Print issue 2686 (29 March 2025)
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News
- Auction house Gorringe’s back under family control
- Coffee pot plundered from burning White House makes five times estimate in Tetbury
- Latest Constable sketch to make its mark in the regions bursts through estimate
- Early Klimt African prince portrait stars in Maastricht
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Gloves ‘given by Charles II’
- JPR Williams shirt from rugby classic on offer
- News in brief including a rediscovered Emil Nolde picture selling in Shropshire
- Bid Barometer: issue 2686
- Precious metals prices: issue 2686
Feature
- TOYS & COLLECTABLES: Mickey Mouse figure from the early days of Disney marketing
- Very special Corgi James Bond submersible car surfaces
- Do the Locomotion with C&T
- Liner lined up as part of Bassett-Lowke model boats collection coming up at auction
- Original carrying case contains early Barbie and her little sister
- Traditional German toy soldiers on the march in Berkshire
- Lehmann Lo and Li on a high at fives times the low estimate
- Triang Minic LMS railway van delivers a strong result at auction
Auction Reports
- Medal marks the unpopular royal marriage of Mary and Philip
- Waste material turned into ashtray not to ashes
- Carafe inscription reveals connection to the Kit Kat Club
- Dickensian world of blacking brought back to mind by stoneware bottle
- ART MARKET: Jersey view takes top Blampied spot
- Pulling your leg No, it really is a portrait with no body
Books & Works On Paper
- Nice little earner: Wealth of Nations generates double the low estimate
- Football programme recalls friendly match called off amid febrile atmosphere
- Bees create a buzz in the 17th century
- Einstein signature and date teaches a lesson on value
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, March 25 to April 10, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
International
- Top British honours shine in Viennese auction
- Good bit of monkey money business
- Mona Lisa 'taken as tourist souvenir'
- Masterful Gruber stained glass stands out
- Classic Sengantini mountain view climbs to €150,000 hammer price
- Zsolnay snakes in with a jardiniere
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Lockdown event still going strong
- Classic car boot roaring ahead at regular venue
- Derbyshire centre set to close with costs blamed
Fair Report
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