Print issue 2675 (11 January 2025)
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News
- London Art Week festival calls it a day after 10 years
- Della Robbia sets auction record in Salisbury sale
- Bible by ‘Sarum Master’ returns to cathedral following successful fundraising campaign
- BAMF chairman takes on Phillips role
- Three Coper murals united for the first time after auction purchase
News Digest
- Pick of the Week: St Patrick’s relic rings out in electrotype
- Shannon’s Lady in a Black Hat inspired Augustus John
- News in brief including sale of banker Bernard Kelly's art collection
- Bid Barometer: issue 2675
- Precious metals prices: issue 2675
Auction Reports
- Birth tablets underline Lowestoft’s sense of belonging
- Lowestoft Cannon Ball beaker and cover blasts away estimate
- Dresser claret jug proved too pricey to produce in great number
- Sought-after Chronometer observed in West Sussex saleroom
- Crown pin cushion reputably made from royal dress material
- Different time and place can deliver a different result in this fickle world of auctions
- ART MARKET: Dealer duo the Hobarts set Irish eyes smiling
- Dod Procter 1920s works figure strongly in saleroom bidding battles
Books & Works On Paper
- Memoir tells tale of a man who backed settlements of free slaves
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, January 7-31, 2025
Previews
Collector Interview
Dealers’ Diary
- Portal to a secret past: Portrait miniatures can pack in plenty of hidden messages says specialist Emma Rutherford
- Five questions with art dealer Patrick Boyd-Carpenter
International
- Boivin necklace provenanced to pair of prominent socialites is the talk of New York
- How French king’s mistress concealed her pregnancy
- Moore bronze comes out of Manhattan
- Harry Houdini King of Cards poster had been collected by Yorkshireman spellbound by magic
- Handy for a bit of sharp practice at the card table
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
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