Print issue 2616 (04 November 2023)
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News
- Pylkkanen steps down at Christie’s
- Ally Pally antiques fair plea for support
- That loving feline: thanks from David Hockney
- Unbroken elephant bird egg is all it’s cracked up to be
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Biram’s safety lamp shines at auction
- The map where Mecca is centre of attention
- News in brief including an auction record for a Lalanne sculpture
- Precious metals prices: issue 2616
- Bid Barometer: issue 2616
Feature
- MILITARIA, MEDALS AND MARITIME: Bidders jump to attention
- The Polish eagle has landed in badge form
- Maritime specialist Miller waves goodbye to Fulham and moves to… Fulham
- Doll defender of Guernsey sells at 10 times estimate
- Grab an almost half Nelson
- ‘Shell head’ helped to keep the Free French fighting
- Bone model Victory and striking oil painting sail to success
- Ace result for Great War hero pilot
- Bob heads off to war
- Aussie uniform heads back Down Under
- Cape features more than 300 thank-yous for nurse Carey
- Rare Arctic discovery in Dorset auction
Auction Reports
Books & Works On Paper
- John Gould second edition served as fresh helping
- Man of letters: correspondence from famous figures
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, November 1-18, 2023
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- A week to remember: a trio of antiques festivals by BADA, CADA and Cooper Events
- 5 Questions with carpet dealer Christopher Legge
- Summer shines in Northern Antiques Fair's autumn run
- The web shop window: A Grand Tour collection of plaster casts
International
- Heavyweight sums for ‘paperweights’
- ‘Votive’ Egyptian sculptor’s tools with provenance to two American museums
- Feuchere’s Satanic majesty
- Indian silver with a British touch at Californian auction
- Napoleon portrait takes more than 10-times estimate at US auction
- Phyllis Lucas Gallery's drawings and art come to auction in New York
- Handmade model of Dorothy Gale’s Kansas home takes six-figure sum at auction
- Silver collection from Angela Gross Folk comes to New Orleans auction
- European modernist rug owned by music executive Stein sells in New York auction
- Moret on a rare visit outside France
- Small toenail from a colossal statue comes to New England auction
- Simeon Solomon drawing depicts his historical heroes
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Midcentury Modern fair looks back over the past 20 years
- Antique and vintage street market expands into Surrey
- How nostalgia fuels toy collecting
Fair Report
Letters
Backpage
- Awards and smiles at Asian Art in London reception
- FAGS burn bright after hot competition on the golf course
Adverts
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