Print issue 2508 (11 September 2021)
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News
- Going for a Song – ‘Ru’ censer brings £320,000
- Tennants will host the ‘Harrogate’ fair
- Dealer’s collection in the best Company
- Ally Pally fair cancelled for October
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Meissen made with a homely touch
- Bid Barometer: issue 2508
- Gun used to kill Billy the Kid sets auction record for any firearm
- Precious metals prices: issue 2508
- News In Brief – including the auction of medals once belonging to controversial media mogul Robert Maxwell
Feature
- COINS: Inside knowledge as major fair set to open this month
- Charles I coin with ‘bare head’ bust emerges at Sovereign Rarities
- One of the first coins struck in North America offered at Morton and Eden
- Coin showing formidable Roman rival in his pomp offered at Roma Numismatics
- Newark-minted ‘money of necessity’ at Dix Noonan Webb
- Insurance broker's remarkable Elizabethan rarities offered at St James’s Auctions
- British coins abroad as outstanding examples emerge in overseas sales
- Dealer offers Celtic gold coin from 'very small issue'
- George III ultra cameo coin comes to Harmers
- Silver celebration of a treasured plant at Baldwin’s
Auction Reports
- Relics from rare Keith silver to symbols of Jacobite rebellion feature at Edinburgh auction
- Bonnie Prince Charlie’s pre-Culloden meal
- Omega Seamaster made exclusively for the SAS sold at Fellows
- Quilt given warm reception
- Not bad for a sewer find – 400-year-old candlestick proves 'where there’s muck there’s brass'
- Animal magic as Japanese works bring demand at Woolley & Wallis
- Clocks keep good time... and value
- Silver salts count as York rarities
- ART MARKET: The restoration motivation – Rising interest in works that appeal despite condition issues
- Bidders show a longing for Ardizzone at Somerset sale
- Rare example of an 'enconchado' painting makes 30-times estimate at Surrey auction
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Comics fulfil auction promise
- Buyer’s Noble intention pays off
- British and Irish book auctions: September 7-23, 2021
- Travel to Stonehenge via Skye
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Chelsea Antiques Fair comes back but with new owners and new look
- 5 Questions: David Brooker of David Brooker Fine Art
- Dealer duo offer works at Sotheby's as they downsize
- Pantastic poster on offer at York National Book Fair
- The web shop window: Marine scene depicting battle between British and Dutch
- Design thrives in London with new shop openings in Notting Hill and Fulham Road
- Decorative focus at revamped Chester
International
- USA: the land of opportunity for traditional European art and antiques
- Jobs signature is a write rarity
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- Fair near Falmouth returns to mid-19th century venue rarely open to the public
- Meet the Henley upcycling specialist with an eight-week waiting list
- Malvern Flea and Collectors’ Market to go ahead in September
- News in brief: updates on fairs in Berkshire and Chichester
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Cover - Issue 2508