Print issue 2721 (06 December 2025)
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News
- Mayfair event cancellation leaves big gap in new year London line-up
- HMRC reveals fees for anti-money laundering supervision will rise
- Henry House moves to new role as the Dreweatts chief executive officer
- Gold watch discovered with victim’s body sets a new high for Titanic memorabilia
- Unknown Sistine Chapel study by Michelangelo comes to auction
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Mighty Mouseman table sets hefty £42,000 record
- ‘Soldier Bear’ provided comfort for Pte Loveland
- News in brief including an auction record for any comic
- Bid Barometer: issue 2721
- Precious metals prices: issue 2721
Feature
- SILVER: Story time – how items with a strong narrative can survive being sent for scrap
- Joyce chalices give cause to rejoice in a North Yorkshire sale
- Gale warnings and sale earnings: Graham Stewart contemporary styles
- Huguenot talent turned up in Ireland and thrived making silver
- Vendor tastes sweet success with early Maltese sugar bowl
- Strawberry dish goes solo to sell for £7000 hammer less than a month later
- Bidders on the scent of a segmented pomander
- Collector who banged the drum for mustard pots
- Hempel’s Dresden sauceboats once served to please at court
- Ashbee and Knox mix the old and modern
Auction Reports
- ART MARKET: Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh mysticism makes an impact on bidders
- Marks uses his bird brain to boost artistic income
Books & Works On Paper
- The Bard for a third and fourth time in foil form
- ‘Extraordinary window into events that shaped the early 20th century’
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, December 3-19, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- The CRW work once owned by HG
- ‘Maximalism and eclectism in demand’ according to designer trends survey
- Philadelphia fair to be put on hold in 2026
- Glass galore as Cotswolds dealership hosts Christmas show
- Two exhibitions and charity delivery for very busy gallery
- London dealer launches poster expert event
International
- Old Master sleepers awaken in American auctions
- Two bidders battle for a kris probably made for royalty
- Third record now set by another Wedgwood Fairyland lustre piece from Pellet source
- Patience rewarded as Oscar Wilde teapot makes $16,000
- How two birds were better than one in New Hampshire
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
Backpage
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