, … Continue reading
Sex change model causes a stir at auction house
The portrait of a man believed to be the first female-to-male sex change recipient is attracting considerable attention at the Cotswolds auction house where it will sold next week. The painting of Mark, with his lover Sara, was painted by … Continue reading
Skin of man-eating tiger to go under hammer
The skin of a huge tiger that terrorised an Indian village – and may have been responsible for the death of the school teacher’s husband – is the standout lot in the taxidermy section of Moore Allen & Innocent’s sale of … Continue reading
Scouts do their best at snow-hit auction
Their motto is ‘Be Prepared’, and Cirencester auctioneers Moore Allen & Innocent were lucky to have a troop of Boy Scouts on hand when snow bought the country grinding to a halt on Friday (January 18). Sadly these semaphore flag-wielding … Continue reading
Rude and rare biscuit tin goes under the hammer
Auctioneers are used to printing errors turning otherwise mundane items – bank notes, stamps – into collector’s items, but a tin going under the hammer in Cirencester in the new year really takes the biscuit. At first glance all looks … Continue reading
Gallery presents opportunity to artists and art dealers
A rare opportunity to establish a commercial gallery in the Cotswolds is being offered to artists and art dealers. The Fossebridge Gallery, near Northleach, is a recently converted Cotswold stone barn, dating from around 1850, situated beside the Fosse Way, … Continue reading
Cotswold cow tops sale prices at art auction
Dutch and Italian masters, English satirists and calligraphers from the Far East were all seen off by a cow from the Cotswolds at Moore Allen & Innocent’s selected picture sale last week. Cow by Tree, a naïve study in oil … Continue reading