Print issue 2401 (20 July 2019)
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News
- Rising market for Mouseman as bookends sell for £10,000
- Egypt threat of legal action adds to ‘politicisation’ of antiquities
- Fairs more important than ever, say dealers
- Silver Tompion pocket watch discovered buried in Hexham ground
- Bournemouth centre saved as local dealers enter The Den
- Palace of Versailles buys back €4m rococo commode from US collector
- Lowry and his Rossetti prove top draws at 19th century art sales
- Sotheby’s moves its Edinburgh office to the Grand
News Digest
- Pick of the week: A woman’s first-hand view of the Cape
- Bid Barometer
- Lost Marlborough jewel unearthed in Salisbury
- Precious metals prices: issue 2401
- News in Brief – including the auction of Boris Becker's collection
Auction Reports
- Wedgwood collection emerges from collector’s fairyland flat
- Romantic Russians in figure form
- Louis Vuitton trunk shifts at £7200
- Aboriginal weapons saved from a skip now sell at auction
- The late 19th century finds fashion favour
- George II table takes £17,500 and Churchill letters get away
- Glass birds and Mouseman sell in North Yorkshire
- Boer War group puts the boot in
- Musical boxes tune up in two auctions
- Orange Pulcini glass bird hits a high
- Brahms booms in vinyl revival
- ART MARKET: Chiswick Auctions attracts more Constable consignments including £70,000 pencil landscape
- Lin thrives in Ludlow
- Kyffin Williams and Norman Cornish help saleroom's specialist sale
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Ulysses makes latest epic price
- Emmeline Pankhurst biography by her daughter sold at Forum Auctions
- Colin Dexter's Quinn takes top spot
- Fancied fillies and fancy embroidery
- British and Irish book auctions: July 16-27, 2019
Previews
- Previews: Up to £500
- Previews: £501 - £2000
- Previews: £2001 - £5000
- Previews: £5001 - £30,000
- Previews: £30,000 plus
Collector Interview
Dealers’ Diary
- Bird images by Elizabeth Gould takes centre stage at Sotheran’s show
- Cream of the Cornish art scene
- 5 Questions: Denys Wilcox of The Court Gallery
- The web shop window: Ice bucket by Piero Fornasetti
- Buyers go large at an encouraging Olympia
International
- Asian buyers compete for works from European collections in German and Austrian specialist auctions
- Flemish flowers take highest price at Drouot so far in 2019
- Historic city Bamberg hosts 24th dealer exhibition event
Fairs & Markets
The Back Page
- ATG letter: How long is long enough to store?
- Obituary: 'Buccaneering' print dealer Nicholas William Lott
- Marathon man: James Lewis on rostrum for 24hrs 6mins record sale
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Cover - Issue 2401