Print issue 2703 (26 July 2025)
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News
- Implications of EU cultural property laws ‘appear grim’ says dealers association
- Fouquet-Mucha brooch: Giants of Art Nouveau reunited in Southend
- Baggott sale brings ‘most comprehensive collection of York silver to market’
- Kent council sells prints from loans scheme through Sworders
- Christie’s results ‘on par with 2024’ in first half of 2025
- Memories of the North: Robert Jobling pictures come to auction
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Last of the Spencer collection reunites Stanley and Hilda
- Somerset collection tells perambulator history
- News in brief including Sotheran’s hit by website cloning
- Bid Barometer: issue 2703
- Precious metals prices: issue 2703
Feature
- Spencer Perceval in memorium: mourning ring among jewels auction highlights
- Dior brooch chimes again, this time at Birmingham auction
- ‘At the height of Cartier’s creative prowess’
- Van Cleef and Arpels bracelet flies to 14 times estimate
- ‘Antiques Roadshow’ brooch comes to south London saleroom
- Antique jewellery: Buying trends across a buoyant market
- Why Child and Child was the artist’s choice
- Elizabethan grasshopper ring jumps to £42,000
Auction Reports
- ‘What am I bid for… my own lots?’ Toys sale includes Bunny Campione's bunnies
- Pre-20th century dolls delight today’s collectors
- ART MARKET: Canaletto allows for positive view of the London Old Master series
- A second look at Feigen favourites
- Positive faces helped by primary provenance at Bonhams
- Top 10 Old Masters sold at auction
Books & Works On Paper
- Quaker connections outlined in a fascinating collection sold at auction
- The Left Bank with dust jacket is just right for buyer
- CS Lewis sleeper reveals Malvern and Moore link
- The Waste Land – as typeset by Woolf
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, July 23 to August 19, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Ex-auction specialists champion traditional art in august St James’s
- Timely sales as Treasure House looks to put down roots
International
- Schlemmer estate opens up market after bitter legal dispute
- Savery’s animal kingdom awakened in Stuttgart
- Miniature portrait of Egyptian scholar bid to 20 times estimate
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Record-breaking Birkin points to bags of potential in vintage accessories market
- Button up for Blackdog’s roster of East Anglian brocante fairs
Backpage
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