Print issue 2662 (05 October 2024)
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News
- Ivory Act extension to pass ‘when time allows’
- Punning box found in box of bric-a-brac makes four figure sum
- Nimrud relief returned after 22 years in custody
- Dealer Dickinson offers ‘early Michelangelo’
- Whistler’s first paid portrait brings £320,000
- Dealer maps out history of the London tube
- Congressional medals show dramatic increase in value
- Lavery’s tennis match serves up a top price
News Digest
- The relics of the Penal Laws that were bought by County Donegal pilgrims
- Sock drawer discovery is medieval gaming piece
- News in brief including Michael Jackson sale to go ahead
- Bid Barometer: issue 2662
- Precious metals prices: issue 2662
Feature
- FURNITURE & INTERIORS: Market shifts towards the regions
- Silver linings in a suitcase
- Harewood furniture for sale at Christie’s
- Posnet was recent Norfolk detector find
- Appealing faces of Victorian furniture
- Swinton estate sale brings a flavour of Le goût Rothschild to Yorkshire
- Seals of the Duchy
Auction Reports
Books & Works On Paper
- Time and money well spent at 50th York Book Fair
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, October 1-18, 2024
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Battersea Decorative fair’s intriguing line-up
- Five questions with rug dealer Joshua Lumley
- SJ Phillips to stage ring collection exhibition
- Horse exhibition is the mane attraction in Wiltshire
International
- Paul Allen’s science and tech lots tell a story of human ingenuity
- Mystical posters mesmerise collectors at auction
- A ‘battle cry of freedom’
- Having a word in Yiddish
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Plans to open new Northern Irish antiques centre in 2025
- Scents and cents at perfume sale
- Lowe headlines Frome Bazaar
- Growing in the garden glasshouse
Backpage
- Letter: Duria Antiquior plate was reason for £6000 bid
- Letter: Why it is preferable to haggle rather than barter
- Letter: Dolphin Arcade deserves protection
- Obituary: antiques dealer Robert Jackson Whitfield (1941-2024)
- Obituary: Furniture dealer David Pettifer (1930-2024)
- Horrocks back in fashion
Adverts
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