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In The News
- Tribal art finds home at Battersea Decorative
- Old Master series posts best total since 2017
- Clothing stand racks up six figures at US auction
- Buyer’s premium now raised at all the major auction players
- No fanfare as ivory netsuke sets a new record
- London Art Week attracts eager museum buyers to gallery shows
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Knives collection proves a cut above
- Precious metals prices: issue 2601
- News in brief including Moretti Fine Art opening a Paris gallery
- Forget the 2023 Ashes: try Beefy’s 1981 heroics
- Bid Barometer: issue 2601
Feature Science and technology
- SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Rationality and religion combined
- Take a peek before ‘glass and brass’ microscopes appear
- Butterflies create a bit of a flutter in the saleroom
- Homemade receiver ‘picked up news of the Titanic disaster’
- Very early TV set that’s a must for connoisseurs
- Tempting machine that is full of socks appeal
- Hello, can I speak to a royal please?
- One-off pocket barometer altimeter was used for mining
- From a first batch of barographs
- Rare Ruhmkorff survivor ready for sale
- It must be one of the Ladds
Auction Reports Hammer highlights
- Royal Worcester by renowned designer George Owen doubles up at auction
- Very desirable, very Moorish
- Persian bowl tempts two bidders into sale day battle
- Print includes a Wimbledon tennis pioneer
- The oarsman who outraged Henley and a rower later mountaineer
- You’ve got the hook: Maori jewellery
- Gold ring unearthed at former abbey site
Auction Reports Art market
- ART MARKET: Two hundred years of the Cotmans celebrated as a single collection
- LS Lowry work provides a rare pastel purchase
Previews
Books & Works On Paper
- The world in your pocket: almanacs in focus
- Hergé’s gift to Mr Ward
- Frazetta fantasy fuels bidding frenzy
- Book specialist Vickers stands down at Lyon & Turnbull for consultancy role
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, July 12-30, 2023
Dealers’ Diary
- On an art and antiques Treasure trail in Chelsea
- 5 Questions with art dealer Tanya Baxter
- The web shop window: A 19th century oak lazy susan
International Hammer highlights
Auction Calendar
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
Letters & Opinion
- ATG LETTER: Spoon bowls over the trade
- Auctioneer Burns takes golf top spot in golf challenge
- A lawyer writes: Dealer Dickinson emerges victorious in appeal judgment