Print issue 2672 (14 December 2024)
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News
- Fur flies: Limehouse cat sets a new high
- 1818 at the double: second saleroom expands premises
- Qing dragon bowls soar above £200-400 guide to take £250,000 in Newcastle sale
- ‘Wantage Botticelli’ sparks fervent bidding to lead Old Master series in London
- Hepworth’s sculptural exploration of colour and strings barred from export
News Digest
- Pick of the Week: Teatime with the Martin family
- Wooden desk owned by an Iron Lady
- News in brief including a Queen Anne dolls house surprise
- Bid Barometer: issue 2672
- Precious metals prices: issue 2672
Feature
- SPORT MEMORABILIA: 1966 World Cup masterplan revealed in a simple suitcase
- Liverpool FC player McLean could be the first footballer to make a debut on a cigarette card
- Cheltenham Gold Cup in high demand even in replica form
- Bradman’s ‘baggy green’ cap scores six-figure result
- McQueen’s shirt swap was a final one-off
- Baggies glory days recalled by John Kaye memorabilia
- Sale offers collection of million-pound pioneer footballer Trevor Francis
Auction Reports
- Lost wax lalique finds admirers
- Seventeenth century sash passed down by family descent is a belter
- Rare curtains with complex patterns come from Scottish castle collection
- ART MARKET: It’s the turn of Grimshaw Junior to step into the moonlight
- Could it be artist Mary Beale by her own hand?
Books & Works On Paper
- The Ottoman world opened up thanks to historical and illustrated books
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, December 11-January 9, 2024
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- The small, strange and beautiful
- Five questions with watch dealer Efe Gurger
- FAB Paris brings in over 30,000 visitors in six days
International
- Diptych is top pick of Perugino
- Cham relics from Vietnam sold in Vienna via museum
- Modern antiquity: Queen Nefertiti bust from 1930
- Vendor strikes gold with a Sèvres plate
- Breguet made a timely intervention
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
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