Print issue 2618 (18 November 2023)
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News
- Trade unaware as new furniture fire safety rules are mooted
- Massive prices for Massier majolica
- ‘National Treasures’ head to Louvre
- Packed schedule unveiled for winter London Art Week
- Picasso powers ahead to crown New York evening sales
- Greenslade Taylor Hunt relocates in Somerset
- Selected highlights of the new furniture fire safety proposals
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Chinese instruments belonging to a Dutchman who was in tune with China
- Australian library buys ‘convict artist’ portrait
- News in brief including the upcoming auction of contents from Ombersley Court
- Bid Barometer: issue 2618
- Precious metals prices: issue 2618
Special Report
- INTERIORS: Put on a road show
- Howard and Sons sitting comfortably
- Penguin bookshelf on offer at Bedford auction
- Frames galore at Stowmarket sale
- Third tranche of Sir Rod Stewart's collection emerges at Sworders
- Inside story on Ombersley Court
Auction Reports
Feature
- ARMS AND ARMOUR: Lock and load, old style
- Helmet made famous by the dashing but dastardly Banastre
- Thanks for forming my Moroccan army
- Chinese cannon blasts away estimate
- Griffin tribute from Ombersley Court
- Russian shaska in Somerset
- Protection using the elements
- Farmer’s interest in militaria grew rapidly
- Mr Durs Egg describes his pistol power
Books & Works On Paper
- Drawing by young Elizabeth II failed to impress her mother
- Dodgson photograph of Xie snapped up in the saleroom
- Price helped by ‘voice beyond the grave’
- Tickets for play that became a real-life tragedy
- Books and works on paper auction calendar: November 14-30, 2023
Collector Interview
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Art and antiques dealers gear up for a busy festive period
- Suffolk House Antiques – going out with a bang
- Aldeburgh's Thompsons Gallery hosts latest Christmas exhibition
- First come, first served: Antiquities specialist Charles Ede's latest show
- Dealer news in brief including the BADA Friends Prize
- 5 Questions with dealer Paul Martin of Robin Martin Antiques
International
- Egg breaks out of hotel confines
- Elizabethan gent ready to research
- Buyer chooses Chadwick couple
- Traded for a tie tack, now worth over £26,000
- Rare set of Keika chrysanthemums kept intact
- Twenty-five pairs of shoes to carry? This might just help
- Fab Paris boasts a big increase in exhibitors