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Total number of records: 207

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection25
Herbert Read Collection15
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History8
Leeds Russian Archive5
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2
Art and Antique Market1
LGBTQ1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
art objects207
objets d'art116
furniture80
meubles59
art53
decorative arts34
metal-work34
travail des metaux34
antiques19
art auctions19

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England42
Europe10
France7
China3
Ireland3
New York (State)3
Asia2
United States2
Andover (England)1
Britwell Salome (England)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)172
Antique Metalware Society32
Christie, Manson & Woods24
Patterson, Angus23
Victoria and Albert Museum. Belinda Gentle Metalware Gallery23
Sotheby'S (Firm)18
Waring, J B (1823-1875)9
Richards, Samuel (1859-1928)8
S. Richards (Firm)8
Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co7

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17003
From 180033
From 1900139
From 200016

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17992
Up to 189927
Up to 1999144
Up to latest18

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International art treasures exhibition

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Assembly Rooms (Bath, England); British Antique Dealers' Association; International Confederation of Dealers in Works of Art

1973

Exhibition catalogue.

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Antiques, genuine and spurious : an art expert's recollections and cautions

Litchfield, Frederick (1850-1930); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1921

Introductory.--Porcelain.--Furniture.--Enamels.--Bronzes.--Recollections and some stories.--Reference to museums and private collections.

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The contents of Wilsford Manor, Salisbury, Wiltshire : including fine English and continental furniture, works of art, sculpture, garden statuary, pictures, photographs, printed books and manuscripts, ceramics, glass, silver and miscellaneous items : days of sale, Wednesday 14th October 1987, Thursday 15th October 1987 at 10.30 am and 2.00 pm each day

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sotheby's Sussex

[1987]

940 lots. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. Place of sale: Billungshurst, West Sussex.

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The genuine article

Mills, John FitzMaurice (1917-1991); Mansfield, John M; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1979

Includes index.

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Third International Art Treasures Exhibition

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); International Confederation of Dealers in Works of Art. Art Treasures Exhibition; Victoria and Albert Museum; British Antique Dealers' Association

1962

Catalogue of an exhibition, arranged by the British Antique Dealers' Association, and held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2 March - 29 April, 1962.

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Third International Art Treasures Exhibition

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); International Confederation of Dealers in Works of Art. Art Treasures Exhibition; Victoria and Albert Museum; British Antique Dealers' Association

1962

Catalogue of an exhibition, arranged by the British Antique Dealers' Association, and held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2 March - 29 April, 1962.

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The economics of taste

Reitlinger, Gerald (1900-1979); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1970

Corrigendum slip inserted.

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In the heart of Paris : the fabulous adventures of an antique dealer

Brémond d'Ars, Yvonne de

[1959]

Translation of C'est arrivé en plein Paris.

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Art treasures from Vienna : an exhibition held at the Tate Gallery, London

Buschbeck, Ernst H (1889-1963); Strohmer, Erich V (1884-); De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969); Arts Council of Great Britain; Tate Gallery; Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

1949

Introduction by E.H. Buschbeck and E.V. Strohmer.

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