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Lost Ravilious & Garwood Woodblocks Saved From eBay and Returned to UK Galleries

Published: Monday 24th November 2025

A rare cache of 27 woodblocks carved by British artists Eric Ravilious and Tirzah Garwood has been rescued after unexpectedly appearing for sale on eBay. The blocks—created between 1930 and 1950 and missing since the 1950s—were spotted by family members, including the artists’ daughter and granddaughter, who quickly alerted the Art Loss Register. Believed to […]

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Lost After WWII, “Summer” Finally Returns to Poland

Published: Monday 24th November 2025

It may be the depths of winter in the UK, but in Poland “Summer” has returned! A long-missing early 20th-century painting, Summer by Danish artist Bertha Wegmann, has been returned to the National Museum in Wrocław after disappearing shortly after World War II. Originally bought in 1906 and displayed in the Silesian Museum of Fine […]

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Stolen for 24 Years, a Beloved Mexican Saint Finally Comes Home

Published: Monday 24th November 2025

A treasured 1747 portrait of St. Francis of Assisi has finally returned to the Church of San Francisco de Asis in Teotihuacán, more than two decades after thieves stole it during a 2001 break-in. The six-foot painting—missing for over 200 years before it was taken—resurfaced in 2018 when a consignor tried to sell it through […]

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ALR Pricing

Published: Friday 23rd May 2025

We wanted to take this opportunity to inform our valued clients that some of our prices will be increasing in June. The ALR continues to make sure its prices are manageable for our clients, whilst maintaining and improving the level of service we can offer. Over the last year we have grown our database considerably […]

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Woodgrain fingerprints: how a 17th Century Tompion clock was recovered

Published: Wednesday 3rd July 2024

In c.1691, a Tompion clock was created and given the number 181. Three centuries later, the clock was stolen from a private residence in Wilshire. The family distributed black and white photographs and the police investigated the event, but the clock remained missing for over three decades. In 2022, Bonhams were invited to catalogue and […]

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