Print issue 2751 (11 July 2026)

News

• Wuthering Heights hits a record high at £950,000
• Miniature work but a massive result at Treasure House Fair
• The Waterloo Elm survives in furniture form
• Hamilton Laocoon full of life in the ‘classic art’ sales

News Digest

• Pick of the week: Worth a journey from Valletta...
• The most powerful man in the auction universe
• News in brief including recovered Keats letters selling at Sotheby's
• Bid Barometer: issue 2751
• Precious metals prices: issue 2751

Auction Reports

• Morris designs inspired by museum visits are among highlights in bumper Gloucestershire sale
• William De Morgan ships come sailing in
• Martin Brothers birds at the double in salerooms

Art Market

• Cadell fans figure out the added appeal of this Scottish Colourist
• Striking sitter captures the attention in Brockhurst portrait
• A whisker away from destruction: Louis Wain works emerge from a skip

Books & Works On Paper

• The Glasgow slums revealed by a pioneering photographer
• Books and works on paper auction calendar, July 8-30, 2026

Previews

• Previews: issue 2751

Collector Interview

• Certificates that can create quite a bond… or a share

Dealers’ Diary

• The American dream, furnished in Europe
• Hill House comes home to Kensington

International

• Surreal successes in the US
• Leech jars provide a healthy showing at auction
• ‘Holy Grail’ Britains toy soldiers from 1893 achieve terrific price
• Perfume bottles bring aroma therapy

Fair Report

• Traders and buyers praise the atmosphere at Newmarket’s popular antiques fair

Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres

• Not tiresome at all for a book fest
• Southerners illuminated by the northern highlights