Print issue 2581 (25 February 2023)
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News
- Uruguayan artist Juan Manuel Blanes rides off to an auction record at Toovey’s
- The Open Art Fair plans new dates and venue after postponing 2023 edition
- Art dealer settles AAR dispute out of court
- Galloway Antiques Fairs' owners retire and close firm
- Marble marvel: 16th century portrait on stone acquired by the Met
- Roman emperor bust set to head to the Getty
Special Report
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Bidders battle for Naples Nelson porcelain
- Bid Barometer: issue 2581
- Precious metals prices: issue 2581
- Sign of lovable rogue Lovejoy’s popularity
- News in Brief including antiquities dealers boycotting BRAFA fair
Feature
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: A world coming into focus thanks to Negretti and Zambra
- Optical expertise all round
- Prize winning horizontal steam engine shows ‘exceptional engineering’
- Edison Electric Pen turned out to be good for tattooing, not so for copying
- Dhunjeebhoy Rustomjee made his name in shipping
- When Short Brothers started to hit the heights
- Vulcan cameras on buyers’ radar
- Civil engineer’s career took him from Grimsby to Brazil
- Music and mechanics in harmony at a Yorkshire auction
- Gems from a golden age of French automata
- Navigate a route, north and south
- Telescope on offer from renowned German maker
- Fine body of work from a French anatomist and naturalist
- Quadrant provided early help if all at sea
- Marine clock of Titanic type on offer
- Weather forecast all in one
Auction Reports
- ART MARKET: Father and son Strutt their stuff at Bonhams
- Auction action moves from idyllic countryside to rugged mountains
- European works on paper fly high over guides at regional sales
- BOOKS AND WORKS OF PAPER: Warfare and witchcraft interest from a single owner collection
- Jumbo-sized view of the world
- Jones of the Stones and Nipper of the Yard
- British and Irish book auctions: February 21-March 23
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Sickert disciple given own show
- Furniture with a backstory viewed in full focus
- The web shop window: A Meiji period ‘living doll’
- 5 Questions: vintage and retro dealer Rachel Toy
- Gallery takes transatlantic paths to abstraction
International
- Courtesy of Cohen and Cohen: items from renowned UK specialist come to New York auction
- BRAFA: Brussels fair settles successfully into its new home
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
Letters
Adverts
Cover - Issue 2581