Print issue 2543 (21 May 2022)
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News
- A Knibb golden opportunity: table clock emerges in German auction
- New York City says no need to publicise lot guarantees
- Chiswick unveils saleroom move
- ‘Practical man’ makes Chippendale marquetry discovery
- Vienna sale sets third-highest Titian price
- Warhol and Degas auction records fall in US
- Edinburgh dealership buys famous Scottish furniture brand
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Buyer hooked by Fijian whale ivory rarity
- Bid Barometer: issue 2543
- Trunk and drunk at the same time for a party
- Precious metals prices: issue 2543
- News in brief – including a new marketplace guide for dealers
Auction Reports
- Throwing light on proceedings at west London auction
- Nelson mourning ring by ‘special request’
- Going for a Song at £56,000
- Constantinidis ceramics on the rise
- ART MARKET: Time for a commercial break
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Library of a fruitful thinker on agriculture
- British and Irish book auctions: May 17-26, 2022
Previews
Books, Maps & Prints 2022
- Sponsor’s message: ‘The rare book world keeps turning’
- The next generation: ‘The book trade is so varied it is always possible to find a corner to make your own’
- Collecting classics: The market for books on political thought from Leviathan to Animal Farm
- Rembrandt prints: State of the art makes the biggest impression
- London Map Fair: Discoveries new and old
- Auction previews including two Second World War manuscript books
- Fair review: Welcome back to Chelsea
- Glossary for bibliophiles
- International hammer highlights: Manuscript strikes gold in New York
- Chicago saleroom hits an all-time high for results
- Questions of land and power in the early days of the US
- Comics sale was a knock-out success
- Fluttering around in Surinam
- A selection of three upcoming book auctions including a Downing Street archive
- PBFA: All fairs great and small
- The language of flowers at the Ephemera Society's fair
- Two US previews including a collection of issues of The Marijuana Review
Dealers’ Diary
- Artist Luard back in the saddle
- Print fair lands on the Strand
- The web shop window: Vintage litter bin
- 5 Questions: antique furniture and art specialist Marcus Salter
International
- Popeye toys: Collector who originally sold tank wanted it back so badly he paid a record price
- Indiana sale offers majolica marvels
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- Flea visitors find warm welcome at Carmarthen Showground
- Busy line-up across Surrey and Berkshire events
- Saturday visit to church in Wanstead
- Fair offers avant-garde attractions
Fairs Report
Letters
- Collectors are mostly private people – beware of fair demands for personal details
- Please remember that dealers are trying to make a living
Backpage
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