Print issue 2623 (23 December 2023)
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News
- Bring me sunshine: Rare Cyril Power linocut in demand at Bonhams
- UK imports process set to become easier
- Pylkkanen steps down from the Christie’s rostrum for the final time
- ‘True masterpiece’ bowl brings a new auction high for studio potter Lucie Rie
- Export stop for Coper vase commissioned as Moore gift
- The ‘final photos’ of Florence Nightingale
- Getty Museum reveals three Old Master purchases from different European sources
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Scientist made his living as a painter
- Pioneering journalist with a ticket to ride
- News in brief including a Houdini poster setting an auction record
- Precious metals prices: issue 2623
- Bid Barometer: issue 2623
Review of the year
Auction Reports
- Smoking causes healthy results: tobacco related items
- McWilliam sculpture reflects troubled times in Northern Ireland
- Brooch was ‘gift from Duke and Duchess of Windsor’
- Bidders display passion for a Holy Land panel
- Copeland dinner service came from Lowther sale
- Regency sofas with a rich provenance
- ART MARKET: Why it’s time for llongyfarchiadau
- Muralist’s work impresses on a much smaller scale
- Reminder of Rennie Mackintosh’s Suffolk sojourn
- Thumbs up to Newton view of Kent Downs
Books & Works On Paper
- Turing and Bayley in tandem as scientific archive comes to the saleroom
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, December 19 2023-January 18, 2024
Collector Interview
Previews
Feature
Dealers’ Diary
- First big fair of new year takes place in ballroom and foyer of five-star Mayfair hotel
- The web shop window: Vintage ski posters for Swiss resort Arosa
- 5 Questions: Burlington Arcade watch dealer Daniel Somlo
International
- Story behind mother of Salome once attributed to Rubens
- The Sale sells at shock €70,000
- Leonardo copy rocks up in Vienna
- Servant portrait shows respect
- Tempting connection to Turner
- Prince’s driving passion for railway building
- Pocket chronometer was Breguet built, Humboldt owned
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
Backpage
- Specialist supports brain tumour research charity
- ABA signs off for 2023 with a party in a pop-up
- Bring on the oyster shucker
- SLAD toasts members’ work
- ‘I couldn’t escape the pull of the auction house’
- Giant Prize Crossword – Christmas 2023
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Cover - Issue 2623