Print issue 2396 (15 June 2019)
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News
- A Brilliant response to studio sale
- Coin from reign of Allectus found in field makes house record at Dix Noonan Webb
- ‘New addition’ to the Lewis chessmen
- Selective Russian series maintains capacity to wow
- Why the saga of the £22,000 ‘Sobers six-sixes’ ball isn’t over
- Connect art fair to join the summer season in 2020
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Restituted Swiss self-portrait lights up saleroom
- Bid Barometer
- Swansea ice pail takes a cool £38,000 result
- Precious metals prices: issue 2396
- News In Brief – including Dr Bendor Grosvenor curating a show of female Old Masters
Feature
- CLOCKS: Quare and Tompion – Rivals who clicked in London's Golden Age
- Thomas Mercer chronometer made in modern times doubles estimate in Gloucestershire
- Thomas Cole bracket clock leads group of unusual and more familiar works
- Complex clocks make sharp auction sellers
- Joseph Knibb: Best in black
- A Vulliamy pair emerge at Dreweatts
- Chiswick Auctions offers chronometer with Titanic connection
- Augsburg masterpiece by Johann Peter Mayr appears at Sotheby's
- ‘Barn find’ dial clock sells at over ten-times estimate
- Eardley Norton clocks chime with bidders
- Your carriage clock awaits at regional auctions
- Unrecorded Tompion to star at Masterpiece
- Dealer offers bracket clock by Lewes’ finest Richard Comber
- Longcase clock by Thomas Mudge gives a nudge in new direction
- Signed by maker and first owner – dealer offers rare Cumbrian clock
- Norfolk dealer offers Georgian mahogany bracket clock by John Scott
Auction Reports
- ART Market: Works by artist Rose Henriques are revitalised in East Sussex sale
- Horse sense: Robert Bevan lithographs trot into saleroom
- Affordable art: Three works sold for £1700 or under including an embroidery by Frances Richards
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Alfred Russell Wallace's evolution of a work on palm trees
- Greek philosopher gets his house in order
- Gaston Leroux’s 'The Phantom of the Opera' makes a very real result at Swann auction
- British and Irish book auctions: June 11-21, 2019
Previews
- Previews: Up to £500
- Previews: £501 - £2000
- Previews: £2001 - £5000
- Previews : £5001 - £30,000
- Previews: £30,000 plus
Collector Interview
Dealers’ Diary
- Olympia summer fair caters for decorative buyers and collectors
- 5 Questions: Nicky Gould
- The web shop window: Sicilian giltwood casket from Anthony Outred
- Welsh furniture dealer offers cupboard at festival
- Artists as celebs: debut sculpture show plays a fame game
International
- CEO of US saleroom Hindman on the Chicago-based firm's ambitious agenda
- Thomas Hart Benton rolls out the barrels
- Peter Chinni sculpture brings demand in Chicago
- Andrew Newell Wyeth watercolour causes a clammer at auction
- Art Nouveau dragon vase emerges in Denver
- Elkington silver offered in New Orleans
- British Waterloo Medal offered at New York sale
- Franz Bergman bronze figure features in British Columbia sale
- Nodding magician looks to cast spell at Potter & Potter
- From Doncaster to Philadelphia: 18th century racing trophy offered at Freemans
- Raven rattle features in Heritage Auctions’ ethnographic art sale
Fairs & Markets
- Two Cs ready for three busy fairs in summer 2019
- Dealer tinkles the ivories at first Sandown fair
- B2B pitch it just right in Malvern
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