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Missing Tom Thomson painting at centre of $8m lawsuit returned to owner

The Art Newspaper

An unsigned and untitled Thomson painting of a lake in Algonquin Park, which he originally gifted to his friend Charlie Scrim, was entrusted to Waddington’s Auction House in Toronto in 2015 by Joseph Murray, whose uncle had given it to him in 1977. In 2022, Murray filed an C$11m ($8m) lawsuit against Waddington’s. Larry Humber

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Christie’s celebrates the late Syrian artist Marwan with non-selling London show

The Art Newspaper

In May, Christie’s for the first time delivered a white-glove sale for its online Modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art auction in Dubai. It’s very exciting to be working in an auction house in the Middle East,” Moumni says. Marwan’s last solo show in London was at the Mosaic Rooms in 2015.

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The Wemyss Ware Buyer’s Guide: 5 Classic Pieces You Need in Your Collection

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In 2004, a world auction record was set for Weymss Ware, when a Scottish collector bid almost £70,000 (around $86,715) at a Sotheby’s auction for two sleeping piglets produced by the original Fife pottery. Homeware and Haberdashery Wemyss Ware set of four buttons. Sold for £3,750 via Lyon & Turnbull (August 2014).