Print issue 2478 (06 February 2021)
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News
- Auction fireworks for Jules Leleu Art Deco furniture
- Saved for the nation: Armada maps are bought with help from Antiques Trade Gazette
- Bidding frenzy produces £100,000 Beale sleeper
- Botticelli portrait brings $80m in New York
- Record for Cromwellian coin is set by 50 shilling piece
- French export licensing thresholds for cultural goods change
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Buyer figures out the tureen differences
- Bid Barometer: issue 2478
- Only Banksy would do this in the saleroom
- Precious metals prices: issue 2478
- News In Brief – including news of a date change for TEFAF Maastricht
Feature
- ARMS AND ARMOUR: Colt icons become big money-earners
- Firearms collectors take aim at name recognition
- Purdey used by the hot-shot Singhs
- Peg selector fits into place
- Golden age Boss gun at Gavin Gardiner
- Why armour still shone well after its use had faded
- Parts add up to high value
- Lockdales finds high demand for militaria in lockdown
- Gunsmiths who produced the highest quality
- Belter of a blunderbuss sells at Antony Cribb
- Classic British Baker rifle sold in Kent auction
- Handy combo for a Scottish picnic
- Krupp guns made in China reveal modern thinking
Auction Reports
- Quality is instrumental to value when it comes to science equipment
- Caddies, cups and much more among exceptional silver at Mallams
- How hurling a lump of iron at Churchill earned a medal
- ART MARKET: Works by Norwich School artists from single owner bring 'focused interest' at Sworders
- Milan sketch raises Richard Parkes Bonington auction reputation
- European picture highlights in Essex sale include a tranquil river and bustling Rome
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Beethoven sorry for the trouble
- Letter including drawing of turbulent lovers Verlaine and Rimbaud sold at at Christie’s
- Your 13 steps to riches
- Heinemann first edition of 'Present Laughter' by Noel Coward sold at Toovey's auction
- Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
- Five stand-out lots from 600 in South Cerney
- British and Irish book auctions: February 3-19, 2021
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Interview: ‘Patience is a virtue when it comes to Brexit’ says dealer William Thuillier
- ‘High priestess of the grotesque’: Pat Douthwaite’s challenging oil paintings took a look at the wicked side of life
International
- Pencil drawings by Sir John Tenniel for Lewis Carroll’s stories emerge in Connecticut
- Geese tureens buoyant in New York
- Candelabra with Matthew Boulton sunburst mark comes to light in New Orleans
- Nathaniel Mills card case among single-owner collection at Doyle
- Latest movers and shakers in US salerooms
Letters
- Auction giants Sotheby’s and Christie’s have ‘turned this multicolour business into beige’
- ARR takes to the field again
- Appeal to track down Constance Spry items
- ATG: an ‘overdue tribute’
Backpage
- A lawyer writes: Dealers beware – the High Court could override your attempts to keep buyers unidentified
- How to have fun when you’re Young on the rostrum
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