Print issue 2610 (23 September 2023)
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News
- Symbol of national pride: Latvian plate takes 20-times estimate in Sussex
- Coin offered at Spink reveals a new mighty Iron Age ruler
- Wally bird recovered after theft 15 years ago
- New Zealand birds soar to a new taxidermy high
- Fair switches to Birmingham’s NEC to avoid IACF confusion
- Guercino’s Moses emerges at Moretti's new Paris gallery
- Food fest full of peril for peasants comes to London gallery
- Art Business Conference concentrates on business reasons to be cheerful
- Significant Suffragette collection comes to auction
- Elveden Hall auction brings back the room bidders
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Sceptre recalls story of a tragic emperor
- Norfolk dealer’s glass collection up for sale
- Bid Barometer: issue 2610
- Precious metals prices: issue 2610
- News in brief including four looted Yemini ancient stelae coming to VandA
Feature
- Auction houses hold sales to coincide with prestigious Coinex event
- Travel with Huffer and to ancient lands
- Butcher Cumberland of Culloden fame celebrated
- Token halfpennies carry messages about values
- Exceptional tetradrachm toasts divine wine
- From civil war to George III via two single owner collections
- Cavalry charges into history at Omdurman
- Bravery recognised by Montgomery
- Coin Yearbook features special Anglo-Saxon spotlight
Auction Reports
- An auction format that proved to be the right time, right place
- Led Zeppelin album cover signs in at £15,000
Special Report
- OLD MASTERS: Off-peak service in the market
- Dutch scholar sitter comes with a princely provenance
- Landscape restoration project draws attention in North Yorkshire
- Neil Gow fiddles on portrayed by 'Raeburn and studio'
- Willem van de Velde the Younger's ships sail from south London
- Honore Daumier takes on the law
- Georgian high society portrayed by Nathaniel Hone
- Fragonard makes a sacrificial offering
- Still-lifes and landscapes reflect the Dutch Golden Age
Books & Works On Paper
- Mystery manuscript identified at Cornish auction
- How society folk lined up to sign a visitors’ book
- First principles: the Smiley library
- Baseball makes its debut in an early US publication
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, September 19-October 2, 2023
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Samuel Alcock and Co reassessed
- 5 Questions with Daniel Smith and Marine Edith Crosta
- The web shop window: Regency writing table
- Lynch appointed chairman of Asia Week New York
- Battersea Decorative fair runs with a new tribal twist
International
- Nabeshima dish design draws on Japanese traditions
- Impressive Storr silver from Hugh Barclay collection emerges
- Pop art at Hindman puts avocado salad on the menu
- Shell out for ornamental combs
- Two Anthony Caro sculptures offered in Seattle auction
- Chinese export porcelain wins its spurs
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- New Saltash event adds to organiser’s portfolio of fairs in Cornwall
- Busy schedule and media interest boost Shepton Mallet fleamarket
- Yorkshire Fleamarkets make use of cattle pens