Print issue 2496 (12 June 2021)
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News
- ‘Elegy’ from 1836 reveals original John Constable watercolours
- Ming dish sets house record in Copenhagen auction
- Renaissance roundel UK export delayed
- Battle of Britain medal groups hit six figures
News Digest
- Pick of the week: The Kitchener call to arms that inspired a classic poster design
- Bid Barometer: issue 2496
- Present from Thai king to King of Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Precious metals prices: issue 2496
- News In Brief – including news of works from Lorfords in Tetbury offered at Bonhams
Auction Reports
- Sumptuous Sevres in UK salerooms
- Breakfast service fit for royal visitors makes 10-times estimate in Edinburgh sale
- Odundo work attracts prices at the level of Coper and Rie
- Double Islamic and Indian interest
- Medal marks a springboard moment for Arts & Crafts
- Postcards of Cumbrian life (and loss of life)
- ART MARKET: Essex sale provides latest market test for Company School ornithological paintings
- In the footsteps of Cedric Morris
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Map of Arabia and the Gulf and others break estimate boundaries in Oxford saleroom
- David Lloyd George takes on foxy features
- ‘Living saint’ Einstein proves he is not always deadly serious
- Example of 'the first American board game' sold in San Francisco
- British and Irish book auctions: June 8-19, 2021
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Petworth fair: 'People are absolutely gagging to take part'
- Photograph dealer Michael Hoppen moves from Chelsea after 37 years
- The web shop window: portrait miniature of artist's sister
- Left Bank tempts visitors to galleries in Paris
- 5 Questions: furniture and works of art dealer Claire Penhallurick
- It’s been a long wait but Harrogate is back with a minuet to go
- Business bright in Buxton despite weather
International
- Limoges plaque bidder hell bent on a purchase
- A Paris alternative to draw you in
- Fourteenth century ivory casket offered at Normandy auction
- Emperors survive album break-up
- Old Master at Aguttes offers fine sense of perspective
- Matisse drawing re-emerges in Aix-en-Provence auction
- Flemish portrait reappears at Christie’s Paris
- Gods and goddesses in bronze offered at Sotheby's
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- Jaguar Fairs heads back to Wetherby with a buzz
- Little Bird takes over series of North Yorkshire markets from council
- Truro reopens after a year’s break
- Halycon Fairs taking steps back to ballroom
- Kent County Showground gets set to welcome 300 dealers
- Ex-cinema centre in Kent could continue
Letters
Backpage
- A lawyer writes: Handy reminder that an auction house is first and foremost the agent of the consignor
- Obituary: literature and history specialist Peter Selley
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Cover - Issue 2496