Print issue 2510 (25 September 2021)
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News
- Swift decision: portrait will remain in Ireland
- Anglo-Saxon brooch recovered but rest of hoard still at large
- Winter Olympia is back with 70 dealers standing
- White gloves for Oppenheimer sale of Meissen porcelain at Sotheby’s
- LAPADA conference to return on October 12
- More firearms licences required after law changes
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Silver vesta case strikes a blow for the motor car
- Bid Barometer: issue 2510
- Reaching the heights of Lawrence of Arabia at auction
- Precious metals prices: issue 2510
- News In Brief – including the outcome of the Guennol Stargazer court case in New York
Feature
- JEWELLERY: Koopman Rare Art grows its presence with the arrival of two ex-Sotheby’s specialists
- Snake that speaks the language of jewellery
- ‘Subtle and charming’ Dawson enamel
- Many happy returns for Margaret’s birthday gift
- Sapphire - ‘a titan of the gemstone world’
- Six sapphires catching bidders' eyes at auction this summer
- ‘America’s finest gemstones’ make an appearance at Bonhams Los Angeles
- Curzon and Campbell families etched in stone
- Rare reward poster for never recovered ‘Irish Crown Jewels’
- Sterlé’s rare birds soar in Sussex and Dublin
- It’s a dog’s life for Cartier collectors
- Dates to remember for mourning jewellery
- Grima and Roux cook up a unique recipe
- Four upcoming jewellery highlights including a necklace with a Duke of Wellington provenance
Auction Reports
- Trigger pulled for first sale at new auction house
- Father and son medal group take flight in Gloucestershire sale
- Ottoman panel used as tomb cover sells ten times above estimate at Dreweatts
- Belleek porcelain beckons bidders from all over the world
- Desirable davenport discovered in Ilkley auction
- Writing desk demand is a sign of revival
- ART MARKET: ‘Monuments Man’ Croft-Murray’s expert eye highlighted at Woolley and Wallis
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Pioneering Caxton work leads the way for an impressive diverse selection
- A present from Isaac Newton at Bonhams
- British and Irish book auctions: September 21-October 1, 2021
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- ‘Harrogate’ fair gathers pace in Leyburn
- Guy Peppiatt offers view of Bristol burning in 1831
- 5 Questions: Jane Sanderson of The Antiques Bazaar
- The web shop window: Heal’s oak chest of drawers
- A harvest jug festival: new book is first of its kind
- The many faces of Walter Sickert emerge at Piano Nobile exhibition
- Dealer spots “dirty and unattributed” portrait and sells it back to historic mansion
International
- Golden discovery brings coin hoard to market
- Aivazovsky marine scene provides Maine highlight
- Mickey Mouse toy from 1950s offered in Chicago
- Dedicated sale of enamelled advertising signs in Paris
- Print by Grosvenor School artist Lill Tschudi emerges in Massachusetts auction
- First edition of Ian Fleming’s 'Casino Royale' saved from a skip
- High view of Boulogne
- Two single-owner collections in California
- Auction to be staged in a Portuguese palace
- Early Jawlensky discovery offered in France
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- The Chesterfield magpie takes flight with new premises
- Marketing in St Albans
- Continuity for October
- The fabric of collecting at Chelsea Town Hall
- Arms fair moves to Hendon
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