Print issue 2681 (22 February 2025)
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News
- DHL restricts deliveries of antique blades
- Risque 1790s French gown causes sheer excitement
- Treasure finds in the UK are at an all-time high, latest figures reveal
- Attic clear-out achieves lofty prices and packed saleroom as family and Holkham Hall provenance powers bids
- Buyer bids triple estimate sum to secure Batavian betel box
- Market-fresh Cedric Morris work given to his student emerges for sale
- John Piper Poole picture bought by local museum
News Digest
- Pick of the Week: Lot that really caught the eye
- German toys collection comes full of character
- News in brief including more auctions to come at Sudeley Castle
- Bid Barometer: issue 2681
- Precious metals prices: issue 2681
Feature
- CERAMICS: Welby wonders – Far-reaching collection of artist-decorated European porcelain dispersed in single-owner sale
- Royal Doulton workshop design books fly to 14 times estimate
- Spotlight on early English decorators Hamett O’Neale and Duvivier
- Collector interview: It all started with just one plate to go on a dresser…
Auction Reports
- ART MARKET: Workplace scenes bring productivity bonus at auctions
- Scottish pictures in bloom as part of local collection
Books & Works On Paper
- Martin Luther 1534 Bible answers saleroom’s prayers in first auction appearance for over a century
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, February 19 to March 6, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- World’s oldest specialist print fair marks a milestone edition
- Munnings the main focus
- TEFAF Maastricht: 266 exhibitors from 21 countries prepared for action
International
- Bidders chase Royal Doulton figures with EW Light signature
- Vendor probably over the moon with Vichy price
- Magic Mini and a magnificent ark star in US salerooms
- Shorter Sarrabezolles Triton version rises from the sea
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Good furniture is ‘doing well’ says longstanding dealer
- Famous visitor had been Biden her time to buy
- First Wilton fair of the year ‘will be brimming’
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