Print issue 2631 (24 February 2024)
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News
- New online group aims to support dealers being targeted by thieves
- Ownership dispute erupts over 10 Downing Street visitors book set for London auction
- ‘Remarkable’ VC to be sold by regiment to pay bills
- Digital museum to fuel interest in clocks and watches
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Collection from book dealer John Percival Love woos buyers
- Naval captain and the captor of Napoleon
- News in brief including a Minoan bowl once owned by Princess Margaret's friend Baron Glenconner
- Bid Barometer: issue 2631
- Precious metals prices: issue 2631
Auction Reports
- Antiquities auction brings Egyptian tiles of the unexpected
- Lalique style leads selection of design classics at Chiswick Auctions
- White gloves and trilby hats for Turpin
- Royal Doulton Guy Fawkes figure with a difference
Art Market
- OLD MASTERS: Supply lines come under strain
- Le Brun stars in stellar works on paper selection
- Hubert Robert's range on show at Old Master sales
Books & Works On Paper
- First edition of early feminist text makes over 30 times estimate
- Copy of George Washington’s Thanksgiving Day proclamation is toast of auction
- Auction magic from a very different Potter
- Mail recovered from Titanic casualty
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, February 21-March 16, 2024
Previews
Collector Interview
Dealers’ Diary
- Moves include vote of confidence for both Mayfair and St James’s
- UK dealers happy with ‘buzzy’ New York drawings fair
- Five questions with furniture dealer Toby Taylor
- Dealer exhibits dinosaur at department store Harrods
International
- Charles X portrait at nearly 10 times the estimate
- Dinner service belonged to famous French novelist George Sand
- Paris sale celebrates tribal art from the Barbier-Mueller collecting dynasty
- Passion of Christ framed for display
- Chareau furniture includes chair style selected by famous clients
- Namikawa’s titchy teapot catches the attention
- Vietnamese inspired bleu de Hue porcelain in high demand
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Go for vintage not mass market
- New and old events to look forward to
- Ten years of Faversham street bonanza