Print issue 2473 (26 December 2020)
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News
- Export licences will go digital in autumn 2021
- Supply hits Old Masters auction series
- Nimrod expedition sledge and flag head to UK institutions
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Vincennes Louis XV dish takes £95,000
- Bid Barometer: issue 2473
- Austrian artist’s rare auction appearance
- Precious metals prices: issue 2473
- News In Brief – including news of a stolen Presidential pocket watch
Review of the year
- Goodbye 2020, hello 2021
- Auctions: surviving then thriving in 2020
- More ‘treasure’ likely to be unearthed in 2021
- ATG's selection of hammer highlights from 2020
Feature
- TRAVEL POSTERS: Quality counts as classic examples at auction underline the appeal of rare works
- Russell Flint returns in the same packing tube
- Designs evoke Art Deco style
- How to wake up in Hawaii
- Take the train to Saint-Flour
- Please spend your dollars in the USSR
- Chicago sale involves a journey to Germany, UK and India
- At least you can look at a skiing scene
Auction Reports
- Bidder makes a holy order
- Debut three-day sale graced by an aristocratic selection
- ‘From a royal palace’ to family bathroom in Hull house
- Rowland Ward went Down Under
- Superb British Smith & Beck microscope bought by US collector for £38,000 in Berkshire auction
- The name’s Lazenby – George Lazenby
- Wind it even with gloves
- Mouseman 'critters' chip in with their own creations
- ART MARKET: Tune in to a group of folk zingers
- 'More affordable' alternatives to the very top names at Roseberys
- Affordable art: Three works sold for under £1600 including a Harry Fidler oil
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Olde Worlde charm… from 1847
- Arabic work presents ‘complete book of the medical art’
- Naturally appealing in NY
- British and Irish book auctions: December 20, 2020-January 28, 2021
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Mayfair event normally held in a five-star hotel has a different feel to reflect the times
- Warm idea in the frost
- Phil Taylor’s cool stuff and Turkish delights
- 5 Questions: Post-war design specialist Philip Thomas
- CADA dealers serve up a treat
International
- Swiss artist stars as a pair of his works occupy the two top spots in a Zurich auction
- New York estate provides ancient pottery to Skinner
- Felix Ziem’s Venice scene offered in New Year’s Day sale
Fairs, Markets & Centres
The Back Page
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Cover - Issue 2473