Print issue 2481 (27 February 2021)
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News
- Trade views ahead of auctions ‘are business meetings’
- Wallace Collection archive stays open after closure u-turn
- A Cartier ‘tool’ watch from 1915 makes £12,000 at Fellows
- Roman mosaic to remain in Dorset after fundraising success
- George Cross record broken again by London saleroom
News Digest
- Pick of the week: ‘Greatest enemy of the East African slave trade’
- Bid Barometer: issue 2481
- Slippers and brandy supply bulldog spirit
- Precious metals prices: issue 2481
- News in Brief – including news of the National Trust’s conservation team receiving a funding boost
Auction Reports
- Bidders eager to compete for market-fresh material from Warwickshire manor
- Walk this way for collectables
- Scott says sorry to fellow explorer with a cigarette box
- Antiquities from Cotswolds local history hero turn heads at auction
- Mug celebrating George Stephenson’s Rocket brings steams to triple-estimate
- Seventy-five mirror bids in the frame
- Silver teapot with provenance to the Wedgwoods and Darwins sold at Cumbria auction
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: ‘Bible that Charles I carried to the block’
- Perry claims Florida and takes on slavers before his Japanese fame
- Coats of arms guide makes £4200
- Captain America socks it to Hitler
- British and Irish book auctions: February 23-March 11, 2021
Previews
Art Market
- POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART: Special forces at work as buyers play the auction game
- Jack Vettriano's 'Fish Teas' sets a four-year high
- Another grand price for abstract painter Aubrey Williams
- Large John Cunningham loch scene offered at Glasgow sale
- Arty eccentricity turns heads at Dreweatt's Aynhoe Park sale
- An L of a good Blackburn group
- Eileen Agar works lead the Freer collection at Chiswick Auctions
- Iraqi artist's work emerges in Norfolk
- Timeless Archipenko and Gormley studies
- Slice of Michael Morgan studio life makes £3800
Dealers’ Diary
- POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART: Exhibition centres on Paul Feeley's calmer period following wartime service
- Contemporary fair heavyweights count on digital for now
- Art hub suits flexible approach
- The web shop window: Julie Held acrylic on canvas
- 5 Questions: Modern British art dealer Christopher Kingzett
- Go solo: a selection of dedicated shows
- Frieze launches ‘pop-up gallery’ space
International
- POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART: Heartfelt work of Joseph Beuys
- Seven bidders compete for Soulages with a presidential provenance
- Art from collection of Mrs Henry Ford II offered at Christie's and Doyle
- Judd’s art shapes up with a box and tube
- Christo coverage leads to market upturn
- Michaux uses mescaline as his extra inspiration
- Unique Pablo Picasso puppet tile offered at Paris auction
- Christie's to offer Karel Appel painting in France
Fairs, Markets & Centres
Letters
- Look to the future for a flourishing trade
- How Plymouth did Beryl proud
- Trade bodies merger plea: one Jeremy for, one against…
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