Print issue 2646 (08 June 2024)
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News
- Vendor left ‘speechless’ after ‘Ben Nicholson’ mural withdrawn from Lay’s auction
- Dealer’s entire fair stock in van theft
- Prayers answered for noble Limoges plaques
- New high for an English silver coin
- Museum’s $500,000 from auction guarantees
- View of Scottish sea stacks sail to a high sum
News Digest
- Double estimate for Churchill’s pocket watch linking two PMs
- Ukrainian soldier’s medal for ‘courage and fearlesness’
- News in brief including two Turner paintings emerging at Dreweatts
- Bid Barometer: issue 2646
- Precious metals prices: issue 2646
Auction Reports
- Newbury sale features collection of well known interior designer, art dealer and collector
- Interview: how a museum raises funds from auction guarantees
- ART MARKET: Bloomsbury Group attracts fresh buyers
- Swedish portrait of the formidable Ellen soars in Somerset
Books & Works On Paper
- A story of grape expectations in 17th century England
- Horticultural author based ‘at the flower pot’
- Map was ground-breaking in its day
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, June 4-21, 2024
Feature
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Firm follows ‘curious byways’
- Furniture (and a very big flag) feature strongly in Harrogate
- Five questions with art dealer Simon Lamb
- Five stars for the Aldeburgh fair
- Seago stays close to East Anglian roots
Fair Report
International
- Button up for the bidding ride
- Franklin found in Italy bears striking similarity to well-known portrait
- Amphora owl has a hoot at $13,000
- States and dates drive Old Master print market
- French magic lantern and camera lens impress in Texas
- Strumming clown makes a lunar tick
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- The varied delights when antiques-hunting in Northumberland
- Plenty to see at the Old Forge
- Time to beehive yourself
- Tiffany rings up the sales at Emporium