Print issue 2450 (11 July 2020)
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News
- EM Forster portrait sets auction record for Fry
- IACF hails success at Newark as fairs go back to business
- Elmwood’s opens Notting Hill office
- Francis Bacon stars at Sotheby's in the first summer ‘super sale’
- Ericsson ‘grinder’ telephone dials in at £10,500
- Roman altar stands out among highlights of revamped art week
News Digest
- Pick of the week: New peak for Wainwright as sketch of the fells climbs to £10,200 record
- Bid Barometer: issue 2450
- Whiteside football collection up for sale
- Precious metals prices: issue 2450
- News in Brief – including Christie's merging its flagship art departments
Feature
- SILVER: Examples from across the world lead to choice selection at auctions
- International silver highlights: Buyers raise a toast to Renaissance goblet
- Electrotype inspired by Warren Cup emerges in Lisbon
- A touch of Sheffield in the US
- Early English silver makes rare auction appearance in Zurich sale
- Dish by Viennese silversmith of international renown appears at Hermann Historica
- Italian tureens take centre stage in Swiss saleroom
- Dealer delights from the London Silver Vaults and beyond
- Baron Grantham's 'upgraded' George III silver wine coolers offered by Koopman Rare Art
- Blairman offers rare Richard Redgrave-designed christening mug
Auction Reports
- Portobello dealer’s collection of kitchenalia and more proves a sell-out at Newbury auction
- Squirrels taxidermy diorama is a big deal
- Box ‘made for the Siamese market’ makes 17-times estimate Dreweatts
- De Morgan sets house record in Fife
- British craftsman Peter Collingwood weaves his magic at auction
- Watch sounds the alarm for the first time
- ART MARKET: Auctioneers in Dorset and Cornwall benefit from vendors with close links to famous artists
- German artist's view of Oxford from afar brings bidding at Sherborne sale
- Local scenes lift Cornish art offered in Penzance
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Album of watercolours sold for £52,000 shows view of sailors greeting friendly natives
- Churchill: if looks could kill…
- British and Irish book auctions: July 7-23, 2020
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Birmingham’s brave new world
- Celebrate a ruby anniversary
- 5 Questions: bookseller John Martin of Mayfly Ephemera
- The web shop window: 18th century oil painting of Parliament
- Painter-etcher Blaker showcased by Harvey-Lee
Delivery
International
- Collection with a ruff appeal in Massachusetts
- Feininger before the oil paintings
- Art consultant's collection offered in New York includes Vinchon's fantastic falls at Tivoli
- First steps of Millet appear at Fontainebleau auction
Fairs, Markets & Centres
Letters
Backpage
- Dealers turn their focus to ATG
- Obituary: Commemorative ceramics collector Robin Watson Simpson (1940-2020)
- Obituary: collector and author Malcolm Shields
Adverts
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