Letters to the Editor


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Fundraising plea for Brain Tumour Charity

24 June 2024

A fundraising campaign to raise money for The Brain Tumour Charity has been launched following the news that George Wade, a well known member of the auctioneering community, was diagnosed with a double brain tumour.

Letter: why ATG’s got a drinking problem

24 June 2024

I always enjoy your 5 Questions column (Dealers’ Diary).

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ATG letter: Armorial badges puzzler

10 June 2024

I am trying to find out the source of 15 what, I believe, are armorial badges which have been attached to a board.

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Bruce Fearn: ‘It was a privilege to have known him’

27 May 2024

I was sad to read your obituary in ATG No 2644 about Bruce Fearn.

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ATG letter: First appearances also worth a look

27 May 2024

Further to Richard Fattorini’s article on second and later editions in ATG No 2643 (‘Worth having second thoughts’), first appearances are also of interest.

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‘On the Medway’ looks more like ‘On the Deben’ to me

20 May 2024

The view described as ‘On the Medway’ (International, ATG No 2640) appears to me to be a view on the River Deben.

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ATG letter: Plaque shows symbolic purpose

20 May 2024

I write in response to the letter ‘This plaque has been a puzzler for decades’ in ATG No 2642.

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ATG Letter: ‘The first black person depicted on a sampler’

13 May 2024

Two readers add to the discussion on the depiction of a figure in a sampler

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This plaque has been a puzzler for decades

06 May 2024

Some 50 years ago, indeed prior to the beginning of my subscription with the ATG in 1971, I acquired this oval silver plaque, dateable to the late 18th/early 19th century on stylistic grounds, measuring 29 x 89mm and weighing 44gms, with a plain reverse.

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Two new books to light up your reading time

06 May 2024

A book on bicycle lights and one on SCotish furniture are among the latest books to be published in the world of art and antiques.

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ATG letter: Does this clock in Queensland have the look of a French Morey design?

29 April 2024

I came across a clock on thesaleroom.com which sold for €110 at the Derksen Veilingbedrijf auction house in Arnhem in 2022.

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A great read on Rapa Nui

15 April 2024

Blue skies have been a rare sight in the UK for quite some time now thanks to the wettest period from February to March ever.

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ATG letter: Not in the published book

25 March 2024

The Alastair drawing (Books & Works on Paper, ATG No 2633) may have been done for 'The Birthday of the Infanta', but it did not appear in the published book.

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Letter: Sad reminder of a boy ‘desperate for some glory’

25 March 2024

The princely present to the Prince Imperial at Chiselhurst (Letters, ATG No 2633) is a sad reminder of a boy desperate for some glory.

ATG letters: Money matters – more thoughts on that British Museum department name change

11 March 2024

Daniel Fearon has raised an interesting issue, concerning the British Museum’s name change to their Department of Coins and Medals, on which Brian Clivaz and Michael Graham-Stewart have since commented, not entirely uncritically (Letters, ATG Nos 2632 and 2633).

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ATG letter: Why Telford centre would be ideal fair venue

04 March 2024

The postponed Midlands Art Design Antiques Fair (ATG No 2632) raised the problem for organisers of such quality fairs finding suitable venues, particularly when geographic location and costs have to be taken into account.

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ATG letters: Money matters – museum’s name change is more accurate

04 March 2024

Re: ‘New Name is a Worthless Choice’, Letters, ATG No 2632). Daniel Fearon, as a regular visitor to the department, should know better than most that ‘money’ better describes the collection than ‘coins’ which is quite restrictive.

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Does anyone know the whereabouts of this princely present?

04 March 2024

One hundred and fifty years ago this year the ‘Ladies of Chislehurst’ [sic] presented this inkstand to the Prince Imperial, the son of Napoleon III, for his 21st birthday.

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ATG letter: New name is a worthless choice

26 February 2024

I recently received an online numismatic journal that informed me that The Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum has undergone a reorganisation.

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