Print issue 2389 (27 April 2019)
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News
- An Old Master jigsaw puzzler
- Books ‘taken by Allied soldiers’ returned
- Dealer Andrew Sim sells Arctic Convoy pictures to Imperial War Museum
- Hand of Raphael suspected in Italian Renaissance work
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Gill puts WH Smith on the map
- Bid Barometer
- Pevsner name builds auction appeal for architectural medallion
- Precious metals prices: issue 2389
- News In Brief – including the launch of a car department at a west London auction house
Feature
- JEWELLERY: Gold ring dedicated to the Crimean War commander who led the Light Brigade to its doom heads selection of recent highlights
- Victorian gold necklace shows cutting edge of the Grand Tour
- Fouquet fresh as a daisy
- Farnham’s fragrant bloom points to late 19th century Tiffany
- Grima and Kutchinsky move into the mainstream
- Brooches: major players in 2019
Auction Reports
- South German chalice displays history and workmanship deserving of museum quality status
- Auction house looks beyond Lakeland for diverse lots
- Three Grand Prix toys on the grid at Brightwells auction
- Rare Middle Eastern dagger points to a debut auction
- Great names of design from Ashbee to Dresser draw interest at Edinburgh sale
- Trio of clocks that wound up at spring sales
- Exceptional Tunbridge workbox makes £6500
- ART MARKET: Spiky Souza sparks bidding battle at Dreweatt
- Lindisfarne watercolour by Alfred Heaton Cooper sells at over 10-times estimate
- Cattle view is classic Cooper
- Affordable art: Three works sold for under £1300 including a James Leakey portrait
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Signed Oscar Wilde first edition of 'The Importance of Being Earnest' makes £19,700... but inscribed copies can make more
- First part of Hayhurst library sale is a huge 1139 lots
- Sullivan and Sargent in caricature form
- Tracts and pamphlets make a whole £23,500
- Guide to travel in the shocking age of segregation
- British and Irish book auctions: April 23-May 4, 2019
Previews
- Previews: Up to £500
- Previews: £501 - £2000
- Previews: £2001 - £5000
- Previews: £5001 - £30,000
- Previews: £30,000 plus
Dealers’ Diary
- Owner who bought art over 30 years is now selling his collection with dealer Dickinson
- Pail Nash battle scene at Frieze New York
- 5 Questions: Stephen Ongpin
- The web shop window: English architectural dog’s house
- Dealer on a high from low oak chairs
- Liotard portrait of British ambassador offered by Derek Johns
- Paris gallery hosts ‘Toulouse Caravaggio’ alongside contemporary art installation
- Five items offered from latest dealers' catalogues including books celebrating women and science
International
- Paris Drawings Week provides range of prices
- ‘More affordable’ options at Paris Drawings Week
- Dorotheum in Vienna play it safe with Saint Bartholomew attribution
- Eiffel tower gouache among Rene Gruau works at Tajan in Paris
- Lord Burghley features in Chinese export porcelain selection at Pook and Pook in Pennsylvania
- Estate provides Chelsea candlesticks to Stair Galleries in New York
Fairs & Markets
- Under starter’s orders: Sunday event launch at Sandown Park Racecourse
- Creating a splash as lido becomes popular fair venue
- Around 70 tables take root at Tree of Ages Antiques Fair in Surrey
- Two art and antiques events held for good causes
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