Print issue 2421 (14 December 2019)
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News
- Old Master’s new look: Met Museum pays €5m after X-ray reveals the original work
- Miracles of Saint Clare lift Old Masters series
- Daoguang vase up to the mark after lengthy bidding battle
- Warm reception for Mengs and Cantagalli on London’s winter stage
- Olympia fair to run over two weekends for 2020
- Howard Walwyn and Ashley Gray voted to BADA council
- Fair to the environment – IACF chooses compostable bags
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Corking silver piece of Irish rebel memorabilia
- Bid Barometer: issue 2421
- Last Baldwin to work for the coin firm retires
- Precious metals prices: issue 2421
- News In Brief – including Napoleon’s boots selling at auction
Auction Reports
- Export chairs created from 18th century English design sell well in the modern world
- Fine Finnish: Aalto in Hull
- Battle scene panels beat estimate at Fonsie Mealy
- Bus toys take the saleroom route
- Greco-Roman marble torso of Aphrodite draws admirers in West Sussex
- Good resort result for travel poster in Penzance
- Rare offering of fountain pens draws bidders in Cornwall
- ART MARKET: Album displays Bristol’s brightest minds
- Robert Bevan's horse-drawn cab painting hailed by bidders at London's Mod Brit series
- Orientalist pastel by Carl Haag exceeds estimate in Maidenhead
- Norse legend makes a watercolour wonder
- Victorian suffragette artist on song at North Yorkshire auction
- Affordable art: Three works sold for under £2250 including a John Piper church screen print
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Sale serves up a moveable feast
- Hammett hammers at joint record price
- Taken Brack to basics
- Beautiful botanical volumes
- British and Irish book auctions: December 8, 2019-January 8, 2020
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Galleries get a move on: seven latest dealer developments
- ‘Less is more’ idea drives new selling and buying website
- The web shop window: George III reverse glass painting
- 5 Questions: Polly Bielecka of Pangolin London
Collector Interview
International
- Lioness bronze set to roar into auction
- Portrait of mystery rich lady
- Prince charming doll by Jumeau
- Meet Snaggletooth and Greedo
- Vintage Italian magic items in an American auction
- Japanese Meiji period cabinet offered in Maryland sale
- Pair of 18th century plaques
Fairs & Markets
- New firms open north and south
- Lassco at the centre of market
- Tables piled with toys
- Fast tracking at IACF’s one-day Newark fair
Picture Special
Obituaries
- Memorial service notice and obituary: Paul Barthaud (1956-2018)
- David William Stoddart (1956-2019)
- Obituary: David Secrett
Letters & Backpage
- Not just fish and chips, great for antiques too
- Disgruntled dealer reacts to the 1stdibs price rise
- Looks familiar…
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