Print issue 2769 (21 November 2026)
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News
- Old Master sleeper hammers at £350,000 in Colchester
- Book dealers left smarting at unauthorised filming by influencers
- Court cancels sale of Pissarro landscape at London auction after restitution dispute
- Ravishing rococo: Louis XV soup tureen comes to market estimated at up to £6m
- Work by the ‘first modern landscape painter’ Altdorfer emerges from Swiss collection
- Private sale ahead of auction keeps ‘exceptional’ group of Modern British works in public ownership
- Dealer sells rediscovered Lewis picture to the British Museum
- Braune and Poole hand over the reins after nearly 30 years in charge
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Gift from one giant of 19th century natural history to another
- Hepworth maquette on offer in Cornish sale
- News in Brief including an export block for a bust of The Black Prince
- Bid Barometer: issue 2769
- Precious metals prices: issue 2769
Feature
- JEWELLERY: Grandmother’s £500,000 jewellery collection left hidden away at the top of the house
- Necklace underlines demand for fine period jewels
- Peace by day, parties by night
- Mother of pearl used en masse in a Dunhill and Namiki vanity case
- Intact necklace stands out as Grand Tour statement piece
- Jewellery by Knox and King shines in New Jersey
- Jewellery auction previews including two early portrait miniature rings
Auction Reports
- Rare Anzacs lead line-up of Our Gang wartime figures on parade in West Yorkshire
- Scottish gallows given new life when turned into a snuffbox souvenir
- Pioneering transatlantic biplane was stripped for mementos at crash site
- Ford Madox Brown inspired to make his own chair
- By Russian royal approval: How Charles and Christine of Harrogate became czarina’s godchildren Alix and Nicholas
Art Market
- Laura Knight letters and cards stand out in single-owner group
- Another Wallis work with attractive provenance appears in Penzance
- Wallpaper company ace also bought art to hang on his walls
Books & Works On Paper
- Four Rubaiyats in one auction
- Early photography book brings out the beauty of Indian architecture
- American’s ‘very rare’ take on Tahitian history
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, November 17 to December 3, 2026
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Eight dealer catalogues to peruse this autumn
- On the table in Birmingham
- Parading into a London show
International
- Korean jar that caught auctioneer's eye thanks to its 'perfectly imperfect' form
- Cigar Store figure stands out at auction
- Lock of hair from Grillparzer grips Berlin bidders
- Bidders from 16 countries compete for Mughal Indian miniature portrait
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- New events to prove their ‘worth’
- Timely read on navy role
- Love Fairs reports a good year with Detling ‘incredible’
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