Print issue 2708 (06 September 2025)
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News
- Newcomers to LAPADA event endorse fairs as vital sales channel
- The £1.2m Baird Casket finds a UK home in private collection and stars in new book
- Pick of the week: Royal Doulton stoneware dragon vase sets a house record for Devon saleroom
- Magistrate holds court in new saleroom set up for petroliana and advertising auctions
- Dealer sells Spilliaert self-portrait to Chicago art institute
- Two more Kashmir sapphires now discovered by Dublin jewellery specialist
News Digest
- Snuffbox said thanks for shipwreck rescue
- News in brief including decorative arts specialist Michael Jeffery joining Kinghams
- Bid Barometer: issue 2708
- Precious metals prices: issue 2708
Feature
- CLOCKS AND WATCHES: Guilmet creations bring art and industry to design
- Watch salutes a seaplane long-distance record
- Vulliamy bracket clock triples estimate in Dorset
- The mass-produced waterproof watch before Rolex got there
- Shackleton and Buffalo Bill show how name association will boost watch value
- Finnemore’s collection up for auction includes rare barometer house clearance find
Auction Reports
- Personal messages play huge part in John Peel record collection prices
- Jukebox became a space-age design classic
- Buyer goes nuts about engineering trade display case
- How to get ahead in advertising: huge single-owner collection brings a packed saleroom
- ART MARKET: Buyers dig deep for Ganz sketches of a disappearing Welsh mining world
- Pair of Harris river scenes create traditional landscape temptation
Books & Works On Paper
- Hooke's Micrographica looked at in detail by US bidders
- Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Indian constitution provide varied highlights at New Jersey auction
- Auction lot adds to Strauss knowledge
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, September 2-21, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Modern British art on offer at Chelsea fair includes painting that hints at a turbulent relationship
- Crane Kalman Gallery’s Lowry links
- Panoramic romantic rural scenes produced as a pair stay together for sale
- Antiques grace elegant room sets in dealers' tie-up
- Koopman jewellery strong enough to ‘go it alone’
International
- Backstory boosts simple silver snuffbox at US auction
- Furniture showcases Rohlfs’ talent once again
- Details elevate Linke commode to a different level
- George III mirrors till together after more than 200 years
- Paintings give a glimpse of early Macao shoreline
- Portrait of 'the most important Jewish painter in England' brings bidders to Schultz
- Arts and Crafts sunflower andirons in hot demand
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Dealer trio revive Wilton event
- Centre hit by thieves closes but hopes to reopen soon
- Etc Fairs finds new venue in Bloomsbury
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