Print issue 2447 (20 June 2020)
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News
- Raid on eBay seller's 'fake medal factory' run from garden shed leaves market reeling
- Tablet with ‘the earliest known record of any personal name in history’ offered at Bloomsbury Auctions
- Portobello arcades owner defends its rents stance but some dealers may not return
- Market for illicit antiquities valued ‘in millions not billions’
- Greece has right to claim bronze, says US court
- Christie’s and Paris Biennale joint auction
- A new face to lead the tribal gathering
News Digest
- Pick of the week: A ‘nice honest pair’ of blue john vases that made £40,000
- Bid Barometer: issue 2447
- Early eyewitness views of Australian Aborigines
- Precious metals prices: issue 2447
- News In Brief – including The National Gallery in London buying its first work by Joaquín Sorolla
Feature
- Watches: More left in the Tank – Cartier’s most famous watch
- Market for iconic Rolex 'tool' watches turns tropical
- Rolex displays make the perfect accessory
- Heuer races to a fine finish
- Pocket previews including dual time zones watch
- Emperor makes an entrance
- Omega watch: a speedy way to pay for a wedding
- Rare spy camera disguised as pocket watch from 1905 brings bidding battle between two museums
- Lemania – maker to the British forces
- Longines watch brings strong interest at in Selborne auction
Auction Reports
- Art Deco sculpture takes a final dance as the near-total trading ban looms over antique ivory
- Bretby: the most affordable way to collect decent Victorian art pottery
- ART MARKET: Old Masters bidders display appetite for works unattributed or with condition issues
- Hambling makes sale waves
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Newton gets into bubble trouble
- Way to unlock Houdini secrets
- Photocard portraits showing faces of the struggle against slavery
- British and Irish book auctions: June 16-26, 2020
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Kiwi calls on British dealers to be optimistic about opening
- A colossal coat of arms offered at the Masterpiece online fair
- 5 Questions: dealer David Gilbert
- The web shop window: a French Empire mahogany sofa table
- Quiet moment in conflict at art exhibition
- First edition of Mary Shelley’s 'The Last Man' offered in dealer's latest catalogue
International
- France: Punchy results as sales return
- Punchinello comeback and pastels debut help to boost Paris drawings auction
- Louvre secures Renaissance bronze by French sculptor
- Auction action outside Paris with Old Masters and tribal art bringing demand
- Musik plays part as one of three €100,000 top-sellers
- Orientalist sculpture for sale in Nantes
- Five Vuillard works on offer at Artcurial
- Actress Sarah Bernhardt in the frame at Tajan
- Gold bracelets go from mucky moat to Monaco auction
Letters
- NZ post-lockdown: good news for traders
- I love this portrait, but who is Ernest?
- Feedback on virtual fair
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