Print issue 2469 (28 November 2020)
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News
- Gold stater of king Caratacus sets auction record for a British Iron Age coin
- Martinware theft: Ealing bird found
- Newark moved back one week
- Missed in London, Constable sketch of Dedham Vale authenticated in Essex
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Florence sparkles in Castrucci’s stunning stone carving
- Bid Barometer: issue 2469
- Table lamp made of synthetic material lights up auction
- Precious metals prices: issue 2469
- News In Brief – including news of more online book fairs taking place
Feature
Auction Reports
- Gifts from Queen Victoria: Jewellery presented to god-daughters and family friends in the spotlight at Cheffins
- Great example of Grand Tour glyphic art sells for over 40-times estimate at Sworders
- ‘Artist jeweller’ Donald very much back in vogue
- Lalique shines as period pieces impress
- Van Cleef & Arpels – courtesy of Joan Collins
- Australian gold rush jewellery in strong demand
- Victorian ring concealing a practical joke brings sensational bidding in Somerset
- ART MARKET: Ornithological watercolour ordered by brother of Louis XIII is highest Parker Fine Art saleroom price so far
- Picasso’s agony and ecstasy…and the calm of a back garden
- Affordable art: Three works sold for under £600 including a Daniel Sherrin landscape
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Pioneering Arabic printing and a kind of magic in Edinburgh sale
- Bobby meets his ‘Boswell’
- How Poe’s $3 became $60,000
- Buyer brings home the bison
- America’s undeclared war with France
- British and Irish book auctions: November 24-December 5, 2020
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Special sale promotion launched at Kensington Church Street antiques dealership
- Website portals welcome lockdown growth
- Money laundering rules and the issue of client details
- The web shop window: 18th century leopard painting
- 5 Questions: Art Deco dealer Matthew Foster
International
- ASIAN ART PREVIEWS: Extended sale, extensive collections on offer
- Yuan dynasty jar spotted in Dallas
- Crabs on screen
- Cambodian Khmer carved stone statue offered at Christie’s in Paris
- Chinese ink drawings emerge in Zurich
- Deity hails from an old Dutch collection
- Yongzheng dish branches out to French sale
- Qianlong period panel among highlights at Sotheby’s in Paris
- Le Pho painting on offer in Paris
- Nineteenth century take on archaic
- Go nuts about fan leaf Down Under
- OLD MASTERS: ‘The Spinola Rubens’ makes return to Vienna
- Work attributed to the circle of Patinir offered at Ivoire Angers
- Vernet adds drama to Tivoli
- Rediscovered 15th century Virgin and Child reflects Bastiani’s broader style
- High hopes for aviation fan’s de la Tour
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- Wiltshire ‘collective’ hails slow but steady transatlantic deliveries
- Video ‘shop tours’ prove popular selling method in Ashburton
- Back-to-front way of doing business
- Online is gift-wrapped opportunity
Letters & Opinion
Backpage
Adverts
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