Print issue 2713 (11 October 2025)
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News
- The Winter Olympia fair 2025 edition is cancelled
- ‘Italian Old Master’ takes £685,000 in Oxfordshire
- Azca Auctions announces new team after directors depart
- Gun owned by ‘Rifle Queen’ Annie Oakley all set to be targeted by collectors
- Three rare booksellers create New York ‘hub’
- Edward VI returns in portrait form to his Hampton Court birthplace
- Back-stories boost early successes at the Battersea fair
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Fern foundations of photography
- Henry Moore captures fellow sculptor in chalk form
- News in brief including the upcoming auction of Syrie Maugham's collection
- Bid Barometer: issue 2713
- Precious metals prices: issue 2713
Auction Reports
- Not for tourists: Carved wooden stool was intended for Polynesian high society rather than the newcomers
- Huge amount of pre-sale interest prompts extra spear research
- How Gillows gives stamp of authority to furniture
- Crumbs… biscuit tin takes £5200
- Dunhill brings flame and fortune
- Danish delights: Romantic landscape attracts highest UK auction price for 19th century painter
- Daubigny moonlight view in the spotlight
Books & Works On Paper
- Sale of stand-out limited edition works puts renowned illustrator Rackham in the picture
- Dust jacket helps Golding classic to fly at auction
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, October 7-28, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Frieze Masters preview: Focus on first of famous six wives
- Cheshire fair still going strong as others disappear
- Angolan chair provides new angle on Regency
- Dealer Nimbus Antiques to stage retirement sale at Bamfords
- Everybody needs good neighbours, including sculpture specialists
- Tempest blows in to Kensington's Reindeer Antiques
International
- Former owner reunited with his prized panels
- Liotard history painting is a real rarity
- Naval action engraving sold ‘with the wind at our backs’
- Aronson sets the scene for a surprise dramatic bids battle
- Hitchcock sketch presented at auction
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Parking price hike puts a stop to long-standing Bournemouth fair
- Former pub and post office in Shropshire becomes vintage and retro shop
- Flea markets double up in two towns
Backpage
- A lawyer writes: The inclusion of strict conditions can rebound on those who impose them
- Disputed bids: auctioneers’ discretion has been tested in court
- Letter: That’s a commendable Carlton Ware price but not a record – we set that back in 2000
- Letter: ‘Scottish’ miser’s snuff box comes from the Baltic
- Teapots galore served in sale
Cover - Issue 2713