Print issue 2768 (14 November 2026)
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News
- Silver dealer vows to keep trading despite theft of entire stock
- Organiser of Bermondsey, Newmarket and Kensington events now adds Wembley
- British views of India buoyant in salerooms
- Thanks for the mammaries: one of the Marie-Antoinette ‘breast’ cups resurfaces
- Hawley’s toasts move to former pub that brings everything under one roof
- Dealer ‘discovers lost original’ of Wilkie’s The Gipsy Mother
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Tip-top price for rare truncheon at auction
- Cecil Beaton vase bought in 1950s comes to auction
- News in Brief including a theft at the latest LAPADA Fair
- Bid Barometer: issue 2768
- Precious metals prices: issue 2768
Feature
- ARMS AND ARMOUR: Missillier marvels reflect taste of a market master
- Sporting gun ‘presented by Napoleon’ leads the field in a single-owner collection
- Volley good show as another Nock gun appears
- Farsi’s Islamic arms and armour treasures take centre stage in London auction
Auction Reports
- Fab Four continue to thrill: recent sales from autographs and records to a front door key and fridge
- Rock memorabilia lot to leave you thunderstruck
- The £180,000 symbol of George Michael going solo
- Missing original cover artwork for seminal Yes album reappears
Art Market
- Once looked down on, now later works by Simeon Solomon prove popular
- Tuke found ‘truly enchanted spot’ for privacy
Books & Works On Paper
- Journal of British soldier describing bloody defeat in India turns up in Virginia
- Modern firsts drive high prices for celebrated works of 20th century fiction
- Updated narrative tells story of abolitionist Sojourner Truth
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, November 11 to December 2, 2026
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
International Events
- Show-stopper of a Gorham vase might be a work intended to impress at a world’s fair
- Old Master drawings draw in five-figure prices over two days
- Pioneering female artisan designed Federal period clock
- ‘Exceptional’ Chinese lots light up US auctions
- Well-known Turner watercolour back at auction
- Eddi Van Auken walking sticks and canes set a fast sale pace
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Eastleigh spearheads success for Grandma’s Attic Fairs
- Ties no longer old school and back as all the rage
- City boasts football, culture and antiques attractions
Backpage
- A lawyer writes: Why the prospect of legal action over potential sale of politician’s letters proved too risky
- Great and good of the art market celebrate BAMF's 30th anniversary
- Obituary: Collector and antiques expert Geoffrey Bond (1939-2026)
- Asian Art in London: Party time to sing praises of participants
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