Print issue 2449 (04 July 2020)
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News
- More reopenings in UK and Ireland as lockdown eases
- Ex-Nicholson’s pair launch auction house in Surrey with £10 vendor fee
- Nagel enters insolvency process
- Online marketplace seeks The Bruno Effect
- ‘Masterpiece of the armourer’s art’ tops Classic Week in NY
- ‘Yongzheng’ lotus mouth vase passes £1m at Skinner
- Art Nouveau jewellery shines across the globe
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Harry Becker's farmhands shine in Mid-Summer
- Bid Barometer: issue 2449
- A new benchmark for Vietnamese ceramics
- Precious metals prices: issue 2449
- News In Brief - including the arrest of five antiquities specialists in Paris
Feature
- JEWELLERY: Designs evoking the new expression of the early 20th century
- Sarah Bernhardt: jewels from the first global celebrity, quand même
- Lenfant roars as retro brooch sells in Notting Hill auction
- Cartier brings colour to the Depression
- Mourning ring remembering William who drowned in Blackpool brings strong bidding
- Going Dutch on 232 guilders
- Fringe benefits for Bromley diamonds
- An upbeat market during lockdown
- Jewels of the Egyptian 12th Dynasty emerge in Cambridge sale
- The enduring appeal of the 19th century revivalism
- Intaglios cutting a deeper impression and making higher prices
Auction Reports
- Studio ceramics as a way of life
- Peach of a scroll bears fruit in an Asian selection
- Pair of leaf paintings come from former Bluetts director
- ART MARKET: Partridge adds weight in lockdown
- Paoletti’s postcards from Venice shine in Maidenhead
- Three contrasting ways to be big in Japan
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Winter auction goes supersize
- Early French books of hours on top as Paris reopens
- Nobel Prize and bindings combine to impress
- British and Irish book auctions: June 30-July 17, 2020
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Mayfair Italian art specialist reopens with help from ‘the fictional collector’
- 5 Questions: Rebecca Eames
- The web shop window: Scottish lantern clock
- Petworth gallery returns to business
- Inaugural online fair for US trade association NAADAA launches in July
International
- Putting Berlin on the Islamic globe
- Tiffany’s inspired Cypriote brings demand at German sale
- Webb’s ‘incomplete’ view of Cologne to go on display at city's town hall following auction
- Coecke van Aelst sends right note to Old Masters market
- Le Gray’s ancient and modern Paris comes to Berlin auction
- Nusser’s legacy at Munich saleroom
- Munch's moonlight woodcut emerges from shadows
- Poster showing life on the ocean waves sails into saleroom
- Dietrich’s flower study blooms in Munich
Letters
- It's unfair I don’t qualify for Covid grant as my premises are too large
- Portobello landlord - grants are to help dealers pay their rent
The Back Page
- A lawyer writes: Are ‘consignments’ properly protected under US law?
- Obituary: Gerardus A Widdershoven (1951-2020), founder of Maison Gerard
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