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Previews: issue 2649

24 June 2024

Our selection of lots from 11 upcoming auctions

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The Fine Art Society muses over the work of Gerald Laing

24 June 2024

The Fine Art Society hosts major exhibition of British Pop artist Gerald Laing (1936-2011).

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Marine artist James on a crash course to £6000 result

24 June 2024

Crashing waves are the signature subject of 19th century marine painter David James (1853-1904).

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Second staging of a new classic

24 June 2024

Event that filled the void left by Art & Antiques for Everyone is back at Birmingham NEC after its debut last year

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Artist not confirmed but Old Master tells a Florentine family history tale

24 June 2024

While the identity of the main artist was up for debate, the impressive ownership of a work sold in Austria was not in doubt

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Old Master by unknown painter causes a stir as Bavarian collection comes to auction

24 June 2024

On May 8, Neumeister (30% buyer’s premium) in Munich sold the collection of Hans Constantin Faussner, a Bavarian lawyer and art collector.

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How US troops stormed ashore on D-Day with a travel guide

24 June 2024

The Ivoire Clermont-Ferrand auction house in France has organised themed sales based around the famous Michelin Guide for 25 years with its specialist Pierre Gabriel Gonzalès.

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Book review: The gavel man Charlie Ross in his own words

24 June 2024

Most 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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‘One of the grandest’ of all English botanical books blossoms in US

24 June 2024

Near-complete version of a work on a grandiose scale that caused its author’s ruin comes to Chicago saleroom

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Small form recognises Lovelace the education pioneer

24 June 2024

Ada Augusta Lovelace (1815-52), the only daughter of Lord Byron, is today justly celebrated as a mathematician and computer pioneer.

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The world’s ‘first social network’: postcard collecting in focus

24 June 2024

Postcard collecting offers a wide variety of entry points and can provide insight into social and postal history

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Five Questions: David Harvey

24 June 2024

David Harvey, one of the exhibitors at Classic Antiques Fair at the NEC, specialises in furniture dating from the reigns of Charles II through to George IV. WR Harvey & Co (Antiques) was established in Chalk Farm by his father in 1951. In 1996, the showrooms moved to the Cotswolds, where they remain to this day.

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Vintage markets expand

24 June 2024

Go East Vintage was launched in 2021 by Louisa Ware and Onur Kurtdere, with markets in Stratford and Leyton, east London. The regular flea market venue is the Hackney Brewery (High Hill Tap).

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ATG letter: Policing will save ivory, not an antique trade ban

24 June 2024

Oh 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 2024

British 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 2024

I 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 2024

I have recently purchased a Victorian photo album which might contain the earliest cricket photos, c.1852.

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Coffin shaped poison bottle to appear at auction

24 June 2024

Prior to the Poisons and Pharmacy Act of 1908, there was no legal requirement that a bottle containing poison should carry a warning.

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Embroidered bindings boost book results

24 June 2024

Most Tudor and Stuart embroidered bindings that have survived from the 16th and 17th century cover Bibles, prayerbooks, and other devotional texts.

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Franklin searchers found themselves in need of help

24 June 2024

The McClure Arctic Expedition of 1850 was one of the Franklin rescue missions but ended up with the ironic fate of getting trapped themselves.

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