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News
- Appeal for information launched after National Trust property Montacute House targeted by thieves
- Clock-watch sounds the alarm at £27,000
- Archaeology trust steps in at last minute to secure 500 items from shipwreck sale
- Aztec Events hands over reins of Norfolk fair to IACF after 25 years
- 16th century purse makes 60 times estimate
- Meissen slapstick figure highlights Merkle collection auction
- Jiajing jars are London’s best Asian lot since 2017
News Digest
- Pick of the Week: Cunard sign shows bouyant market in Germany
- Bovril and penguins: a sustaining polar diet
- News in brief including Bonhams offering a major Ming dynasty furniture collection
- Precious metals prices: issue 2668
- Bid Barometer: issue 2668
Feature
- WATCHES: White glove sale for pocket watches collection in Australia
- Camerer Cuss collection includes Thomas Tompion pocket watch
- What makes a changed market tick
- The €60,000 Breguet with complications
- A London Cartier Tank sets Birmingham house record
- Watch highlights at upcoming sales
Auction Reports
- Burne-Jones family connection brings in bidders
- The pick so far of Ashley Down Bristol orphanage samplers
- Claudet helped to develop UK photography
- Impressive model guns fire the imagination
- Through the tiny keyhole: intricate diorama of a locksmith’s shop secures attention
- Solar power suited special forces navigating in the desert
- ART MARKET: Ruskin Spear’s sharp social comment in pictorial form
- Terence Cuneo works both classic and curious on offer in Essex
Special report
- BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER: Ghent gains an Elizabeth I letter thanks to auction purchase
- Books & Works On Paper: auction previews
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, November 12-27, 2024
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Made in God’s Own County
- Surrealist enthusiast branches out on his own to open gallery
- Five questions with George Richards of Gallery 1936
- Artist Pointon parades his talent for painting
International
- Lock-inspired tables on the auction block in the US
- Fleming mould medallion sets new auction record
- Pioneering 19th century phones connect with buyers
- Getty last selection gave a taste of Eastern exoticism
- Estonian artist Wiiralt brings party time and hellish experience
- International roster for FAB Paris as 100 dealers set to stand
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Christmas PBFA event aims to emulate last year's success
- Kensington Vintage Fair becomes biannual event – and could expand further
- It’s looking good for new shop in bustling Old Town
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