Print issue 2720 (29 November 2025)
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News
- Klimt portrait clinches new high in history of Sotheby’s
- BADA launches fair at Rutland hotel venue
- Carter and Oliver pack a £42,000 auction punch
- East Sussex auction house Wallis and Wallis relaunched by long-standing staff members
- Export bar placed on sculpture with scandalous sitter
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Tattoo pioneer got to the point
- George III parquetry box with 72 wood specimens offered at Dreweatts
- News in brief including Cook Islands pole clubs discovery
- Bid Barometer: issue 2720
- Precious metals prices: issue 2720
Feature
- WATCHES: Swiss and German highlights from a busy time for specialist auctions
- Jean Rousseau’s £62,000 tulip bud
- Early example of Explorer black dial boosts demand
- Courvoisier portrait watches produced for Ottoman market
- Watches that won the Battle of Trafalgar
- A Seamaster fit for a civilian
Auction Reports
- Big prices paid in transfer market: a Wimpy, Letraset and Star Wars poster promotion
- Wheel progress in price terms
- ‘The one that got away’ from dolls' house expert Vivien Greene
- German motorbike riding high out of the saleroom
- Tethered model cars take a turn on racetrack and rostrum
- Tractor with bidder pulling power
- French automaton tea drinker rises from a jar to take a sip
- ART MARKET: Scottish soldiers march onwards
- Lynch images of a rural idyll impress in Dorset sale
- John Minton fishing scenes net strong four-figure prices
Books & Works On Paper
- On a winner in the saleroom with lots relating to Nobel Prizes
- Elkanah Settle’s heartfelt, personal tribute to (insert name here)
- Rackham’s artistic vision of Wagner musical work
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, November 25 to December 10, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Edward Lear thrust into the spotlight
- TEFAF announces expanded show sections to meet demand
- Festive season exhibition focuses on works from the South Seas
- English baron revealed to be the mystery portrait sitter
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
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