Print issue 2393 (25 May 2019)
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News
- Ram raiders hit Petworth fair
- Still-life brings £300,000 in Wiltshire sale
- Qianlong throne tops Asian series as ‘Chenghua’ dragon dish takes flight
- ‘Integrity of a handshake deal in the art world has been upheld’
- Morphy Auctions buys stake in arms show
- Moorcroft charity shop donation delivers £9000
- Wilson and Thatcher – a week in political memorabilia sales
- Giant haystacks and a steel rabbit post art market landmarks
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Baseball ale poster is big hit with a US bidder
- Bid Barometer
- John Singer Sargent later watercolours raise a combined $220,000 at Boston sale
- Precious metals prices: issue 2393
- News In Brief – including the launch of a fundraising campaign to judge's copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Auction Reports
- All aboard for bone ship models
- Foreign visitors go on a journey to Exeter
- Late Victorian silver fluted vases top East Sussex auction
- Tobacco taken with a conscience
- Charlotte Rhead looks to be right attribution
- ART MARKET: Family collection based on imports for fertiliser produces a healthy farmhouse dispersal
- Eyewitness view captures last action of the Indian Mutiny
- Ganymed prints boost Lowry value
- ‘Cornish Wonder’ work sells at £12,000
- John Thomas Serres oil painting showing Plymouth was ‘early sat nav’ for sailors
- Montague Dawson depicts a mystery race
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Scarce ‘Gentleman’s Recreation’ guide from 1704 is one of several curiosities sold at Hansons
- Simple Houdini poster does the trick at auction
- Printed edition of Islamic medical text is healthy seller
- Bids under the microscope at Flints auction in Reading
- British and Irish book auctions: May 21-June 2, 2019
Previews
- Previews: Up to £500
- Previews: £501 - £2000
- Previews: £2001 - £5000
- Previews: £5001 - £30,000
- Previews: £30,000 plus
Dealers’ Diary
- London gallery showcases rediscovered drawings that record an Italian journey in 1817
- Cotswolds fair date change
- Watercolour by John Nixon shows changing face of London
- The web shop window: Portrait by British artist Mary Stork
- 5 Questions: Nick McConnell of McConnell Fine Books
- Gargoyles grimace in Suffolk House Antiques exhibition
- Alan Davie and all that jazz in London gallery
- The show goes on at Petworth Park
International
- Well-preserved example of the improved Second World War coding machine is up for sale
- Russian sword owned by prince who died in action
- Pair of Sir Peter Lily portraits emerge in Maine
- English butcher’s shop model emerges at Pook and Pook in Pennsylvania
- Salvador Dali Christmas card designs on sale this summer
- King of Siam's golden gifts to an enterprising Dane
Fairs & Markets
- Fawley Decorative Fair bookings flourish as dealers sign up amid blooming international interest
- Dealers at the centre of annual Norfolk event
- Beautiful backdrop to Hertfordshire fair
Letters
- Story of a derelict factory and a mystery super sign seller
- ‘Penny Farthing’ is just fine
- Credit cards have drawbacks for auction houses
- ATG LETTER: White glove sales – on the other hand
The Back Page
- Obituary: Furniture dealer George Floyd
- A lawyer writes: Philatelist’s fight highlights the issue of authorative bodies and their judgments
- Bellmans party marks 30 years in the business
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