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News
- Sotheby’s makes U-turn on buyer and seller fees
- Not quite a mouse stirring before Christmas… but certainly a rodent
- Christie’s results down 6% but stronger sales recorded in second half of the year
- Twice life-sized pope bronze bust stolen after storage break-in
News Digest
- Pick of the Week: Vardon into the swing of things
- Where bread meets oak: remarkable 17th century armchair emerges at Salisbury sale
- News in brief including Hansons expanding into Cornwall
- Bid Barometer: issue 2674
- Precious metals prices: issue 2674
Auction Reports
- Nelson memorabilia sails again thanks to second dedicated auction at Bonhams
- Napoleon may have been foiled in his wishes for exile but at least he enjoyed wine and fresh food
- Trafalgar swords shine brightest among Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund prizes
- Cup recognised gallantry of Major Nunn
- Sword awarded to mutiny defeater, duellist and tiger killer
- Dublin salutes a son of the city with an ornate sabre
- ART MARKET: Major record for Harry Dixon as Mabel makes a striking subject
Books & Works On Paper
- Find a tale of the famous Roxana at auction
- US Constitution ratified by eager buyer as worth $9m
- North America makes a map debut at Bonhams New York auction
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, January 5-26, 2024
Dealers’ Diary
- Gallery raises self awareness
- Five questions with Asian art dealer Mee-Seen Loong
- Winter catalogues offer heart-warming delights from watercolours to antiquities
International
- Meissen and more from the Pettey collection sits pretty at German auction
- Gaillard vase flies to over 20 times its guide
- Top quality lifts throne chairs to six figures at Singaporean auction
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
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