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News
- Michael Baggott silver collection comes to auction
- Anglo-Saxon panel to stay in UK after crowdfunding
- Swiss-based collection gives worldwide access to Chinese map of ‘all under Heaven’
- Treasure House Fair exhibitors bring wow factor to interior designer’s installation
- Dealer makes another US museum sale
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Eagle-eyed bidders spot an Art Deco delight at Italian auction
- 'UK's largest private collection of antique apothecary objects' comes to auction
- News in brief including a plea to save a Hepworth sculpture for the nation
- Bid Barometer: issue 2697
- Precious metals prices: issue 2697
Feature
- SILVER: York items set to shine in the Michael Baggott collection
- Birmingham silver ‘toys’ played with practical objects
- Embassy Tableware served as symbol of British pride
- Silver gorilla evolves to double estimate sum
- Light shed on the Arctic
- A selection of splendid cigarette cases
- Spoon that survived War of the Roses bid over three times estimate
Auction Reports
- Posters show how bands graduated from uni gigs to much bigger stages
- Prof Zacron-Robert Drew was drawn in by British art exhibition posters
- Nirvana: in front of 700 in Bristol
- The ‘Holy Grail’ record sleeve with nothing inside
- Sharp shakes up Bob Dylan as Mr Tambourine Man including a poster proof version
- Tens of thousands of records collected over more than 60 years come to auction
- John Bonham drumhead saved from bonfire (but not Alice Cooper guillotine)
- ART MARKET: High expectations means bidders thin on the ground for Saunders Old Master collection
- A work by Lusurier, who died aged just 29, makes rare saleroom appearance
- Modern and Contemporary art auctions hit difficulties
Books & Works On Paper
- Games play their part in Essex sale
- Former rectory supplies library of religious works
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, June 11-28, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
International
- Noke plaques take pride of place at US auction
- Relatively small size brings big benefit to longcase
- Orrefors glass returns to Swedish origin after US sale
- Andreu work sells at long last
- Forever blowing bubbles: 19th century picture floats into US auction
- Furious bidding for equestrian painting at US auction
- Classic works at auction by ‘the first significant British painter of nudes and still-lifes’
- Lavery sketch identified as study for The Amazon
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- ‘Running soap opera’ of Church Street ready to entertain buyers
- Dealer seeking a mooring in Cornwall
- Premier Fairs launches Penshurst event
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