Print issue 2696 (07 June 2025)
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News
- V&A offshoot opens with ‘order an object’ service
- Simms joins Tetbury firm
- Rimbault clock bid to five times estimate at Dutch sale
- Grosvenor School print stolen 30 years ago in Vancouver recovered in London
- Surrender of Seringapatam sets new Singleton record at £1.7m
- Jellett horses gallop away to artist top spot
- Bloodstained gloves take $1.2m and set a record for Abraham Lincoln memorabilia
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Call in the cavalry for an Indian toy soldier at auction
- Moffitt monokini makes it a debut to remember
- News in brief including a Chardin still-life heading to US museum
- Bid Barometer: issue 2696
- Precious metals prices: issue 2696
Feature
- Jewellery: The Jean-Pierre Cornille collection of Christian Dior creates a costume drama
- Story of the formidable goldsmith Sybil Dunlop
- Rings that come with emotional messages
- Necklace boosted by a fascinating backstory
- Sapphire ring soars to Irish highest price for jewellery at auction
- Feather brooch finds new owner after five-minute bidding battle
- Feel blue but buoyant thanks to Cartier design
- Parure produced in Princes Street Edinburgh sells well south of the border
- Grasshopper ring bound to attract attention as a Tudor gift
- Spectacular Cartier on offer includes tiara with Astor provenance
Auction Reports
- Extinct species skeleton brings £17,000 result
- Fossils feature strongly at Parnham Park house sale
- Shanghai municipal medal shoots past estimate in a popular collecting market
- Lilliput robot strides up to a big result
- Mod Brit big names bring bidders into the six-figure auction action
- East Anglian focus takes advantage of established market
Books & Works On Paper
- Bountiful selection to explore in Chicago saleroom includes accounts of famous mutiny
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, June 4-20, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Firsts book fair organiser delighted by the number of international buyers
- Harrogate fair lines up a Loiseau among attractions
- Five questions with art dealer Xander Haveron-Jones
International
- Auctions cover royalty at Versailles and empire at Fontainebleau
- Toulouse-Lautrec preparatory study comes to auction
- Research revealed how Louis XIV mirror reflected the Armand look
- Touch of Finland taken to Manhattan comes to auction
- ‘Deeply moving’ Ribera work went from shed to saleroom
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Follow the Petworth path for art and antiques trail
- Community cornerstone: antiques and vintage shop opened by dealers in Scotland
- Gloucester antiques centre’s historic home given a makeover
Backpage
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