Print issue 2454 (15 August 2020)
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News
- Film producer buys Seacole bust for 101 times the estimate
- Face coverings now mandatory at auction rooms across England
- New venue in London for Firsts book fair
- Sotheby’s introduces new fee on top of the hammer price and buyer’s premium
- Silver cup ‘reward to a loyal Jacobite’ offered jointly by auction house and dealer
- Welsh salerooms to open premises but firms stay cautious
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Lucie Rie world record reflects a prime period of masterpiece work
- Bid Barometer: issue 2454
- Innovative masterpiece: Pioneering 16th-century pistol trebles estimate at Thomas Del Mar auction
- Precious metals prices: issue 2454
- News in Brief – including a new ‘interiors’ fair launched in Wimbledon
Feature
- SPORT MEMORABILIA: Two collections of football programmes at auction surge over estimates
- Boots of football legend Tom Finney score at East Bristol Auctions
- League Cup medal from Celtic's clean sweep offered at McTears
- Norman Whiteside’s memorabilia proves happy hunting ground for bidders at Ewbank's
- Two handy methods to keep score the low-tech way
- 1920: a great year for Alderney
- Collectors give Grosvenor artist Greengrass a try
- Graham Budd to offer Lester Piggott lots and items from former Leeds United coach
- Club used by golf great Seve Ballesteros and glorious early trophy ready to tee off at auction
- Look out: The Fridge ploughs into Heritage Auctions
- Savvy caddy makes a happy golfer
- Player promotes Player’s
Auction Reports
- Dresden Shepherds get bidders flocking in
- Beat that: what a festival line-up
- Three pieces of wonderful Worcester highlight the work of a trio of factories
- Sewing box takes Bleasdales’ top spot
- ART MARKET: Selling rate strong for Scottish art
- Thorburns break from country house cover
- Affordable art: Three works sold for under £1500 including a John Miller Greek beach view
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Seeing stars for the first time
- Glasgow comes to the aid of Greece
- First Batman from Down Under makes rare appearance at Comic Book Auctions
- British and Irish book auctions: August 11-27, 2020
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Isle of Wight Festival remembered in photo exhibition for 50th anniversary
- Wish you were here: Dealers offering British art with a sunny disposition
- 5 Questions: map dealer Massimo De Martini
- The web shop window: Asprey Art Deco cigar box
- Dutch winter scene among works offered at Richard Green’s exhibition
International
- Ribeira rediscovered in house draws strong competition in Paris
- Man in a beret from professor’s collection brings a surprise sum
- Artists answer call of Algeria and Tunisia
- Chairs make it count in furniture array
- Lalique Art Nouveau jewellery turns heads at Drouot
- Foujita trio emerges in Paris group
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- Former dealer launches third Robin’s Nest antique centre in historic old bank
- Quayside beckons Beccles market
- Dorking Antiques opens with 20 dealers
- Dovehouse Dorking mid-summer fair cancelled
Letters
Adverts
Cover - Issue 2454