Print issue 2431 (29 February 2020)
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News
- Dealers ready for biggest-ever TEFAF as van Maris bows out
- The seat of history: Hornby Castle Chair sells for £35,000 at Bonhams Oxford
- The Box catches the Martinware crab
- Artist record for James Dixon, naive champion from Tory Island
- London dealer offers trio of top Victorian paintings
News Digest
- Pick of the week: 'Oldest accurate map of coastal Scotland' becomes auction trailblazer
- Bid Barometer: issue 2431
- The day the ‘Tipton Slasher’ met his match
- Precious metals prices: issue 2431
- News In Brief – including the coronavirus causing the rescheduling of the Hong Kong Coin Show
Regulations
TEFAF Maastricht 2020
- Bigger and better: TEFAF Maastricht hosts more dealers and introduces a suite of updates
- Dealer delights: 16 highlights from around the stands at TEFAF Maastricht 2020
- Three new faces at TEFAF Maastricht 2020
Auction Reports
- Vernacular furniture returning home from US provides textbook lots in Oxford saleroom
- Miniature chair and huge ox add up to big prices
- Jug celebrates taste of oranges and roses
- Frankfurt silver cup survivor draws bidders' attention
- ART MARKET: All calm after a splitting headache
- From fisherfolk to high society
- Painter portrays a lover
- Affordable art: Three works sold for under £2500 including a Kenneth Newton still-life
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Manuscript from c.1270 tackles Medieval marriage guidance
- Wood engravings showing executions in grisly detail emerge at Forum Auctions
- Comics with an X factor sold in Cumbria
- Country house improvements count in a Carlisle saleroom
- British and Irish book auctions: February 25-March 12, 2020
Previews
- Previews: Up to £500
- Previews: £501 - £2000
- Previews: £2001 - £5000
- Previews: £5001 - £30,000
- Previews: £30,000 plus
Dealers’ Diary
- Stone ornaments fit Bath decorative fair organiser’s theme for this year’s edition
- 5 Questions: Thomas Mehigan
- The web shop window: Asprey dressing case
International
- Newly discovered 16th century French bronze emerges at Paris sale
- Gallé crocus vase offered in Kansas
- Royal towel emerges at Versailles auction
- Chinese imperial silk painting sells in Bruges
- Curious man as the moon automaton shows his face in Pennsylvania
- Jean Arp works headline Christie's sale of Greta Stroeh collection
Fairs & Markets
- Event’s oarsome new venue
- Wilton on the way
- Rare Samuel Shufflebotham work on Llanelly Pottery offered at Carmarthen Showground event
Letters
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