Print issue 2716 (01 November 2025)
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News
- Bonhams sold to new owner and sweeping management changes made
- Dunhill lighter fuels £19,000 ‘record’ price
- Hanson recruits whole Norfolk auction team
- Christie’s holds first Chinese sale in London for five years
- ‘Victorian replica’ unveiled as original Wolsey coat of arms
- Second auction slice of Baggott silver brings white-glove result
- Army museum reveals identity of mystery black bandsman with a Waterloo Medal
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Medals mark a great occasion
- Auctioneer steps up to return stolen shoes
- News in brief including Christie's higher Modern British total after buyer’s premium change
- Bid Barometer: issue 2716
- Precious metals prices: issue 2716
Auction Reports
- Inscription suggests French watch was ‘Waterloo spoil of war’
- Rolex joined the Kew for quality marking
- Sundials stayed in the spotlight for surprisingly long time
- Price Reporter: issue 2716
- Harry Clarke: Stained glass but so much more
- Drawings lifted by Constable and van Dyck connections
Books & Works On Paper
- Timely transatlantic battle fought for British and Spanish works
- Cabinet card tells tale of a US legal first
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, October 29-November 17, 2025
Previews
Feature
- ASIAN ART: Strength and excellence as cream of the crop comes to the capital
- Which one gets your vote? This year's Asian Art in London award nominees revealed
- Chinese art in London: A selection of auction previews
- Japanese art in London: A selection of auction previews
- Indian and Islamic auction previews
- Asian Art in London 2025 – maps
Dealers’ Diary
- Battersea Decorative fair: Strong collar to pound exchange rate
- ‘I threw in the shipping… not sure that was wise’
- Young guns aim to succeed in the art and antiques world
- Traders who answered a call to arms
International
- Archibald Knox classic clock makes 15 times estimate in Berlin
- Painting extols virtues of pies and playing cards
- Spanish sign amazes at €180,000 hammer
- Falling upwards: the chance to buy a rare horological survivor
- Courvoisier watch with royal speciality shows a sultan
- Double mazer goblet grabs the attention
- Female ceramics designer shone in Copenhagen
- Modersohn-Becker self-portrait was bought by Bauer
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Centre closes in Northampton but owners launch antiques shop
- Album and much more at ephemera fair
- Italian coffee pots at Midcentury Modern Fair
Life in the trade
Backpage
- A lawyer writes: Coping with the new EU rules on importing cultural goods – how is it going in practice?
- Letter: Can anyone help trace this bust I believe to be an intriguing baron?
- Letter: Smart work from our readers reveals more artist information
- Obituary: Antiques dealer James Francis Brett (1943-2025)
- ‘He rapidly became one of my best customers and closest friends’
- James Brett: ‘Legend of the trade’
Cover - Issue 2716