Print issue 2717 (08 November 2025)

News

• Indian art market hits new heights
• Getty museum buys ancient Greek ring at London auction
• Appliance of science: pocket microscope flies to 10 times estimate in Edinburgh auction
• LAPADA fair celebrates Art Deco anniversary
• Rediscovered Ravilious and Garwood woodblocks secured by two museums
• Young nobleman revealed to be by Goya not French school
• Tiger hunt, Gujarat charger and box by Kyoto craftsman take the top honours

News Digest

• Pick of the week: Howzat for a Segal toy rarity
• Spotted kiwi and kakapo preserved for posterity at Norfolk auction
• News in brief including a Salvador Dalí discovered in a house clearance
• Bid Barometer: issue 2717
• Precious metals prices: issue 2717

Auction Reports

• Chinese export Bantam work cabinet weighs in at auction
• Bed first made c.1580 hailed as ‘most original for years’
• Lawyer’s vase ruled to be worth 1000 times estimate
• Basket picked out from Vincennes Louis XV service
• ART MARKET: Georgian rectory’s modern appeal
• Percy Kelly record hit again in Cumbria

Books & Works On Paper

• Wars of the Roses bidding battle breaks out for famous Paston Letters lot
• ‘Dying Earth’ novel The Night Land lives on in collecting world
• Signed Le Petit Prince is particularly special copy
• Books and works on paper auction calendar, November 5-21, 2025

Previews

• Previews: issue 2717

Collector Interview

• Staffordshire figures collector Kirkland Tellwright: ‘I buy what I like and that’s enough focus for me’

Dealers’ Diary

• Frieze Masters tests cross examination
• London calling: a look at current dealer exhibitions
• Classic event back in Birmingham after summer hiatus
• Five questions with Jacob Markies
• Bear ready to make a refreshing change in Harrogate
• Massive music machine stands out in East Anglia

International

• Candelabra custom-built for the Vanderbilts
• One day in American salerooms, two lots of coveted European chairs
• Kosler's merchants tempt a six-figure bid
• Meiji crafts attracted a worldwide following
• Tiffany vase enamelled in Stourbridge period
• Portrait by Mathilde, Princess Bonaparte makes a record sum

Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres

• Double the opportunity to sell at Saltaire fair

Life in the trade

• ‘There was no warning, my boss just told me to take over the rostrum’

Backpage

• Smashed glasses, flamboyant scarf: more fond memories of James Brett
• Honours even in golf clash
• Volvo Estate for sale: The workhorse of the trade