Print issue 2400 (13 July 2019)
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News
- Sold for 914 times top estimate: £5m ‘Botticelli’ stuns saleroom
- Zoffany drawing and Chelsea mug shine in art week
- Masterpieces to a Rothschild’s taste tempt buyers during a packed London sales week
- Adam Partridge in talks to buy Wright Marshall fine art
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Print shows bidding for books way back in c.1700
- Pugin parliamentary letter box posts £4200
- Bid Barometer
- Precious metals prices: issue 2400
- News In Brief – including alert over bronzes stolen at Portobello
Auction Reports
- Downsizing of a collection amassed over 15 years results in quality silver on offer
- Magic Midget makes mighty saleroom price
- Anglo-Italian items earn triple honours in Kent
- Surprise new custodian of the Cornish manor has a clear-out
- ART MARKET: Records fall in Mod Brit sales despite a blue-chip dip
- Sculptures shine as top 10 lots at Christie's
- Lowry cricket match and Henry Moore’s Second World War drawing are top hits at Sotheby's
- Eric Gill head and torso makes waves at Bonhams
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Rare and often forgotten books by little-known authors can nonetheless shine at auction
- Hirschfeld steps into the saleroom
- A to Zee guide to the maritime world
- Howzat? Cricket book at £6400
- British and Irish book auctions: July 9-19, 2019
Previews
- Previews: Up to £500
- Previews: £501 - £2000
- Previews: £2001 - £5000
- Previews: £5001 - £30,000
- Previews: £30,000 plus
Dealers’ Diary
- Figure stars on Birmingham stage at Art & Antiques for Everyone
- Postcards showcase at Birmingham event
- Algernon Newton view of Regents Canal offered by Abbott and Holder
- 5 Questions: David Hornik-Unger
- The web shop window: Victorian hall stand
- Dealer serves up a loan to tea exhibition
Feature
- How Paris comes back to life after the long summer break
- Auction house Osenat expands to Versailles
- Paris auctions move back into action as Sotheby’s announce single-owner sale
- Paris diary dates for September 2019
Fairs & Markets
- We do like to buy beside the seaside
- Three markets and fairs in Belgium for summer 2019
- Firm’s future looking fine near Exeter
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