Print issue 2754 (01 August 2026)
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News
- Auctioneer wins lengthy battle over Ivory Act exemption
- TEFAF success revealed as Paris museum shells out for Linke table from UK dealer
- Shops and centres braced for business rate changes and confusion as new rules kick in
- Hillary account of the conquest of Everest was ‘written for Times newspaper scoop’
- Antiquities and coin specialist Richard Falkiner dies
- Cultural goods import regime: EU is failing in its aims, says leading lawyer
- Joan Warburton works sold and donated to art society as auction record also set
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Pleased as punch with Gorham Martele silver bowl
- Pitman mixed collection follows pictures auction
- News in brief including an auction record for a dinosaur fossil
- Bid Barometer: issue 2754
- Precious metals prices: issue 2754
Feature
Auction Reports
- Anglo-Indian silver in strong shape
- ‘Balloon-mania’ blows in to Welsh saleroom
- Cheap and cheerful White Star Line souvenir now worth £1600 at auction
- Taxidermist Walter Potter became animated by anthropomorphic topics
- Roman mosaic panels roam to London saleroom via Austria
Price Reporter
Art Market
- Old Masters find their moments
- Dealer Ongpin hails 17th century Italian drawing as one of the finest
- Gainsborough works reveal their face value
- Raeburn naval work slipped through net
- Peake takes highest price with Elizabethan portrait
Books & Works On Paper
- EH Shepard with wind in his sails not Winnie
- Brahms manuscript radiates pure energy to excite bidders
- Mozart memorabilia flies to 10 times the estimate
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, July 28 to August 15, 2026
Previews
Interview
Dealers' Diary
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
Backpage
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