Print issue 2764 (17 October 2026)
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News
- Big record for a tiny picture as rediscovered work by Gertrude Abercrombie brings demand
- Lalique Museum announces reopening after €4.5m theft
- Edward III leopard coin leaps out from suburban home to take £70,000
- ‘World’s first cigarette card’ lights up auction
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Märklin ship sparks an electric shock result at auction
- Irish sale to be staged 'on the premises' at Georgian house
- News in brief including a museum acquiring a rare piece of American silver
- Bid Barometer: issue 2764
- Precious metals prices: issue 2764
Feature
- Ceramics: Sale stands as a fitting testimony to discerning taste of the Ducrets, father and son
- Notable rarities on offer in sale dedicated to Lowestoft products
- Titanic link lifts saucers to five figures
- Wedgwood pieces painted by Powell on offer in Gloucestershire
- New Year sale format devised to avoid grouping lower-value pieces into large lots
Auction Reports
- Safety lamps lead the way at sale of extensive collection with a mining theme
- Britannia Standard silver service survives as a whole
- Novelty silver pin cushions record broken twice in same sale
- Dodo bones rise from swamp
- Lock of hair said to be from Henry VIII’s sixth wife
Art Market
- Mystery work with hint of van Dyck makes £52,000
- Mediterranean scenes by Schranz and Lear in demand at Woolley & Wallis
- Singer Sargent and sister Emily both in the spotlight
Books & Works On Paper
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Lockdown opened an opportunity for a young art and antiques dealer
- Time waits for no-one... but it can be shuffled around
- Artist who influenced Basquiat given UK show
- Overlooked still-life art earns its own showcase
International Events
- From the railway platform to the auction room: station collectables are snapped up at German auction
- Replica calculator adds up to a €50,000 auction sum
- Hildebrandt picture inspired by Brazil triples estimate
- Bidders Ruysch in to buy rare work by 17th century woman artist
- Belgian designer and architect's Weimar designs come to German auction
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- TV hit Celebrity Traitors boosts business for local antiques emporium
- Two art dealers from Suffolk and London put on a pop-up show
- Truro market moves from quay to cathedral spot
- Chiswick event includes duo benefiting from family value
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