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A Herculean effort

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August 20,2025

Earlier in the summer, antiquity sales highlighted the many depictions of the classical world’s most popular hero, including a version with Byronic hair, as well as the extraordinary sculpting and casting progress made by ancient Greece

- Huon Mallalieu

A Herculean effort

A MONTH ago (July 23), I mentioned a Cycladic figure that had sold for £279,800, by far the top price in an auction of antiquities at Bonhams that had taken place in early July. Before that, Christie's had also had a full antiquities session and Sotheby's had opened its sculpture sale with half a dozen ancient lots. Having viewed those sales at the time, I have now caught up with the results.

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