Print issue 2484 (20 March 2021)
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News
- Fees proposal for ivory exemptions
- The Open Art Fair loses court appeal over early closure
- New event planned as Paris Biennale ‘turns the page’
- Looking to a Leyburn Lowry double in lockdown
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Mouseman figures squeak for themselves
- Bid Barometer: issue 2484
- Scurvy doctor's grant of arms makes four times estimate in Colchester
- Precious metals prices: issue 2484
- News in Brief – including Anthony Crichton-Stuart joining the London Art Week board
Feature
- SILVER: Sale in Devon hots up with a Charles II brazier
- Dublin corkscrews and wine ewers draw strong competition at Adam’s
- Talk of the London taverns as silver wares get snapped by dealers
- Christening bowl for a Carnegie sells in Hampshire
- Tea served by Regency stars
- Snuff box bidding battle in York
- Beast from the East Midlands
- Great novelty value at Bellmans
- Silver in the spring: Fourteen upcoming lots in April 2021
Auction Reports
- Gold ring fitting for a de Vere
- Work of ‘modern day Grinling Gibbons’
- Crewelwork from 1940s sells at 10-times estimate
- Cracking result, second time
- Obesity crisis? But not in the saleroom it seems…
- ART MARKET: Alfred Wainwright strides ever onward
- Liverpool theme grips Atkinson Grimshaw
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Grimm and wonderful buys
- Medical pioneer’s library sold at Bonhams New York
- Vagabonds tramp to Chicago
- In praise of American independence
- Sporting art touches down in saleroom
- Map shows heartfelt emotion
- Daily life and world history in one
- New York buyers curious about Dickens
- Sale explores early America
- Huge baths picture makes a big splash
- British musical Leppard spotted in Indiana
- British and Irish book auctions: March 16-30, 2021
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Pandemic? A perfect opportunity
- 5 Questions: vintage wristwatches specialist Alex Stevens
- William Hazlitt portrayed at his ‘great hope’ stage
- The web shop window: Pablo Picasso doodle
- The 1970s new wave of ceramics flows to Wiltshire
International
- Howzat for an intriguing portrait
- Italian tables emerge at LA auction
- Delacroix work owned by Degas offered at Christie’s Paris
- Russian imperial plate shows guards on duty
- Wurlitzer steams into action
- Sevres gift from Napoleon’s empress offered at Fontainbleau auction
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- Clerkenwell vintage fair is latest to keep virtual events going once live ones return
- Sunday means salvage at Drew Pritchard’s regular virtual events
- Bermondsey: a look on the bright side of life
Letters
- ‘Antiques Council’ – start with a smaller selection of people
- Ivory objects should be assessed by the auctioneers
- This ‘world-beating’ Brexit deal is making a mess of business
- Where are these Heal chests?
The Back Page
- Obituary: Art recovery specialist Charles Hill (1947-2021)
- Obituary: art dealer Ian Godfrey Appleby (1928-2021)
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