Print issue 2524 (08 January 2022)

News

• EU closes its borders to ivory antiques
• Top auction houses enjoy strong 2021
• Fundraising keeps Honresfield Library intact
• McWhirter’s four-minute-mile stopwatch clocks up five figures at auction

News Digest

• Pick of the week: A round the world trip in the 1560s
• Bid Barometer: issue 2524
• Museum given rare Scottish silver trio
• Precious metals prices: issue 2524
• News in brief: including Cromwell Place gallery hub update

Auction Reports

• Collecting couple who revived the ‘unfashionable’ Victorian market
• Red alert as early Arsenal shirts impress
• Heroic exploits of naval skipper who later came a cropper
• The quality Aynsley appeal
• Irish ploughman notes picked up by collectors
• Medal reflects unofficial Olympics that followed the 1904 St Louis flop
• ‘Tommy’ was a remarkable wartime countess
• Bidders sense the Links effect
• Clothing worn on Everest attempt
• ART MARKET: William Roberts work rings tubular bells
• Park's portrait of wife Peggy impresses
• Knight and Bomberg as war artists
• BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: On the trail of the Baskervilles hound
• Jobs letter is only one in his hand

Previews

• Previews: issue 2524

Dealers’ Diary

• Pop art for those who like it hot
• The web shop window
• Gilbert at home in Wiltshire
• Barewall reveals all about the ‘Lowry of the Potteries’
• 5 Questions: William Edwards

International

• Boudin races up to record price
• Dunand goes wild for an Art Deco panel
• One Hand’s battle shield from Little Big Horn on offer

Auction Calendar

• The original and authoritative sales listing
• Artist’s Resale Right

Fairs & Markets

• The year in review: How traders sprang into action

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