Print issue 2739 (18 April 2026)
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News
- Fresh chapter: rare book fair takes place this summer in Dublin thanks to new organisers
- Second watch said to have been found on body of Titanic victim John Jacob Astor emerges at auction
- John Bly at 135 years old and 300 years since Benjamin Franklin first appeared in London
- Signed Martin Luther King book strides away with a healthy result for Oxfam
- Unseen Miró works discovered in Nice head to auction
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Mickey and Minnie get on their bike to a German auction
- Alice in slumberland: bed once belonging to Alice Liddell comes to auction
- News in brief including a plea to help locate a group of Coalbrookdale benches
- Bid Barometer: issue 2739
- Precious metals prices: issue 2739
Auction Reports
- Arts & Crafts northern exposure: woodwork made in Cumbria and Yorkshire – auctioned in Cumbria and Yorkshire
- Chinese cushion cover came from British military source
- Item revealed to be not a stool but a headrest puts in a spirited performance at auction
- Pocket globes put the world to rights
- ART MARKET: Battle of the bookcase Old Master
- Gallery visit showcased in art sells at auction house after international bidding contest
- ‘Second Lady’ in style of Lely takes first place in price terms (1)
Books & Works On Paper
- The trick is to keep it original when it comes to magical content
- Ehret record price grows as magnolia blossoms in the US
- Hemingway’s fishing flag of triumph reels in $170,000
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, April 15-30, 2026
Previews
Dealers’ diary
- CADA London report: ‘A great fair – where else would you rather be?’
- Bumper selection of jewellery on offer at Birmingham event
- LAPADA fair bookings on the rise
International
- SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town connects the world
- Market that relies on a stand-out selection of South African Modernists such as sought-after Stern
- Corkscrews and much more in a town surrounded by vineyards
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- First a mine, now the vaults
- Beccles billing
- French brocante in an Essex house
- Sea Kist sails into the sunset
Letters & Opinion
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