Print issue 2641 (04 May 2024)
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News
- Group of prime period De Morgan tiles take close to six-figure sum at auction
- Royal Mail now refuses to deliver antique swords
- Klimt portrait makes Austrian auction record
- French royal snuffbox tops single-owner sale
- Roseberys' MD Vicki Wonfor leaves after 15 years at the firm
- Auction buy set to shed light on Jane Austen
- Judith Miller’s final price guide is now available
News Digest
- Nelson left Emma an expensive legacy
- Second Gonzales work to go on show in UK
- News in brief including a blue plaque for ceramicist Clarice Cliff
- Bid Barometer: issue 2641
- Precious metals prices: issue 2641
Auction Reports
- Furniture loaned to National Trust properties goes under the hammer
- Fine copy of Hilliard’s miniature Raleigh portrait comes to light
- Ornate mirror has the Thomas Johnson look about it
- Davenport displays Irish touch
- Seat coverings come with Scottish family connection
- Collector gripped by Classical Greek pottery appeal
- Satyrs and nymphs back at Billingshurst
- Up with the revolution (for porcelain)
- ART MARKET: Works sourced from artists' relatives add interest to West Sussex sale
- Indian connections help Devis for a second time
Books & Works On Paper
- Death sentence for king's mistress proves popular
- Uncle Sam joins the world as influential timeline gets an update
- Beautiful binding boosts Nisbet's Holy Land book
- PG Wodehouse presentation copy comes in sought-after dust jacket
- Churchill letter on o-fish-al business
- B for Byron: letter of apology
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, April 30-May 26, 2024
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- How to make succession a success story
- Lowell Libson and Jonny Yarker – a very public partnership
- Bowman Sculpture – a family affair
- Retiring at the right time
- Dealers going their own way
International
- Flower power: British majolica hits the bigtime in US
- Massier Art Nouveau vase goes bats at auction
- Chinese vase goes over the moon with 140-times estimate price
- Light Ponti armchairs carry weighty auction value
- Tureen dished out the delicacy of turtle soup
- Mercedes-Benz tools make $8000 on their own
- Scientist’s microscopes go under a bidding inspection
- Scarce medieval stained glass now sought after
- New Zealand welcomes the Great White Fleet
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Photographica fair: market develops in different ways
- Glass and ceramics combo makes a second appearance in West Midlands
- Parking problems addressed at Giant Shepton Flea
Backpage
- Hall in a day’s work for the 23-year-old who has been running an auction house since the age of 19
- Letter: Does this clock in Queensland have the look of a French Morey design?
- ‘First black person to be depicted on a sampler’
- Obituary: furniture restorer Michael Barrington
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