Print issue 2532 (05 March 2022)

News

• Cookham Resurrection sets record on paper for Spencer
• Met buys roundel after 20-year wait
• Supports builds for Baggott’s ivory antiques rescue scheme
• Art gallery wants your Egyptian revival expertise
• Dealer and Antiques Roadshow veteran Ian Harris calls it a day at ‘84 and a half’
• Plea to find stolen prop jewels of The Crown

News Digest

• Pick of the week: Pioneering rail trio took a trip to the US
• Bid Barometer: issue 2532
• Goalie shirt saved since 1879 single appearance
• Precious metals prices: issue 2532
• News in brief – including another first edition copy of Harry Potter coming to auction

Auction Reports

• HG Beasley’s collecting odyssey since the age of 13
• A duo of ‘Qianlong’ objects inspired by China’s archaic past emerge at regional sales
• Qing period cushion cover brings a comfortable bid from online Chinese bidder
• Thrilled by the chase: hairline crack fails to deter interest as Chinese export bowl is bid ten times over estimate
• Qing iron red ‘reject’ is £25,000 surprise
• Heaven and earth: toilet invention influences
• There really was trouble at mill
• Porcelain beaker from the Baltic Service attracts bidding in Cumbria
• ART MARKET: Further reflections on rare Stanhope Forbes sales in Penzance auction
• Emms dog portraits rear their heads in different parts of the country
• Study heads up a Harold Knight selection
• BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Three Marys star in a ‘classical and romantic’ selection
• Comics at auction: A truly super set of prices
• British and Irish book auctions: March 1-12, 2022

Previews

• Previews: issue 2532

Dealers’ Diary

• Righting the wrongs with exhibitions for International Women’s Day
• 5 Questions: art dealer Angela Mullany
• Goldman’s Kyosai collection goes on show
• The web shop window: A set of 1950s Danish chairs
• Practical help now to hand
• Hartnoll figures it’s time to promote neglected art

Feature

• Know one’s snuff: Chinese snuff bottles are among the highlights of Asia Week New York
• Big deals in the Big Apple

Fairs, Markets & Centres

• Relink the French connection
• Photo fair back by popular demand
• It’s been Brill, but time to move on

Letters

• It was not to be – I had to suffer the pings of outrageous fortune
• Ivory Act – stop moaning, you had three years to prepare
• Destroying totally ancient ivory is a criminal act itself

Backpage

• Obituary: antiques dealer Peter Twining (1935-2022)
• Obituary: James ‘Jim’ Anthony Hill (1942-2022)
• Antiques Rescue Centre donation form now ready

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