Print issue 2652 (20 July 2024)
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News
- British silver pieces from renowned Texas collection on offer
- Willoughby Gerrish opens new Mayfair gallery space
- Artillery museum shells out at auction to secure First World War eyewitness view
- Intriguing timeline of a rediscovered Tompion clock
- Mineral water bottle pops up to break record
- Sketches by a teen future queen Victoria
- Charity sales: should buyer’s premium be charged?
News Digest
- This won’t escape your attention
- Clarice Cliff on offer in single-owner collection
- News in brief including Aubrey Dawson's new auction firm
- Bid Barometer: issue 2652
- Precious metals prices: issue 2652
Feature
- SILVER: Promising signs for market as metal prices rebound
- Heart and sold: Henry VIII spoon impresses at Canterbury auction
- Spoon by the famous Haslewood silversmithing family comes to sale as a rare Norwich survivor
- Storr salts bear similarities to the Pembroke Service
- Novelty lighter sells at 11 times estimate in Glasgow auction
- Church sells gift from its opening
- Raise a toast to transatlantic and Toon tankards on offer
Auction Reports
- Market for distinctive Neapolitan Nativity figures is full of life
- More Suffragette hunger strike medals appear at auction
- Gold medal sold at auction marks GB football success in 1908 Olympics
- Magpie picked up FA Cup winner's medal in 1924
- Bidders spot Worcester rarities in third slice of a lifetime collection on sale
- ART MARKET: Scottish art success at auction despite lack of single-owner collection big hitters
- Aubrey Williams price hits new high
Books & Works On Paper
- Illustration done on a grand scale: fantastic fish watercolours from naturalist Sarah Bowdich Lee
- Poetry work that awakened the genius of John Keats
- British and Irish book auctions: July 16-August 8, 2024
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- A fair finding a winning formula
- Frieze makes moves to expand Studio attraction
- Five questions with Cheska Hill-Wood of dealership David Messum
International
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- GNB Fairs fuels demand with series of event launches
- Car boot spins off to Salford
- Herefordshire country house hosts charity event
Letters
Backpage
- Obituary: Michael Curl
- Obituary: Annie Hammersley (Ann Bernfeld)
- Dixon emerges triumphant in Scottish golf challenge