Print issue 2656 (24 August 2024)
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News
- Boy on tortoise comes out of its shell at £18,000
- Abu Dhabi fund buys into the Sotheby’s brand to ‘support the company’s growth’
- UK buyer sought for remarkable Iron Age coin
News Digest
- Unknown Knox clock emerges and brings fierce bidding
- Barrie Lewis biscuit tins up for grabs in Glasgow
- News in brief including new studio pottery auctions at Lay's
- Bid Barometer: issue 2656
- Precious metals prices: issue 2656
Auction Reports
- How Wedgwood attempted to achieve the ‘apex of perfection’
- Creative couple’s collecting tastes filled their home with ‘miximalism’
- Puss Pushkin immortalised as pottery thanks to Agnete Hoy
- Wartime propaganda posters seek to persuade collectors to make a bid
- A lot of specs appeal thanks to an unusual 'banjo' case
- Ashtray ensures materials don’t go to waste
- Single-owner offering of Clarice Cliff on offer
- ART MARKET: It's time to Spare in the saleroom
- Italian artist Gnoli goes with the grain in early work
- Mystery lady in green and Madonna rub shoulders
Books & Works On Paper
- Manuscript copy of Leonardo da Vinci treatise tops third Brooker sale
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, August 20-September 4, 2024
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Petersfield fair includes original artwork for illustrations from 1960s-70s novels
- Five questions with dealer and fair organiser Darren Hudson
- Dealer Liss Llewellyn creates a window into world of Great Bardfield
International
- Chinese works of art provide lots of reasons to raise a smile
- Seven-figure successes help celebrate saleroom 70-year anniversary
- Sketch sourced from Austrian castle captures Cairo terror in Napoleonic era
- Dali painting was originally bought by Edward James
- Cartier catches the mood and big bids at debut Stuttgart sale
- Brendel botanic models bloom at auction
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Specialist antique arms event held at Kempton Park features 100-plus dealers in total
- Pen is mightier than the keyboard in the realm of specialist fairs
- Treasures find in Bucks