Print issue 2429 (15 February 2020)
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News
- Trade urged to spread the word on sustainability
- Events disrupted by coronavirus alert
- Foiled royal kidnap hero’s George Medal for sale
- Lalique panels from luxury train steam into auction after Thomas Cook demise
- Impressionist and Modern auctions post lowest totals for a February series in a decade
- Portrait of Napoleon’s sister sells in New York
- Cultural heritage trafficking is in decline, says dealer association report
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Bidder rides off with a £56,000 Ottoman saddle at Edinburgh auction
- Bid Barometer: issue 2429
- Assay office books hit the high-quality mark
- Precious metals prices: issue 2429
- News In Brief – including a rare bracket clock stolen from a leading London dealer
Coins & Medals
- Record annual total and sales volume for London's numismatic auction houses
- Chinese recognition of German contribution
- UK auction record for a copper coin at Spink
- Victoria Cross group won by mysterious hero fetches £190,000 at Spink
- Engraver Wyon’s work at its best
- Henry VIII gold coin makes £110,000 at Sovereign Rarities' joint auction with The Royal Mint
- Silver coin with echos of Spartacus sold at London auction
- James I gold rose ryal sells at Baldwin’s St James
- Coin from the brief reign of Allectus turns heads at Dix Noonan Webb
- Only CGM awarded for the attack on the Tirpitz sold at Dix Noonan Webb
- Umayyad gold dinar equalled auction record for an Islamic coin
- Bonhams sell medal marking lifesaving bravery
- Coin with double image of Irene of Athens sold at TimeLine Auctions
Feature
- CERAMICS: Sevres porcelain collection of Judith Howard sold at auction after 48 years of acquisition and study
- Maiolica discoveries at Newbattle
- Porcelain from the Prince of Interiors features highly at Sotheby’s New York
- Vases from Napoleon III era show mythology on a grand scale
- Caughley porcelain stays local for sale at Halls
- Rockingham ceramics on offer in Rotherham
- George III mug makes the Maine attraction
- English figures and scent bottles feature prominently at Dreweatts
- Strong supply of Wedgwood and Staffordshire among English ceramics at Boston sale
Auction Reports
- ART MARKET: Late Cedric Morris comes into bloom
- Pre-Raphaelite followers take the limelight
- French artist's view of Normandy in the snow makes ten-times estimate in Sussex auction
- Lowry drawing of bearded man with walking cane sells above hopes at Capes Dunn
- Affordable art: Three works sold for under £2000 including a Walter Greaves Thames work on paper
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Visitor gives Bristol the brush-off
- Astronomical texts and fantastic worlds of fairies
- Ardizzone is a top draw at auction
- Maps pro and amateur draw attention at Dominic Winter
- British and Irish book auctions: February 11-27, 2020
Previews
- Previews: Up to £600
- Previews: £601 - £2000
- Previews: £2001 - £5000
- Previews: £5001 - £30,000
- Previews: £30,000 plus
Dealers’ Diary
- Battersea fair provides a boost in dry January
- Rugs and carpets move on up at latest staging of London fair
- Bomberg buoyant at London Art Fair
- Thinking caps on for Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair
- Well connected for a second time: Connect fair wraps up strong sales
- The web shop window: tortoiseshell creamware puzzle jug
- French celebration of the US at latest The Winter Show
- Daum takes a woodland stroll
- 5 Questions: art dealer Mark Prentice
International
- Pre-revolutionary provincial French silver offered in the Biron collection shine at auction
- Boudin down on the farm
- Märklin pioneer plane offered at auction in Germany
Fairs & Markets
- Revived version of Little Chelsea fair runs for two days with a decorative focus
- Continuity reveals details of new Bingley Hall event
- New antiques centre backs army veterans
- Horses for courses at Malvern flea
- Object lessons from Malvern dealers
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