Print issue 2707 (30 August 2025)
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News
- New saleroom at World Heritage Site in Derbyshire is backed by snooker star O’Sullivan
- Trade asked to look out for missing Lowry football match picture
- Owner of antiques centre targeted by thieves urges firms to improve security
- Cloak clasp taken as memento after Napoleon’s death creates a big buzz
- Rare rediscovered work by Lubin Baugin sets record price for the artist at auction
- Hepworth work will stay in UK
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Royal mail that doesn’t need a stamp
- West Sussex saleroom issues its first call to arms auction
- News in brief including the upcoming sale of items from the WH Smith archive
- Bid Barometer: issue 2707
- Precious metals prices: issue 2707
Auction Reports
- Egyptian sculptural fragments are big hitters in a wide-ranging worldwide selection of lots
- Attic amphora displays the god Dionysus
- Creature comforts: desirable Doulton stoneware with the George Tinworth touch
- Fitting result for Royal Worcester design genius George Owen
- George II mirror measures up nicely to take £20,000 at auction
- ART MARKET: Demand for Continental views bridges Brexit divide
- Collector adds yet another Bonheur to 50 already bought
Books & Works On Paper
- JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit unsigned, no jacket – but still worth £43,000
- Auction catalogues also collectable when it comes to the famous Lowther Castle sale
- Live Aid programme signed by Sting, Phil Collins and Queen members marked ‘the greatest show on Earth’
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, August 27 to September 16, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Hockney salutes a slap-up meal
- European firms find Korea opportunity
- Petersfield ticks the 20th century box for Cooper’s second edition in charge
- Cardiff gallery sets out a path to Mills
- Five questions with Ben Cooper
International
- French 17th century cabinet stands out as a favourite for a US specialist
- Rietveld pieces boast provenance back to very beginning
- First print to show game of ‘goff’ emerges in New York auction
- Claret jug is toast of both Cincinnati and Stourbridge
- Mainland Chinese buyers out in force for Virginia auction
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
Backpage
- ATG letter: Not that New Zealand exhibition for Ethel Walker…
- Sci-fi sitcom actor Chris Barrie loves old stuff too
- Dixon beats Dixon in trade golf battle of the brothers
- Letter: My recommendation for a fine place to see fine art – New Art Gallery Walsall
- Obituary: Antiques dealer Terrence Bailey (1952-2025)
- Summer Prize Word Search – Solution
Cover - Issue 2707