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News
- Surprise as pounds replace euros for ARR
- Dealer attacked by thugs at his antiques centre
- Winter Olympia fair takes action to avoid an identity crisis
- Auction marks latest stage in the ‘Longleat Titian’ story
- End of an era as Marlborough Gallery shuts this summer
- Bidding battle for Old Testament painting despite condition issues
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Tables spark a bidding battle
- Art collection of film director comes up for auction in London
- News in brief including a George Frederic Watts self-portrait acquired by museum
- Bid Barometer: issue 2638
- Precious metals prices: issue 2638
Feature
- CLOCKS & WATCHES: Fret design points to hand of famed maker
- Celebrated John C Taylor collection shown online
- Cole clock now with Oz dealer
- Earnshaw and Mudge ensure lots of interest
- Frodsham given to a lifesaver
Auction Reports
- Sandford Orcas Manor: ‘A lovely sale to preside over’
- Subject matter boosts sampler to over 80 times estimate
- Bidders detect Grendey quality in pair of chairs
- Godwin connection lifts table to 13 times top estimate
- Hitchcock warns don’t be late or else…
- Rolex told time for intrepid explorer
- Xuande period suspected, £43,000 hammer resulted
- Boxwood comb would be a heartfelt gift to a loved one
- ART MARKET: How Gwen John sought creature comfort
- Right time and place for Lowry
Books & Works On Paper
- Ephemera provides treasure trove for a private press fan
- Original comic artwork in demand
- Lofty prices from attic comics find
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, April 10-29, 2024
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Strong sales among uncertainty in Maastricht
- Five questions: Mike Sparks of The Light House
- Schendel powers into London venue
- Eye on an object: Equestrian painting by Claude Grosperrin
International
- Collector who just loved Schuco toys
- Lovely bubbly: Snappy is a happy dragon
- Extraordinary mourning gown shows its Worth
- Chair made for the Vanderbilts brings bidding battle at Bonhams Skinner
- Nicholson relief was produced as a Tate replica
- Intelligence officer's Korean screen goes over 100 times above estimate in New Orleans
- Two for one deal on ‘Singer Sargent’
- Louis Vuitton miniature trunk flies over estimate in Maine
- Hey Presto – speedy painter’s work offered in the US
- Two Jacques who combined organic materials with metal modernity
- Japanese ghosts and real women
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Taunton centre ‘is becoming quite a hub’
- Cheltenham Racecourse was natural choice say fair organisers
- Flea leaps in at Olympic site
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