Print issue 2402 (27 July 2019)
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News
- Ivory ban heads to High Court
- London Auctions enters liquidation with consignors among creditors
- Bids pour in for Tiffany tea caddy with Japanese elements
- Regions enjoy the fruits of solid English oak
News Digest
- Pick of the week: ‘Blonde bombshell’ poster makes big impact at auction
- Bid Barometer
- Strong demand for Boer War medal honouring bravery regardless of race
- Precious metals prices: issue 2402
- News In Brief – including vetting chairmen resigning from their roles at the 'Biennale Paris' fair
Feature
- WATCHES: Hidden depths to the market for military diving watches
- ‘Synchronise your watches’ for a £3200 Weems
- JEWELLERY: Al Thani dispersal at Christie's was unparalleled in recent memory
- Ivory cufflinks with Pre-Raphaelite design bring demand at Dreweatts
- Cameo role for Victorian jewels at Dix Noonan Webb
- A diamond house call in Taunton
- Farnham’s orchid blooms in Belgium
Auction Reports
- Jug celebrates a rotten result in 1812 election
- Italian sculptures stand out in summer
- ART MARKET: US artist Eanger Irving Couse makes London auction debut
- Flemish artist flourishes in Essex sale
- Haunting Bueno portrait locks in real human hair
- Cuneo shows his steel
- Affordable art: Three works sold for £1500 or under including an Arthur Gaskin watercolour
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Psalter soars with royal appeal
- Elizabethan intrigues, invasion and execution
- Cosmographical delight and colossal crustaceans
- Mao as master of calligraphy underlined by 1940s letter
- Bloch hammers down at $80,000
- British and Irish book auctions: July 23-August 3, 2019
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Cross references at Masterpiece
- Carpet flies at first rug and textile event
- Swiss river view sets the scene for London dealer showcase
- 5 Questions: Alexis Pentcheff
- ‘Spanish Phillip’ comes home to Scotland with pooch picture
- The web shop window: Ornate ash armoire with a mysterious past
- Scandi style sweeps in to the third Cooper Cotswolds fair
International
- Family name boosts fan sale
- French auction houses release half-year figures
- Olympic upheaval as posters reveal convoluted history of the wartime Games
- Welbon collection yields Russian rewards
- Qing period gold wedding boxes emerge at Singapore auction
- Local scenes on offer at Brittany auction
- Italian 'wave' lounge chairs offered in Los Angeles
- Alfred Hitchcock’s 'The 39 Steps' poster emerges in Dallas
Fairs & Markets
- Event adds to Victorian value
- Four antiques and vintage events in Scotland for summer 2019
- Fringe benefits could help Edinburgh fair
- Marquee back by popular demand in the New Forest
The Back Page
- Giant Prize Crossword summer 2019
- ATG letter: Making UK auctions easier - how we are already doing it
- Summer Offa: Henry Wyndham's walk in support of cancer centre
- West Dean launches fellowships for first time
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Cover - Issue 2402