Print issue 2687 (05 April 2025)
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News
- Fabergé collection snapped up via private sale in eleventh-hour deal
- Rediscovered diary reveals daily life of Bloomsbury Group artist Duncan Grant
- Pocket watch praised as ‘most complete and original example on the market for decades’
- Burglar jailed for 30 months after Hansons break-in
- Whopping Wedgwood: ‘largest ever Fairyland’
- Marking 30+ years of antiques production
News Digest
- Bid Barometer: issue 2687
- Led Zep IV with four signatures makes five figures
- Pick of the Week: Urns made in Glasgow sold in Glasgow
- Precious metals prices: issue 2687
- News in brief including charity shop bible making close to 100 times estimate
Feature
- JEWELLERY: Fabergé - always providing great provenances and wonderful histories
- Discoveries unearthed by metal detectorists then treasured by bidders
- Cartier featured in The Illustrated London News advert hits the headlines
- The minute chance of mining a pink diamond
- The language of love and loss
- Different jewels but both from the subcontinent
- 'Hidden in a skirt' to escape the Nazis, now sold at auction
- Cartier Tutti Frutti pin buyer nails at at £15,000
Auction Reports
- Collector of Naga objects never went to meet the Nagas
- Not in tip-top condition but cream jug belonged to Tipping
- Mouseman works going, going, gong in Yorkshire
- Writing chairs sat unnoticed until a deluge of enquiries poured in
- ART MARKET: Heads up for overseas bidders active at Oxford auction
- Thorburn’s kingfisher makes a £14,000 contribution
Books & Works On Paper
- Leicester letter shows his serious side after earlier flirtations with Elizabeth I
- Rare 1875 Wisden hits £27,000 result despite missing original wrappers
- Napoleon’s own Civil Code copy sells in Paris
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, April 2-22, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ diary
- Books and bubbly on Dover St
- Summer fair will showcase the brilliant Bugattis
- Vintage views on the radio
- Simplifying the sale process
- Tarizzo takes the director role at Frieze Masters fair
International
- Royal Doulton dunce achieves top-class result
- Giltwood mirrors reflect demand
- Florentine panel could be work of di Cione family
- Man’s best friend is best seller as canine art stars in US saleroom
- British bidder brings Lady Bridget from US collection back to the UK
- Spoilum alerts for two portraits
- Doré depicts the Holy Land and a holy scene
Auction Calendar
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
Letters & Obituary
- ATG LETTER: I own the pendant of Bonheur’s donkey, bought in Scotland a few years ago
- ATG LETTER: Looking for a toy fair listing
- Obituary - Derek Greengrass (1942-2025)
The Back Pages
Cover - Issue 2687