Print issue 2462 (10 October 2020)
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News
- Moorcroft bidders make 1912 overtures
- Sotheby’s opens shop in Bond Street saleroom as auction houses grow their focus on private and retail sales
- Court Glasshouse rarity tops unseen Oxfordshire collection
- Stevens medal goes to BM
- Early VC from an Inkerman hero
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Slide rule measures up at £11,000
- Bid Barometer
- Marquess heads back to ancestral home from US
- Precious metals prices: issue 2462
- News In Brief – including the return of a Sumerian plaque to Iraq
Feature
- ARMS AND ARMOUR: Head turners
- Castle hosts selected rather than huge sale
- Fancy decoration for a helmet used in the field
- Korean helmet and Tongan war club
- Exceptional European firearms excel
- Zeus shield and grotesque mask armour
- ‘Father of the RAF’ swords
- Eastern highlights
- Bowie knives evoke pioneer spirit
- Sporting guns spark sale interest
- Ideal if you take a shot in the dark
Auction Reports
- Ewe beauty: Rice collection in demand
- Lot watched by eager beaker bidders
- Mouseman lucky 13
- ART MARKET: Hard yards measure up for success
- Affordable art: Three works sold for under £1000 including a Tom Scott watercolour
- Mystery man in pastel makes bidding lively
- Austrian apples bloom in UK
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Dinosaur hunter Dorset style
- Names to note in Norfolk sale
- Big hitters strike auction highs
- British and Irish book auctions, October 6-17, 2020
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Modern ways of doing business: dealers team up for exhibitions
- Second season for hidden gems
- 5 Questions with Jean-David Malat of JD Malat Gallery
- The web shop window: Oscar Wilde’s gothic horror
- Podcasts now the big deal
International
- Arader’s perfect score
- Variations on a theme
- Seeing the doctor
- A passion for glass
- Flattery for Klabena
- Roentgen marks an anniversary
Fairs, Markets & Centres
Art Detective & Obituaries
Adverts
Cover - Issue 2462