Print issue 2485 (27 March 2021)
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News
- Silver Vaults to remain but Koopman plans Mayfair move
- $35 yard sale find stars in Asia Week New York
- Online surge as art market fell by 22% says annual trade report
- Richard Dennis anniversary sale at Kinghams
- Chelsea fair autumn date and new director
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Shang shines in two New York auctions
- Bid Barometer: issue 2485
- Seal gave status to illegitimate offspring
- Precious metals prices: issue 2485
- News in Brief – including news of a rare collection of coins and stamps at Sotheby's
Feature
- MILITARIA & MEDALS: Little wonders - the Dunkirk ships
- Luxury liner turned into beast of burden
- Debut militaria sale section at Elstob & Elstob includes an early QGM honour
- Kent connection counts at auction
- Remedy to make a high medal price
- Stargazing search pays off at last for collector
- Honouring a respected nurse
- Royal Red Cross for Mesopotamian service offered at Chorley's
- Have a medal instead of a drink, mate
- Second World War beret with star quality sells at Kent sale
- Relics from German plane destroyed by Peter Townsend sell in Berkshire auction
- Navy commander Peter Scott became renowned birdwatcher
- Uniforms and archive of famed Galloway military family
- Why CC41 was the in-thing to wear
Auction Reports
- Treen captures the imagination at Doncaster auction
- Panels treated as an investment
- Churchill puts his feet up, has a smoke and a drink
- ART MARKET: Journey that is far from over
- Comet interest proves to be a vendor’s streak of good luck
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: How to get away with murder
- Mezzotint version of portrait takes 10 times the top estimate at auction
- British and Irish book auctions: March 23-April 9, 2021
Collection Focus
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- There once was an artist called Lear…
- Just a Few things you may be interested in
- Sickert view of ‘Kikely’ offered at Essex gallery
- The web shop window: Ada Lovelace's first-edition copy of key mathematical text
- 5 Questions: textiles dealer Esther Fitzgerald
Spotlight
International
- Brittany sale offers impressive Asian art ensemble
- Paris gallery branches out to open second shop – just 40 metres away
- Sevres plate with portrait of the artist Annibale Carracci offered in Bordeaux
- Armchairs from Follot offered at Aguttes
- Porcelain table service with just the 248 pieces
- Mars mission: bronze figure emerges at Drouot auction
- Table draws the attention in Atlanta
- Still life by Dutch golden age female artist emerges in French auction
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- Northern exposure: Antiques centre branches out from the south to the Lake District
- Hemswell Antique Centres boss shares “crazy" experience of lockdown
- Three events scheduled to run in April and May 2021
- Market organiser Sherman and Waterman looks ahead as events are set to return
Letters
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Cover - Issue 2485