Print issue 2728 (31 January 2026)
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News
- Dealers outraged at report claiming benefits of the Ivory Act nearly four years on
- Has the UK’s Ivory Act encouraged other nations to follow suit?
- Edo period ivory netsuke to be sold after gaining ‘outstanding quality’ exemption
- Lorfords launches scheme to help dealers with rising storage costs
- Renowned critic Russell Taylor’s collection comes to auction
- Maybe not in Greenland, but American visitors are very welcome in Battersea
- Pharmacist’s fascinating look at his own life returns to home county
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Rare Mercury Cougar model sets record price for a single Matchbox vehicle
- Baldung drawing boasts remarkable provenance
- News in brief including a Claude Lorrain landscape being blocked from export
- Bid Barometer: issue 2728
- Precious metals prices: issue 2728
Auction Reports
- Anthropomorphic adulation: George Tinworth mice draw serious interest from collectors
- Barometer travelled to South Pole with successful Amundsen expedition
- Napoleon hailed as Caesar in sculpture form earns his laurels at £23,000
- Georgian candle wall lights survive to go electric on sale day
- Rare Aussie Matchbox bus bidding stops only at £9000
- Astronomy made accessible to enquiring minds thanks to orrery invention
- ART MARKET: Nash depicts sombre Somme scene
Books & Works On Paper
- Another magical Harry Potter result
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, January 28 to February 18, 2026
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- London specialist takes Nordic works to New York showcase
- Modern art specialist stages show of works by Jean Lurcat and Breon O’Casey
- Regal TV star spotted by eagle-eyed dealer
- Paris gallery G Sarti salutes its late founder
Fairs, Markets & Centres
- Monthly vintage market boosts antiques offering in Knutsford
- Judy feeds the soul with her ‘delightful’ vintage fairs
- Taste of ginger at Leeds hall
- ‘The organisers are very good and the buyers are lovely’
- Dealers take on fresh projects to keep antiques centres thriving
Life in the trade
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