Print issue 2690 (26 April 2025)
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News
- Bonhams’ Japanese art sales moved out of London
- Getty purchases ‘feminist’ medieval manuscript from dealer Les Enluminures
- Oldest known medieval Jewish artefact comes up for sale
- Prick of the bunch at £14,000 hammer
- Rolex flew round the world worn by pioneering pilot Sheila Scott
- Richly illustrated folio from rare Islamic manuscript emerges at Christie's
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Nature abhors a vacuum but Nollet’s audiences loved them
- Ithell Colquhoun firmly in the market spotlight
- News in brief including a Stuart Devlin collection coming to Woolley & Wallis
- Bid Barometer: issue 2690
- Precious metals prices: issue 2690
Feature
- INTERIORS: Furniture that fits the bill
- Chandigarh furniture designed by Jeanneret features in Cambridge and London auctions
- Pitch proves perfect second time around as table sells successfully
- Italian sofa stars at huge Plas Teg house sale
- Pietra Dura is a top find of Bishop’s House
- Idiosyncratic inspiration from the early years of the ‘age of mahogany’
- West Country oak settle in demand in East Anglian auction
- Bureau ‘given by Churchill’ to admired Sir Bindon
- Moller chairs sit nicely together
Auction Reports
Books & Works On Paper
- Bible from a remarkable charity consignment leads an eclectic selection
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, April 23 to May 14, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Latest selection from London bookseller focuses on the digital and social landscape
- Dealers Peppiatt and Rutherford team up for the first time
- Colourful designer and artist John Sutcliffe celebrated at dealer's show
International
- French clock ticks happily along among legendary chaos
- Only Woodwiss of Birmingham clock known comes to auction in Germany
- Bidders eye up ducal armband
- Centrepiece given to Prussian politician was thought to be a snub to Bismarck
- Eileen Gray's 1920s table could be the prototype
- Lievens’ version of Susanna bathing surfaces at Cologne saleroom
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Sussex brocante joins Kent event on organiser’s roster
- Inside and out: street market also runs in the civic centre
- Former footwear designer stepped into fairs world
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