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Noel Gallagher feared Oasis would destroy Johnny Marr’s iconic Smiths guitar

‘You’ve always been a bit gung-ho with your guitars,’ Gallagher told Marr while browsing a collection of Marr’s on display in London

The Independent UK

Noel Gallagher says Johnny Marr has ‘always been gung-ho’ with his guitars

Marr began his award-winning career in the 1980s with rock group The Smiths.

Evening Standard

Christie’s record-breaking collection set to sell for up to £126.7m

Monsoon: The Peter Simon Collection will be offered in three dedicated sales in October.

The Independent UK

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Rare Mondrian unseen for 25 years heads to auction

A rare 1920 Mondrian painting, Composition III, unseen for 25 years, will sell at Christie's London in October with an estimate of £20m to £30m.

Euronews

A Picasso painting stolen in 1961 was bought by a Massachusetts couple in 1999; now, its original owner is suing them for $3.5 million

A long-lost Picasso painting, which vanished six decades ago, has surfaced once again. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is taking legal action against a couple from Massachusetts to reclaim what it believes is rightfully theirs. This couple acquired the painting nearly four decades post its theft. The court is now…

The Economic Times

The Stories Behind 20 Priceless Historical Documents, Manuscripts And Books, Uncovered By This Researcher

Drawing on historical records, provenance research, auction data, and his knowledge of rare historical artifacts, Ali Mujtuba Zaidi selected 20 documents, manuscripts, and books that reached million-dollar prices, offering insight into what makes each one so rare, historically significant, and valuable.

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“Most people don’t get to see guitars like these”: Meet the 1968 Gibson Super 400 that was customized for Merle Travis – the ultimate artist’s guitar (even if the materials aren’t that great)

With a thinner neck and P-90s instead of humbuckers, this is the kind of unicorn that pops up very rarely on the vintage guitar market

Guitar World

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Woman becomes first to receive pioneering new cancer therapy

Tracy Tomlinson was diagnosed with ovarian cancer which had spread shortly before Christmas 2020.

The Independent UK

Cancer patient becomes world’s first to receive ‘landmark’ treatment

Tracy Tomlinson, 58, was given the drug at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester as part of a clinical trial evaluating a new type of treatment for several types of cancer

The Independent UK

'Didn't Have the Ability to Read': Kate Middleton Opens Up About Severe 'Chemo Brain' Battle

During a visit to The Christie in Manchester, Kate Middleton revealed she 'didn't really have the ability to read' during cancer treatment and turned to colouring to cope with debilitating chemo brain.

International Business Times UK

Kate Middleton 'lost herself' in calming hobby during cancer treatment after being left with 'no ability to focus on anything'

She admitted this was 'just a way of playing' and didn't require an 'end product' which was very freeing for her

Woman & Home

Celebrity guitar auctions: teenage dreams or billionaire boys’ club? How A-list gear sales became the hottest ticket in town

From Johnny Marr to Mark Knopfler, big-name guitars seem to have become so valuable that even their owners don’t want to play them anymore…

Guitar World

Duke of Wellington portrait by Thomas Lawrence sets new record at London auction

The portrait was painted after the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815

The Independent UK

Portrait of Duke of Wellington sells for record £9.6m at London auction

The portrait was painted after the Duke helped to defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo

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The Independent UK

Rare Winston Churchill despatch boxes from Second World War go to auction

The pieces will be sold next week in Christie’s Exceptional Sale: Masterworks Across Cultures

MusicRadar

“It’s bittersweet to be parting with these guitars but I want them to go to new homes and new people who will love them as much as I have”: Johnny Marr is auctioning off his most-famous guitars

After documenting them in Marr's Guitars, the indie icon couldn't bear consigning them to storage once more, and they'll be auctioned via Christie's in September

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Marr to auction off dozens of guitars heard on Smiths classics such as This Charming Man

Christie’s sale in London in September carries estimates up to £150,000, with some instruments also used by Noel Gallagher and Bernard Sumner

Guitar World

“I couldn’t imagine them being put away and left unplayed”: Johnny Marr to sell nearly 100 pieces of gear at auction – including prized Smiths-era guitars

Guitars that have featured on some of the Smiths’ biggest songs, and moonlighted in Oasis, are up for grabs

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Rare first edition of ‘Wuthering Heights’ (complete with spelling mistakes) to go up for auction

It’s the first copy of the Gothic novel in the publisher’s original cloth binding to be auctioned since 1908.

The Independent UK

Rare first edition of Wuthering Heights to be auctioned for first time since 1908

The auction comes as the romance continues to captivate new audiences, fueled by a recent big-screen adaptation

Evening Standard

Bronze Rodin sculpture to go under hammer for up to £1.5m

The piece, Eve au Rocher, will feature as part of a series of six specialist sales at Christie’s.

International Business Times UK

Kate Middleton Says Cancer 'Changes You Physically and Emotionally' During Moving Hospital Visit

The Princess of Wales visited The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, highlighting holistic cancer care, emotional wellbeing, and art therapy.

The Independent UK

Rare JMW Turner watercolour of Swiss landscape heads to auction

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Evening Standard

‘Evocative’ painting by JMW Turner expected to fetch up to £600,000 at auction

The ‘luminous’ Turner painting is going under the hammer at a Christie’s auction.

The Independent UK

Famous JMW Turner painting set to fetch up to £600,000 at auction

Since the British artist’s death in 1851, the watercolours from his final tours of Switzerland have become some of his most celebrated and highly prized works on paper

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