Print issue 2474 (09 January 2021)
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News
- Sotheby’s outpaces Christie’s across ‘transformative’ year
- ‘Earliest dated Irish glass’ sells at auction
- More independent condition reports requested across 2020
- Art and antiques businesses to focus on online sales this new year
- John Chard’s handwritten account of the battle of Rorke’s Drift sells for £140,000
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Gilbert’s St George figure sells at a £1m high
- Bid Barometer: issue 2474
- Museum buys stained glass window designs
- Precious metals prices: issue 2474
- News In Brief – including a record year for the Acceptance in Lieu scheme
Auction Reports
- Waistel Cooper in his own world
- Glassmaker turns his hand to silver
- Broken and reglued but still sold at £200,000
- Back-painting at sale forefront
- Automobilia: Dominions sign gets into gear
- ART MARKET: Two’s company, three’s allowed
- Russell Drysdale record equalled at Melbourne sale
- Rare prints by Iraqi artist emerge in UK
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Norfolk auction sets record for autobiography of pioneering evolutionist Alfred Russel Wallace
- Shakespeare brightened up by colouring
- Broadside or chapbooks in demand
- ‘Greatest logician since Leibniz or Aristotle’
- First of famous Christopher Marlowe tragedy
- British and Irish book auctions: January 5-28, 2021
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Evocative rural photographs by PH Emerson showcased by Michael Hoppen Gallery
- Bruno Effect dealers announced
- Whitefriars stained glass designs offered at Abbott and Holder
International
- Roentgen cabinets draw bidders in Germany
- Giacometti tables go on a trip to Paris auction
- Magician's long arm device spotted at Chicago saleroom
- Sign of the Chicago style at Toomey
Fairs, Markets & Centres
Letters
Backpage
Adverts
Cover - Issue 2474