Print issue 2749 (27 June 2026)
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News
- Dealers lose Ivory Act exemption appeals in a ‘laborious and very costly’ process
- BAMF president Browne becomes OBE recipient
- Roman mosaic repurposed to create an 18th century furniture masterpiece
- Bayes blackbird finials fly back to north London estate
- Fifty-seven films with 50 antiques, 40 dealers and five museums: project promotes the history of the trade
- Mengs self-portrait emerges ready for Classic Art London
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Hockney work sells two days after his death
- Fake and fortune: Manuscripts by The Spanish Forger emerge in Dorset
- News in brief including the death of US auctioneer Robert Sterling Brunk
- Bid Barometer: issue 2749
- Precious metals prices: issue 2749
Summer of Art & Antiques 2026
- Introduction: Life’s rich tapestry
- House proud: a commercial and cultural event in the heart of London
- A classic act: festival of exhibitions returns for second staging
- Less is more: the fair with just three works per dealer
- Open season: A selection of 10 dealer exhibitions this summer
- Why Winston Churchill’s paintings have been snubbed by critics but celebrated by the art trade
- Wall to wall coverage: 29 upcoming museum shows
- ‘A place people feel good in': Interview with Bennie Gray on antique market's anniversary
- Interview with Stephan Ludwig: A Forum for change
- Early view: our pick of auction lots on offer this summer
Feature
- POCKET WATCHES: Collectors happy to hunt for auction buys over wide time range
- Ditisheim watch rated first class in ‘time trials’
Art Market
Books & Works On Paper
- Cartography creates demand as collection of former chancellor comes for sale
- Wilberforce letters stay local after East Yorkshire auction
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, June 23 to July 7, 2026
International
- Family portraits consigned by descent include Mary Jane Peale depiction of an enslaved woman
- Zsolnay owl vase glaze dazes eager bidders
- Montague Dawson breezes in for watercolour record
- St Jerome with Pietro Torrigiano link adored by a US auction bidder
- Indian Katar dagger packs punch at $70,000 hammer price
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Couple create a real brouhaha
- Vintage fuels your happiness
- Let there be lights at showground
- Slip in to the historic dockyard
Backpage
- Tribunal decision acts as sombre reminder
- London prints gallery can tempt you to make deals on wheels
- Get your Skates on if you want a blooming good show
- Yes, that really is a 26ft shark on the wall
- Oscar Wilde letter bought for a tenner now 10000 hammer
- Letter: Can anyone help me to track down a Fearnley?
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