Print issue 2466 (07 November 2020)
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News
- Illuminating an African royal dynasty in India
- Drouot closes again as Paris locks down
- Imps & Mods sales are slimmer affairs but with high selling rates
- Christie's hope for a big hit with Boycott's ‘100th 100’ bat
- Serving the nation – the Pitt family china
- Remembering the Great War’s ‘first black officer’
- Asian art award winners announced via YouTube stream
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Manuscript at Roseberys reveals a little-studied era
- Bid Barometer: issue 2466
- Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson rarities emerge in studio archive
- Precious metals prices: issue 2466
- News in Brief – including the recovery of a stolen Ming vase
Feature
- WATCHES: vintage era parts bring forward demand for timepieces
- Rare TR-900 survivors dive into Massachusetts auction
- ‘Pussy Galore’ Rolex watch bought in Singapore brings demand in Wiltshire
- Zenith chronometer with elegant and award-winning movement makes over 30-times estimate in Exeter
- Example of first Heuer skipper model sells at Fellows
- Rolex Dato Compax 'Olympian tribute' watch offered in November sale
- Last 007 Submariner emerges at Tennants
- Movado Calendograf: Warhol was a fan
- Elvis Presley’s 18ct Corum Buckingham watch to be offered at Sworders this month
- Omega Seamaster with diving history consigned to Woolley & Wallis
- Fergusson is new head of watches at Lyon & Turnbull
Auction Reports
- Caterpillar Club races to record
- Award for ‘oldest rowing race’ brings strong bidding at Gloucestershire sale
- Fragment of magnificent dish makes bullish £4600
- Extraordinary hidden statuary brings demand out in the open at Summers Place
- Condition counts for sugar box
- Two bears show sale bite
- Clock grandeur: a case in point
- ART MARKET: Rare racehorse pictures given a sporting chance
- Squirrell catches the eye in Essex and Cambridge auctions
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Forum at the double
- British and Irish book auctions, November 3-14, 2020
- COMICS: Spider-Man and Fantastic Four thrill bidders
- Dr Who and Ninjak originals sold at Comic Book Auctions
- Rupert makes his debut in annual form
- Frazetta artwork takes $1m
- Collector interview: 'Why I'm favouring home-grown comics over high-profile US versions'
Previews
Special report
- Timed auctions: Salerooms of all sizes see advantages in a format that can deliver
- Timed auctions: All objects great and small
Dealers’ Diary
- The late show: Ben Nicholson at Piano Nobile
- Karen Taylor offers view of 18th century Putney house
- 5 Questions: Specialist watercolour and drawings dealer Derek Newman
- The web shop window: 17th century memento mori ring
- Edith Lawrence in the limelight at Henry Saywell show
- Get physical: dealers pushing their physical presence despite Covid-19 crisis
International
- White-glove auction as Berlin museum collection is dispersed
- Sebastian Vrancx conflict scene emerges at Munich auction
- Dalpayrat vases offered in German sale
- Bone up on Japanese woodblocks
- Ten minutes to make impact
- Danish painter's contemporary view of a tragedy offered in Vienna
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- How to handle a crunch time
- Grandma’s Attic restarts with the popular Wimborne event
- Streets open for business
Letters
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