Print issue 2676 (18 January 2025)
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News
- EBay brings in buyer’s fees on all sales
- Old Master flagship sale to be Sotheby’s last with ‘simplified’ fee
- Ashbee peacock necklace struts its stuff
- Near-total ban on scrimshaw and narwhal tusk looms
- Hats off and raise a toast to Brown Derby beer can buyer who paid a record $80,000
News Digest
- Pick of the Week: An incentive to stay in Canada
- Winnie the Pooh archive offers a 'unique opportunity' for collectors
- News in brief including a record annual total for Heritage Auctions
- Bid Barometer: issue 2676
- Precious metals prices: issue 2676
Auction Reports
- Confident bidders compete for gem ‘believed to be Marlborough Antinous’
- Estimate-buster: Roman marble sells at three times the top guide
- Thunderbirds are going, going, gone at auction
- American touches catch the eye as German toy loco steams into sale
- Grendey style shines through as English walnut chairs bring demand
- Wartime Mouseman shows ‘striking’ colour contrast to Seventies pieces
- Suffragette scarf rarity motors to £7500
- The home decorated to luxury liner standard
- ART MARKET: Architectural drawings treasure trove helps to build optimism
Books & Works On Paper
- Extraordinary English bird book tops estimate in Ireland
- Early football memorabilia hits the spot
- Frankenstein comes to the stage
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, January 15-February 2, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
International
- Hodler captures the light of Lake Geneva – 18 times in total
- Sharp competition for Viking relic making rare appearance
- Schongauer shows a crozier
- Wakey wakey with an alarm clock run on gunpowder
- Pissarro’s medical bills covered by picture payment plan
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
