Print issue 2600 (08 July 2023)

News

• Great price? Of corset is
• New jewellery thefts increase trade fears of violent gangs
• Grand Dauphin relief sculpture emerges at last
• Hansons in Herts: its sixth saleroom opens
• Klimt clinches European record
• Chris Ewbank dies, aged 78
• Ian McKay hangs up his quill after 2600 issues

News Digest

• Pick of the week: Joanna ploughed on as Reginald
• Bid Barometer: issue 2600
• Opera is a big deal in a playing cards selection
• Precious metals prices: issue 2600
• News in brief including Crispian Riley-Smith's new business launch

Auction Reports

• You shouldn’t lose your marbles – they could be worth thousands
• Devlin, Ramsden and Carr shine in single owner collection sales
• Royal Worcester artist Baldwyn goes green
• Norwich secular silver survives to make it to auction
• Masterful Meiji vase by Namikawa Yasuyuki offered in Sussex
• Pedigree wall clock in need of a bit of TLC
• ART MARKET: Caton Woodville hits new high
• Famous Georgian beauty depicted on numerous occasions emerges again
• BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Best wishes from Pooh author Blue
• Condition gave a magic touch to comic
• Goodbye to all that… Ian McKay steps down from ATG duties
• Books and works on paper auction calendar, July 4-19, 2023

Previews

• Previews: issue 2600

Interview

• INTERVIEW: All my world’s a stage – author Ned Boulting on his Tour de France book inspired by an auction buy

Dealers’ Diary

• Big names of British abstract art feature in colourful exhibitions this summer
• 5 Questions with dealer and TV personality David Harper
• The web shop window: First edition of seminal work that prompted Arts and Crafts movement
• Dealer news in brief including a section dedicated to female artists at Frieze Masters

International

• Bidders get a second Getty chance thanks to Temple of Wings contents

Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres

• Love Fairs takes over Kent event
• Here comes the sun and a north London street fair extravaganza

Fair Report

• A bit of Cirencester Park celeb spotting as new event launches

Letters

• Cataloguing has become a bit lazy in the online era
• ARR means UK dealers are consigning to the US
• How stolen items can be traced using our register

Backpage

• Obituary: auctioneer Chris Ewbank
• Obituary: dealer Christine Schell
• Obituary: auctioneer Christopher Matthews (1939-2023)
• Party marks Buffy Parker's 50 years in the trade

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