Print issue 2507 (04 September 2021)
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News
- Auctioneer Alan Blakeman to sell giant pot lid in downsizing of his collection
- Robert Brooks: the boss who built the Bonhams brand
- We need a St James’s association, says Jermyn Street dealer Franses
- Suffolk saleroom Bishop and Miller targets the oak market
News Digest
- Pick of the week: The face of a king about to be executed
- Bid Barometer: issue 2507
- Portrait of George Washington in pastel form emerges at Cotswolds auction
- Precious metals prices: issue 2507
- News In Brief – including news of the New York book fair being postponed
Feature
- CLOCKS: the six factors that determine value in the clock market
- High-quality carriage clocks continue to be popular at auction
- Astronomical observation and royal connections lift European horology sales
Auction Reports
- Monart glass makes a mark on home turf
- Militaria from D-Day Royal Marines Commando makes 18-times estimate
- Sensational Tannoy speaker emerges in a sleeper trio in Dorset
- Barn find jukebox could be golden oldie
- Two pieces of furniture at Sussex auction with very different features... and prices
- Sisters' sampler skills on show at Mallams' auction
- ART MARKET: Sale of Oliver Hoare print collection shows market in rude health
- Stubbs print stands up to sale scrutiny
- Bernard Sleigh work emerges from behind the tape
- Small oil now believed to be original 17th century Flemish School painting
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: From boy wizard to cat in a hat
- First book-form edition of Middlemarch sets record at Doyle
- Rare copy of important work by proto-feminist bid to 10-times estimate
- British and Irish book auctions: August 31-September 19
- Rare and costly Ptolemaic prize discovered in Turin
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Historic venues host two fairs as London welcomes back in-person art and antiques events
- Cambridgeshire dealer spots clock and table sleepers at auctions
- 5 Questions: New Zealand dealer Robert Souch
- Events mark 30 years of BADA Friends
- The web shop window: Robert Gemmell Hutchison beach scene
International
- Oppenheimer collection at Sotheby's includes Meissen created for founder of the factory Augustus the Strong
- Model railways are on a roll, says US saleroom
- Music maestros also in tune with toy collecting
- Auction reveals personal side of Al Capone
- Game for a George Jones pie
- The fun of the fair at Cologne auction
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- Dealers invited to take stalls at new fair in Burnley's market hall
- Dealer offers Rich pickings
- Book fair returns as some turn from New York to old
Letters
- Memories of big hitters of the auction world – Brooks, Came and Butler
- How working from home but inviting others in can boost business
Adverts
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