Print issue 2688 (12 April 2025)
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News
- Former director of failed Worcestershire art dealership pursued by administrator for costs
- ‘I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming’: coin collection buried in a garden to hide from Nazis
- Elizabeth I gold Sovereign strikes £75,000
- Brontë Parsonage buys Emily’s painting
- Louvre steps in to secure French flatware made for George III
- Rooms with a view to making sales: new Brussels fair launched
- Lost Raeburn portrait of Robert Burns emerges
- Trump tariffs throw art trade into confusion
News Digest
- Bid Barometer: issue 2688
- English delft features in Slater collection sale
- Pick of the Week: Jamaican views trump European
- Precious metals prices: issue 2688
- News in brief including new saleroom for Rogers Jones
Feature
- FEATURE: A special look at the British design side of the Art Deco market a century after the movement began
- Designer Elmer wheels into view with a Carlton Ware vase
- Slater Shelley creations gave cause to ‘stop and think’
- Minimalistic Murray made simple but striking forms
- Murphy’s Falcon Studio produced fine silver
- Cotswolds School lessons in style
- Isokon and Summers paved the way for Modernism
- Listeners cried out for cheaper radios amid economic turmoil
- Memories of Betty and her business
Auction Reports
- Rings gave miners a memento of the Australian gold rush
- Sword was presented to one of just three Jewish winners of the VC in Second World War
- ART MARKET: London sale suggests works by US painter Horton are on the rise
- ‘Gem of a painting’ was created by key figure in Tempera Revival
Books & Works On Paper
- Historical society adds to its US suffrage parade collection
- The bold man and the sea: Hemingway fishing rod sells
- Fitzgerald says sorry to all for basing characters on those close to him
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, April 9-29, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ diary
International
- Presence of box proves key to fantastic Astro Boy price
- Jumbo joys of a mystery elephant's head
- Britains toy golfer swings into the saleroom
- Exceptional Tiffany window sets the scene in Detroit
- Crewelwork from museum comes to market for first time
- Peacocks inspired Aesthetic style
Auction Calendar
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Two fairs in a day: ‘We must be mad’
- Full line-up and waiting list for Southwold event
- Attractive setting awaits exhibitors
- Another year in Provence
Letter & Obituary
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