Print issue 2372 (22 December 2018)
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News
- Bowes Museum celebrates 200 years of the antiques trade
- Fine Art Society to auction works at Sotheby's
- Mod Brit art from Cumbrian collector to be auctioned at Sworders in Essex
- Royal Assent close for ivory ban bill
- Viennese fancies: £440,000 for gold-mounted Du Paquier tureen
- Chinese donor returns Canterbury tiger ying to Beijing
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Precocious Pugin showcased by Windsor Castle work aged 15
- Bid Barometer
- Penguin pattie for you, sir? Ernest Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition menu comes to auction
- Precious metals prices: issue 2372
- News In Brief – including an increase in treasure dug up by metal detectorists
Review of the year
Auction Reports
- Stuart and early Georgian silver from early 20th century collector starts Kent sale with aplomb
- Lalique mirror saved from dustbin
- Swiss watch is an eyecatcher
- Lecturer’s delftware is talk of the saleroom
- Sewing boxes head to new homes and chess set checks in
- ART MARKET: Old Masters back in familiar auction house territory
- How Old Masters fared in the early December sales series
- Bonhams - still-life attributed to Claesz takes top spot
- Christie’s - stand-alone collection from Dutch entrepreneur gets auction off to good start
- Sotheby’s - Dutch and Flemish art nets lion's share of the total
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Lawyer’s love of Russian works shines through
- Cumbrian book sales on the starting blocks
- Detective fiction trailblazer equals Edgar Allan Poe record
- Toulouse-Lautrec litho tribute
- British and Irish book auctions: December 18-January 17, 2018
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Mayfair provides the jewels in the town
- Keen as mustard to buy paintings under £50,000?
- 5 Questions: Glass dealer Mark West
- Making hay in Aldeburgh
International
- French modernist villa furnishings head back home after auction
- More Perlès pearlers up at the Drouot auction centre
- Stella stars in Angers auction
- Monet shines bright in Paris auction
- RAF watch is a sale flier in Canada
- Scottish pistol prize in Pennsylvania
Fairs & Markets
- A tale of two fairs: A special look at the Newark and Alexandra Palace events
- Buyers travel from far and wide for the Ally Pally vibe
- ‘Most of our clients want English antiques’
- Overseas visitors look for Victorian value at Newark
- The new wave of dealers attending Newark to buy
- Fairs & Markets 2018: review of the year
The Back Page
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