Print issue 2698 (21 June 2025)
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News
- ‘Keep calm’ say experts as dealer Ojiri goes to jail
- A lawyer writes: anti-money laundering legislation and the Ojiri case
- Two Bullock desks sell at auction on same sale day
- Dealer and restorer sentenced after fake furniture scandal
- Louis Vuitton ‘Explorer trunk’ used as toolbox makes 260 times estimate
- Sim’s rediscovered George Eliot portrait goes on display in the author’s home town
- Magnificent Iznik tile takes £195,000 price at auction
- Spitalfields Market receives a Royal visit
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Gunter helped to rule the waves
- Early doll coming to auction could be a royal memento gift
- News in brief including Unique Auctions' founder retiring after six decades
- Bid Barometer: issue 2698
- Precious metals prices: issue 2698
Auction Reports
- Scimitar ‘presented by Napoleon’ stars in London specialist sale
- ART MARKET: Largest Tirzah Garwood group to emerge in one go sets a test of the market
Feature
- ARMS AND ARMOUR: The blades of glory
- Brace yourselves for Brooker Part 2 at Olympia Auctions
- Pair of pistols was ‘given to duke as diplomatic gift’
- Cannon combines naval technology with aristocratic flair
- Sikh dome helmet designed to fit distinctive hair
- Armour of the winged warriors who saved Vienna
- Prussian guards helmet now on parade in the US
- Dashing cavalry helmet owned by a John Trotter
- Helmet high achievers at Sussex auction
Books & Works On Paper
- Hans up for sale then knocked down
- Illustrator also provides a 007 cover story
- Persian version of Voltaire’s Peter the Great sells at £14,000
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, June 18 to July 2, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- ‘We meet great people and we have a great team around us’
- Two centuries of British works take over two whole floors of Ongpin’s gallery
International
- Life’s rich tapestries: French silk and wool examples outperform estimates
- Oh dear, I missed a couple of ‘0’s: musical box sings at US auction
- May Morris embroidery sold in Chicago covers the wishes of a diehard Anglophile
- Vendor very much smiling at that price
- The ‘Mignon’ who eventually married Rodin
- Ox netsuke pulls in the bidders
- Ruhlmann chandelier caught the attention at a French fishing club
- Watchmaker Patek Philippe and jeweller Tiffany collaborated on timepieces
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Book fairs: New event fills a north-west hole
- Good news for fleamarket visitors devoted to finding bargains
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