Print issue 2459 (19 September 2020)
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News
- Thank you for the royal pardon – silver snuff box at Dutch auction tells story of engraver
- Consultation will be final step before Ivory Act is law
- Toy specialist Aston’s to hold its last auction
- Up for the cup as early trophy returns
News Digest
- Pick of the Week: Browning family archive sells in Somerset
- Bid Barometer: issue 2459
- Soviet propaganda porcelain plate makes over 100-times estimate in Stratford-upon-Avon
- Precious metals prices: issue 2459
- News in Brief – including London Art Week's Raphael symposium
Watches and jewellery
- Vintage Seiko watches make waves at auction
- ‘Pogue’ Seiko craved by collectors
- Watch tested to not quite destruction
- On a mission to impress: collection of Omega Speedmaster chronographs emerges in Portugal
- Omega 'Ed White' Speedmaster takes £8500 in Buckinghamshire sale
- Omega Speedmaster with ‘TV’ dial sells at Richard Winterton
- 15 watches and jewellery items coming up at auction including an Art Deco butterfly brooch
Auction Reports
- ART MARKET: Bidders give their royal approval at Bellmans' sale
- Hooray for the hussars: Duke of Gloucester's regimental collection brings demand
- Speed dating: Bidders rapidly assess when works were painted in hunt for undervalued material
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Warrant appointing Napoleon’s ‘hideous’ jailer on St Helena returns to Sotheby's
- Copy of Proclamation of the Irish Republic takes €190,000 at Whyte’s
- British and Irish book auctions: September 15-26, 2020
- First edition of Thomas Malthus’ essay on population and first Ethiopian edition of the New Testament leads German auction
Previews
Antiquities
- The impressive body of bidders at ancient art auctions
- Greek terracotta goddess doubles estimate at Christie's
- Mosaic fragments ‘from a Roman villa’ sell in Bristol
- Group lot contained a Samian surprise
- Egyptian bronze falcon sarcophagus emerges in Salisbury auction
- Hellenistic gold bracelets offered in Bavaria
- Egyptian mask comes to Somerset auction
Dealers’ Diary
- The Fine Art Society gallery finds quirky Soho home
- Art gallery show will fund artist anthology
- 5 Questions: antiques dealer Benjamin Aardewerk
- The web shop window: Casaus' Spanish town scene
- Czech tapestry mastery at Berlin art gallery
International
- Chinese cranes vase soars above estimate in Cape Town
- Flemish missionary’s painting sells at 16-times estimate
- Bust thought to be Henri IV on offer at French auction
- Single-owner Asian art collection offered in Lisbon
- Pennsylvania auction brings Staffordshire pottery selection to market
- Coronation service among European porcelain highlights at Swiss sale
- Buffalo Bill silent film poster rides in to Chicago auctions
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- A slice of country life in Ludlow with racecourse event
- It’s great to be back at Malvern says B2B
- Fair ready for take-off in Petersfield
- A West Sussex invasion: the Brits came and spent
- Things we learned at IACF Ardingly (September 2020)
Letters
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