Print issue 2526 (22 January 2022)
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News
- Auction house Forum unveils first NFT sale
- Fine Art Society promotes studio potter Waistel Cooper
- My goodness: the £27,000 Roman marble bust
- Bonhams purchases Scandinavian firm Bukowskis
- Cotswold family connections in demand at auction
- Banksy goes on spraycation to a model village
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Whisky travelogue in demand at auction
- Bid Barometer: issue 2526
- The death penny ‘issued in error’ to a deserter
- Precious metals prices: issue 2526
- News in brief – including news of the auction of René Magritte’s 'L’empire des lumières'
Auction Reports
- Exceptional examples of Victorian metalwork come to the fore at David Lay
- Michael Collins’ gift for barman who kept his cool
- Inuit amulet is the popular pup choice
- Pin cushions with animal attractions tempt buyers
- From Bond to a snuff box: the Gilbert collections
- Mary Queen of Scots link to bed curtain fragment
- ART MARKET: Ruskin’s Venice by Moonlight sparkles on Scarborough sale day
- Strachey self-portrait underlines often overlooked talent
- 17th century Dutch print of a beached whale emerges at Surrey auction
- David Hockney’s reality check as unrecorded copy of etching emerges at Bonhams
- Tagore shows artistic skills
- Alfred Cohen’s Commedia view attracts interest against a lowly pitch
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Story told of fables over the ages
- Curious but costly world view
- British and Irish book auctions: January 18-31, 2022
Previews
Feature
- ASIAN ART: A new frontier as Vietnamese market opens up
- Chinese porcelain in demand as medallion bowls bid to 260-times estimate in Glasgow
- Eastern furniture proves no sleepy market as huanghuali bed makes £140,000
- Soldier's scroll paintings turn out to be lucrative birthday presents
- How the Manchu dynasty tried to brush over Ming history
- Chinese work with European inspiration attracts interest in Somerset
- Moon flask slips away just below estimate
- Dish collected by porcelain obsessive Augustus the Strong brings bidding at Lyon & Turnbull
- Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze tops seasonal Asian art sales in UK regions
- Poignant piece of palace art
- Japanese carvings turn heads at Stride auction
- Jumbo price for Japanese rarity despite the condition
- Japanese cloisonné casket sells at over 20-times estimate at Andrew Smith
- Jades in demand in Dorset and Cheltenham
- Indian & Islamic garments prove to be auction talismans
- Bezoars made much easier to stomach
Dealers’ Diary
- Waistel Cooper could join pottery elite
- Now it’s Harvey & Woodd
- Clay shuts up shop after 48 years
- 5 Questions: Barney James of The Home Bothy
- The web shop window: symbolist's painting of owls
- Yorkshire artist stars on home turf at Harrogate pavilions fair
International
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- Taken up a Peggy or two in Warrington
- Here comes Johnny…
- Updates from Grandma’s Attic and Guildhall Antique Fairs
- Little Chelsea fair on hold but all go in Dorking
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