New plans for old Cottees auction house site in Wareham submitted to council

Renaissance Retirement, the company behind the town’s Fleur-de-Lis complex, is hoping its latest plans for nine homes on the Cottees plot will be approved.

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A FRESH set of plans have been submitted for the site of a former auction house in Wareham after the developer’s previous proposals were refused by councillors.

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Theresa May to face vote of no confidence from Tory MPs

UK Prime Minister Theresa May faces a vote of confidence in her leadership later after 48 of her Conservative MPs called for one to be held. But a defiant Mrs May vowed to contest the vote "with everything I have got". She warned that a new prime minister would be faced with the choice of "delaying or even stopping Brexit".

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A majority of Tory MPs have publicly said they will back the PM in the vote, which runs for two hours from 18:00 GMT, but it is a secret ballot.

Historic Madeira bottling fetches nearly $16,000 at auction

A ‘quart’ bottle of The Lenox Madeira, imported to Philadelphia in 1796 by Robert Lenox and originally bottled in 1798 before being re-bottled in 1888, sold for $15,925 at the Christie’s auction in New York. Two more bottles of the same fortified wine fetched $14,700, meaning all three lots sold for close to double Christie’s’ pre-sale high estimates of $8,000. Christie’s results for the 7 December auction also show that several other bottles of the Lenox Madeira beat pre-sale estimates.

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A cache of centuries-old #Madeira discovered in New Jersey during renovation work has been auctioned by Christie’s, with one bottling from the late 1700s selling for nearly $16,000, while the same auction was also declared a 'watershed' moment for rare American whiskies

Five lots to watch at auction this week (December 10-16, 2018) including a mirror linked to the Titanic and a Martin Brothers pottery dog.

A private collection of silver going under the hammer at Holloways of Banbury on December 11 includes this set of six silver lattice work salts and spoons. Carrying the marks of Charles Fox, London 1838, they are estimated at £1500-£2000.

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With estimates from £1500 to £30,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.

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UK restaurant closures accelerate to over 10 a week

The number of restaurants in Britain slipped by 2% over the year to September 2018, the new edition of the Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners has revealed. Research showed that Britain had a total of 26,892 restaurants at September. The net fall of 539 restaurants marked an “acceleration of closures” since the start of 2018, when the restaurant sector was still in year-on-year growth. This figure is equivalent to more than 10 closures a week.

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The Market Growth Monitor showed that all licensed premises saw a decline in numbers with pubs and bars closing at a faster rate than restaurants

Cadbury's gold egg sells for £6,500 at auction

A 22ct gold and enamel Cadbury's egg has sold at auction for £6,500. The engraved egg was part of the Creme Egg Mystery Conundrum, a promotional treasure hunt by Cadbury's to find 12 eggs in 1983. Seller, Clive Pinder from Dorset, found the egg 35 years ago at Cricket St Thomas, Somerset. He said: "It was astonishment that we had succeeded." It was sold earlier at Duke's Auctioneers of Dorchester - it had been expected to fetch up to £8,000.

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The dozen eggs were buried around the UK - people had to solve clues hidden in an accompanying book to find them. #Cadbury

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Albert Einstein's 'God letter' reflecting on religion auctioned for $3m | Science | The Guardian

A handwritten missive by Albert Einstein known as the “God letter” fetched almost $3m at auction on Tuesday. Christie’s auction house in New York stated on Tuesday afternoon that the letter, including the buyer’s premium, fetched $2.89m under the hammer. That was almost twice the expected amount. The one-and-a-half-page letter, written in 1954 in German and addressed to the philosopher Eric Gutkind, contains reflections on God, the Bible and Judaism.

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Missive that calls the Bible ‘a collection of primitive legends’ was expected to fetch only half that much #Einstein 

50 YO Chivas fetches £21k at auction

It is the oldest spirit the Scotch whisky producer has ever bottled and it marks the 50th anniversary of Manchester United’s victory in the European Cup – Chivas being the official spirits sponsor of the Premier League side.

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The bottle is the only one of four produced that has been made available for public sale and 100% of the proceeds are being donated to the #ManchesterUnited Foundation.

Glasgow’s latest restaurant, Public House by Nico, set to open this month

Following in the success of his award-winning sister restaurants Six by Nico and 111 by Nico, Public House by Nico will offer a broad selection of seasonal small plates underpinned by larger dishes to be enjoyed on their own or shared as well as a weekend Brunch and a Sunday Roast offering. The menu will feature a series of traditional gastropub favourites served with a modern edge and Sunday Roast will be at the heart of service. The restaurant will offer a slice of cosy countryside in the heart of Glasgow where guests will also find real local ales, fruity wines and fine single malt scotch.

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Chef Nico Simeone’s latest restaurant, Public House by Nico, is set to open on December 14th, 2018. The new gastropub will open at 333 Great Western Road in Glasgow, offering modern British cuisine to Glasgow’s West End.

Frank Sinatra: personal items including engagement ring to be auctioned | Music | The Guardian

Ol’ Blue Eyes is going on the auction block. Personal items belonging to singer Frank Sinatra and his wife Barbara went on display in New York Friday, before an auction of Barbara Sinatra’s estate set for next month at Sotheby’s. The collection – expected to fetch at least $3.5m – includes the engagement ring Sinatra gave his wife, trinkets from US presidents he palled around with, and a Norman Rockwell painting of Sinatra that he commissioned directly from the artist. Barbara Sinatra was his fourth wife, and they were married for 22 years until his death. She died last year, and the items up for sale come from the couple’s three homes in Palm Springs, Los Angeles and Malibu.

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The collection, expected to fetch at least $3.5m, also features a Norman Rockwell painting and trinkets from former presidents

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Eiffel Tower's spiral staircase fetches €169,000 at auction

A section of the Eiffel Tower’s original spiral staircase has sold at auction in Paris for €169,000 – smashing its estimate. The segment of 25 iron steps was expected to fetch between €40,000-€60,000 by auction house Artcurial but ended up going for almost three times the amount.

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The 129-year-old relic – owned by a Canadian collector – was displayed on the Champs-Élysées before the auction and has now been sold to an unnamed private collector in the Middle East.

Antiques Roadshow Painting stolen after featuring on BBC show caught in legal battle

Just a week after the painting was given an estimate on Antiques Roadshow, the painting was stolen. The painting was stolen from a house in Great Yarmouth 30 years ago, just one week after it had appeared on Antiques Roadshow. It had been valued at £20,000 in January 1998 before the theft. Jan Davey, 69, the daughter of the late owner and antiquarian bookseller David Ferrow told how, at the time, she and her father believed thieves had recognised the painting from the BBC show.

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#AntiquesRoadshow viewers who have turned into the show for years with excellent memory may remember the programme featuring a portrait of Mary Emma Jones by Emma Sandys back in 1988.