Print issue 2405 (24 August 2019)
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News
- Hansons expands to three salerooms after Bishton country house purchase
- Prince Albert’s taste in robes of state
- The sound of a William and Mary spinet sold for £5500 in Islington
- Multiple bidders for sleepy Mannerist bronze in Essex
- Renewed threat of US tax on Chinese art
- St Agatha returns to Osterley Park
- A Fabergé fantasy object in Cirencester
News Digest
- Pick of the week: 18th century dockyard plans detailing the Royal Navy war machine attract wave of bids
- Bid Barometer
- Pre-war Dinky toys deliver in specialist auction
- Precious metals prices: issue 2405
- News In Brief – including the latest on a legal challenge to New York's ivory ban
Auction Reports
- Sully surfaces for a £17,000 sale
- Thin Man spotted in sizeable lot
- The risqué side of Russia
- Fashionable but fragile box just sew good
- Buyer pins down Chinese workbox at £7000 hammer
- Wainscot chair with top quality
- Big money for Russian bronze
- ART MARKET: Bussy bird flies to five figures
- Last gasp of Romantic style before Realist
- Dining scene is Tayler made to succeed
- Affordable art: Three works sold for £700 or under including Harold Dearden's slice of social history
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Early birds catch bidders’ eye
- Sowerby minerals surface in Sweden
- Best foot forward for New York sale
- Unsung monk nurtured new genetic study
- Horace taken to new heights by Captain Cook notes
- British and Irish book auctions: August 20-September 9, 2019
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Latest edition of Tribal Art London focuses on female representations in this field
- Jacobson shows a personal touch
- The web shop window: English silver-plated student lamps
- 5 Questions: Michael Wilson of Highland Antiques
- West country dealers keeping busy in August
International
- Montague Dawson puts Maine auction in the mix
- Husband-and-wife artists potential stars in Sydney sale
- English mystery and crime fiction from renowned collector
Fairs & Markets
- Duo launch new Cornish antiques fair at country house venue
- Court is now in session as Magistrates Market Antiques Centre opens for business
- Congleton antiques centre stays open despite deluge
- Rugby club substitute for the palace
- Irish dealers urge no border checks
- A new fair sails into Belfast at Titanic Hotel
Letters
- Mystery of the missing Fleetwood Mac member
- Great for antiques – and old rubbish
- Instrument is a tobacco shredder
The Back Page
- Obituary: London silver dealer Lawrence Block
- Giant crossword answers from the summer edition of ATG - Issue 2402
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Cover - Issue 2405