Print issue 2423 (28 December 2019)
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News
- Second ‘lost’ Marlborough gem sparkles in Cambridge
- HMRC promises guidance ahead of anti-money laundering changes
- New Olympic record breaker
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Faraday iron filings create a magnetic pull on bidders
- Bid Barometer
- Cocteau ceramics price pushes the goat out
- Precious metals
- News in brief
PREDICTIONS FOR 2020
Auction Reports
- Chinese clock winds up in Sussex
- Medals make a fine lifesaving tribute
- Chair’s Elisabeth Frink link
- Spaniel sniffs out snuff
- Ring sheds light on Jewish soldiers in Roman army
- M marks the Mauretania
- Treen with the Trafalgar touch
- Japanese snake slithers beside maps and cup
- Airfix D-Day advance to four figures
- Byron carves out card case role
- Cricketers team up for a single lot
- Wight place, right time for censer
- Royal Copenhagen in Newcastle
- ART MARKET: Life’s a simple beach for Boudin
- It’s Grimshaw down south
- Drawn to Paris in its prime
- Sporting scenes tracked down by eager buyers
- Affordable art: Three works sold for under £2250 including a David Young Cameron castle view
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: A true travel treasure trove
- Games of genius and Uncle Sam
- Take a tour of 103 European cities
- British and Irish book auctions, January 1-30, 2020
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Dad’s Army put into the picture
- Prepare to be bowled over in Yorks
- Asian art stands out in Cotswolds
- 5 Questions: Max Rutherston
Feature
International
- Miniature’s major pulling power
- Bidders warm to frieze
- Photo portraits and postcard are pick of a Berlin auction
- A tale of Hoffmann
- Greek life in a German studio
Fairs & Markets
- Two Cs takes over biannual fair
- Wall-to-wall vintage in Berlin
- Flea hits 100
- Two-day extravaganza in Shepton Mallet
- Ready for the off
Antiquities
Letters & Opinion
- Help me to relaunch the ‘antiques are green’ initiative to spread the word on sustainability
- Napoleon grounded on St Helena
- Calling this TV show ‘Cash for Trash’ is wide of the mark