Print issue 2387 (13 April 2019)
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News
- ‘Prolific’ prolific pensioner art thief jailed
- Dealer sells last William Powell Frith panorama but it will now go on public view
- Tianminlou collection sells out in Hong Kong auction
- New president of ABA the ‘first from north of Watford Gap’
- Two seven-figure French discoveries
- Weiss settles out of court in ‘fake’ Hals case
- Signs of the times: Single owner collection stands out at Paris auction
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Catlin’s chief appeal brings high prices at London auction
- Bid Barometer
- Hiscox report shows online art market on the up
- Precious metals prices: issue 2387
- News In Brief – including a Doctor Who archive of photos and episode plans selling at auction
Feature
- MILITARIA: Sinking the Tirpitz
- Snaring the Scharnhorst
- Eyewitness sketches of the the Indian Mutiny emerge at Olympia Auctions
- Tiny 'Protector’ palm pistol offered in Pennsylvania
- Field marshal Chetwode’s baton consigned to Spink
- Vice Admiral's medals to be sold at Lawrences
- The clasps that make the difference for the NGSM
- Bids for Albert Ball VC’s crash landing
- Private Trickett’s very lucky penny
- Saleroom glory for the 17th Lancers
- Penning an escape from the Battle of Arnhem
- The special ops striptease
- Protecting the monarch since the days of Henry VIII
Auction Reports
- ART MARKET: Collection of art bought by county council sells in a white-glove auction held in Cambridge
- Two Bawden pier versions appear at auction a day apart
- Grave concerns over Eric Gill
- Modern art on the curriculum
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Hayek and the road to saleroom
- Binding made of wood from Roman bridge
- British and Irish book auctions: April 9-18, 2019
- Early movers in the chess playing world
Previews
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Dealers’ Diary
- Rare JMW Turner mezzotints on display at London fair
- Room for manoeuvre at Battersea Decorative
- 5 Questions: Caryl Tincknell of Violet Grey Decorative Gardens
- Batstone moves to Bourne Street
- The web shop window: a late 19th century Villeroy & Boch tile from Germany
International
Fairs & Markets
- Firms display their family values
- Queen Anne ale jug could be a favourite buy at BBR fair
- Victorian Noah’s Ark toy that comes in two by two
Letters & Obituaries
- Napoleon pot pourri puzzle – it’s a later date
- Enough to drive you to drink
- Obituaries: Stephen Lunn and Chris Martin
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