Print issue 2627 (27 January 2024)
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News
- Pioneering footballer inspires record bid
- Boss of failed firm Trinity House Paintings ‘delays admin process’
- Velázquez royal portrait withdrawn ahead of its auction in New York
- Drew Pritchard to offer his own collection at Dreweatts
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Costume drama – the great Pinetti
- Archive shines light on Wedgwood Liberty ware
- News in brief including Phillips’ chief executive officer leaving his role
- Bid Barometer: issue 2627
- Precious metals prices: issue 2627
Feature
- TOYS & COLLECTABLES: The homing instinct – Vivien Greene dolls' houses
- Toy soldier guru James Opie holds last auction
- Fine Lines dolls' house takes £6000 hammer price
- Donald Duck butts in thanks to ‘Walt Disney’ greeting
- Silver plane travels well at small scale
- Doll maker and fashion house come together to create a limited edition
- Fortune tellers and Egyptian tombs – all for just a penny
- The 70s to 90s: ‘People are buying their childhoods back’
- Extensive dolls collection came from house where whole rooms were crammed full of displays
Auction Reports
- Titanic memorabilia fascination surfaces once more at auction
- Nantgarw plate displays Pardoe’s decorating talent
- Abigail and Maria’s sampler skills still celebrated today
- Lampshade highlights the work of Quentin Bell, the last of Bloomsbury
- Early Newcastle silver sniffed out in Oxford saleroom
- English Civil War siege relics race away to hammer for 25 times the low estimate
- Scarce Man U programme from game cancelled after the Munich air crash
- ART MARKET: Charity gifts that keep on giving when sold at auction
- Fedden in the pink and over the moon
- Pulham conjures auction magic in South London
Books & Works On Paper
- Morden map cards lead the way at Newbury auction
- Beck Underground map success blew away Stanford bubbles version
- Keeping the dust jacket was definitely not a dumb move
- Signed Fab Four photos are big hits with bidders
- Photo collection offers huge mix of eclectic subjects
- Captain America punches in for a debut comic appearance
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, January 24-February 8, 2024
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- De Glehn revisited as a 30-year journey rolls on
- Hanley out of the mist at Portland Gallery show
- Dealer news in brief including details of America's largest ephemera event
- Five questions with Joseph Sullivan of Textile Antiques
- Eye an object: Victorian stained glass window
International
- Hawaiian high: Sandwich Islands noblewoman sells for 180-times top guide
- US president mesmerised by Lillie Langtry
- Six-figure candlestick stands out as a shining example of Mamluk artistry
- Lalique scents an opportunity at Illinois auction
- Artist’s neighbour was Cubist legend
- Tobacco wealth fuelled commission of Tiffany vase
- A new demonic possession: a 1950s horror film poster in demand at auction
- Fertile imagination can generate a healthy price
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
Backpage
- A lawyer writes: Art world needs to be aware of stricter copyright definitions
- Letter: My bedtime story of saving dealer Dick Turpin from a pipe mishap
- Obituary: Irish auctioneer George Mealy
- Answers to the Christmas 2023 edition of the ATG giant crossword
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