Print issue 2745 (30 May 2026)
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News
- Side table takes centre stage with a £26,000 bid
- Liberty’s antique rugs, carpets and textiles offering comes to an end
- Collection of renowned Christie’s auctioneer on offer
- Overseas visitors out in force at the Firsts rare book fair
- As one Oscar Wilde Oxford college photo sells in the UK, another is found in US library
- Pollock ‘drip’ painting drops into New York to set a record as top-end works sparkle
- Giambologna cast emerges at California auction
- HMRC launches ‘practical, engaging tool’ to help understand AML rules
News Digest
- Pick of the week: 19th century ‘Dandy Horse’ bicycle takes three times estimate at Sussex auction
- Maps made by the Balloonatics for sale
- News in brief including two staff members promoted to director roles at Woolley & Wallis
- Bid Barometer: issue 2745
- Precious metals prices: issue 2745
Feature – Arms & Armour
- A master of martial arts and expert in Japanese martial arms and culture
- Swedish lots shine in latest Brooker collection batch as bidders take to the timed sale format
- High quality from gunmaker to kings and a tsar
- Flintlock fuels a price way beyond estimate
- Lieutenant’s revolver finds new owner
- US buyers target British sporting guns
- Scottish connections count far south of the border
- From a collector obsessed by all things Tipu
Price Reporter
Art Market
- More artists say it with flowers
- Duncan Grant goes for a canine subject
- John Nash trees grow to £10,500
- Hallett harvest scene reaps a £5000 record result
Books & Works On Paper
- The first book devoted exclusively to Oman by Shaik Mansur aka Signor Maurizi
- Angelic figures, fiery content
- Books, maps and works on paper auctions, May 27 to June 17, 2026
Interview
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- BADA’s big thinking in Rutland
- Perridge builds on Bonhams and Kallos experience to start own firm
- How three family members followed on after Sargent
- Faces that appear from different eras of history
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- We are open to suggestions
- Volunteers step in to save event
- Back for the annual brocante in north Norfolk
- Time to increase the pocket money?
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