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ATG letter: Vase signature leaves experts bamboozled
12 August 2024I have had this vase on my shelf for over 30 years and in that time various requests to auctioneers have failed to identify the signature.
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ATG letter: Core blimey, it’s a Climax
22 July 2024As a collector who had been privileged to previously own a Climax apple parer for over a decade, I was very interested to see the article highlighted in ATG No 2650 (International). Importantly, it is a slicer as well as a parer.
ATG letter: Charity sale buyer’s fee will be optional
22 July 2024With regard to ‘Charity sales: should buyer’s premium be charged?’ (News, ATG No 2652), we are hosting a huge sale for the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice in Maidenhead on Tuesday, August 7.
ATG letter: Imperforate Penny for your thoughts
22 July 2024Further to your report on the extremely rare Plate 77 Penny Red, offered for sale at a tempting £650,000 (News Digest, ATG No 2652), it might be of interest to readers who are neither philatelists, nor postal historians, to note that it was the imperforate Penny Red which replaced the Penny Black in February 1841, not the perforated Penny Red, like the example illustrated.
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ATG letter: It was Whistler who pioneered the 'white cube'
15 July 2024The fascinating article on the exhibition of Kasmin’s photographs suggests that he arguably invented the ‘white cube’ concept (Dealers’ Diary, ATG No 2651).
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ATG letter: Third things first – it’s a William not a George
08 July 2024At the risk of sounding pedantic, the coin illustrated on the Back Page (ATG No 2651) regarding Tim Millett’s book on engraved coins is a coin of William III (not George III), so some hundred years earlier than stated.
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Defaced coins tell their own story at election time
01 July 2024BADA dealer Timothy Millett, a specialist in historical medals and related works of art, says today’s election debates have nothing on an 18th century hustings.
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Book review: The gavel man Charlie Ross in his own words
24 June 2024Most people will be familiar with Charlie Ross due to his garrulous presence on TV screens for many years, across several BBC antiques programmes.
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ATG letter: Policing will save ivory, not an antique trade ban
24 June 2024Oh dear, here we go again (‘Crackdown on marine ivory trade: date revealed’, ATG No 2649).
Seminar set up to discuss challenge of new EU art import rules
24 June 2024British trade associations concerned about impending EU legislation that will affect UK exports will brief dealers on the changes at a seminar in London on June 28.
ATG letter: I feel I should post some praise for this service
24 June 2024I have frequently locked horns with auction houses over their increasing postage costs.
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ATG letter: Howzat for an early cricket photo
24 June 2024I have recently purchased a Victorian photo album which might contain the earliest cricket photos, c.1852.
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Fundraising plea for Brain Tumour Charity
24 June 2024A fundraising campaign to raise money for The Brain Tumour Charity has been launched following the news that George Wade, a well known member of the auctioneering community, was diagnosed with a double brain tumour.
Letter: why ATG’s got a drinking problem
24 June 2024I always enjoy your 5 Questions column (Dealers’ Diary).
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ATG letter: Armorial badges puzzler
10 June 2024I am trying to find out the source of 15 what, I believe, are armorial badges which have been attached to a board.
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Bruce Fearn: ‘It was a privilege to have known him’
27 May 2024I was sad to read your obituary in ATG No 2644 about Bruce Fearn.
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ATG letter: First appearances also worth a look
27 May 2024Further to Richard Fattorini’s article on second and later editions in ATG No 2643 (‘Worth having second thoughts’), first appearances are also of interest.
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‘On the Medway’ looks more like ‘On the Deben’ to me
20 May 2024The view described as ‘On the Medway’ (International, ATG No 2640) appears to me to be a view on the River Deben.
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ATG letter: Plaque shows symbolic purpose
20 May 2024I write in response to the letter ‘This plaque has been a puzzler for decades’ in ATG No 2642.
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