Print issue 2486 (03 April 2021)
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News
- Masterpiece cancelled but Petworth fair takes June slot
- Realism dawns as Parker enjoys record sale
- Banksy: far from anonymous in the art market
- Christie's changes category names for flagship art auctions
News Digest
- Pick of the week: A rare white bird worth waiting for
- Bid Barometer: issue 2486
- Dylan Thomas portrait from two months before his death offered in Cardiff auction
- Precious metals prices: issue 2486
- News in Brief – including a plea to help find a missing 17th century pocket watch
Auction Reports
- Table by French designer Fred Brouard boosts new saleroom
- Closon clicks among clock fans
- Gott’s foxy lady gets in tune with a buyer
- Ceramics of Shropshire and Song origins
- Regency marble busts resurface together at auction
- Washington: the head of state
- Fishing rarity reels in a buyer
- Stephany and Dresch showcase carving talents in miniature
- Letter suggests Powell design
- Birds by ‘the cabbage lady’
- Courting couple united by Bow
- Get the feel of Derby in Macclesfield
- Distler toy car races to a £4100 finish
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Hangman’s calling card is one of the highlights of a varied sale
- Handy little guide when you want to find a library book
- From Zanzibar to the South Pole at Bonhams
- British and Irish book auctions: March 30-April 17, 2021
Feature
- Banksy mania: Why the artist's screenprints are flashing up on investor’s dashboards
- Let us spray: an original rarity
- Buyers throwing money around
- Having a laugh but delivering serious prices
- Trolleys carries on giving
- Keep a watch on ‘Walled Off’
- Rat packs sale punch in several versions
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Pru’s view of a gritty world
- Buckles go under the microscope at Wartski
- Rutherston eases market woes
- 5 Questions: Anthony Bridgman
- The web shop window: Portland stone chimney piece
- Latest highlights from four book dealers March 2021
- Unrecorded Campagna bronze offered at Paris gallery
International
- Single-owner collection of British and American cases sparks a white-glove sale
- Bernini drawing sets auction record
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- JOS launches two events which complement the B2B fair schedule
- Continuity back after the enforced break
- IACF ready to meet the high demand
Letters
- Ivory fees – another committee fiasco
- Small businesses under the radar
- Before the baronetcy
- I wish I had bought all 27 of the Atkinson Grimshaws