Print issue 2740 (25 April 2026)
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News
- Turning the tables on Victorian furniture: Trollope's exhibition quality example takes five-figure sum
- Tudor detecting find heads to museum with dealer’s help
- Walpole’s first ‘seal’ salver found in New York comes to auction
- Tributes paid to Asian art dealer Michael Goedhuis
- Mod Brit picture rediscovered in charity shop sells via Scottish dealer
- Portraits to remember: Romney and Raeburn works
- Florence Nightingale opines on the first Geneva Convention
- New Paris museum devoted to Grand Siecle adds science to core collection
- Eastward Ho! study sets off to army museum
News Digest
- Pick of the week: A barnstorming tale of murder most foul attracts bidders at Essex auction
- Iznik pottery from two pioneer British collections returns to auction
- News in brief including Pierre Berge & Associes acquired by Millon
- Bid Barometer: issue 2740
- Precious metals prices: issue 2740
Feature
- ROYAL MEMORABILIA: Furniture and snuffbox benefit from a bit of regal assistance
- Mollie of Sydenham became a valued member of Hartnell’s team making sumptuous royal fashion
- Splendour of Plender: robes and coronets
- Mug up on coronation dates
- Carpet at Christie’s lay under notable personages
- Chorister commended by Elizabeth II
- Henry VIII letter protesting against French 'piracy' sells above estimate
Auction Reports
- ART MARKET: Record price shows another Rossetti could be on the rise
- The best genre art generates big prices
- Why artist Joseph Southall chose to go to work on an egg
Books & Works On Paper
- Vera Russell collection: A window into the world of art
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, April 22-May 13, 2026
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Prolific John Piper in demand in galleries and at auction
- Ben Nicholson was proud of his primitive taste
- Manhattan’s Schoelkopf Gallery focus on collector Robert A Ellison
- Nansen’s book travelled to South Pole with Amundsen
International
- German industrialist's collection of bronzes shine at auction
- More celebrations for de Caullery
- Criticism of father of Art Nouveau taken with pinch of salt
- Strong contest for Arita vase Augustus admired
- Threshing out a deal for the rarest tin play toys
- Cypher machine takes more than eight-times estimate at German auction
- Davy medal emerges in German sale
- Arms of Prussia Chinese export tureen emerges at Lempertz sale
- 'Prismatic Cubism' painting by Romanian artist to be offered in Germany
- Three Old Masters come to auction with a direct link to Augustus the Strong
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- An event that borders on the inspirational
- Antiques fair is a surprise success in Orkney
- New antiques market adds to the buzz in Ledbury
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