Print issue 2700 (05 July 2025)
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News
- ‘When dealers co-operate, great things can happen’
- Treasure House Fair exhibitors hail brisk early trade with series of sale successes
- Italy slashes VAT for art and antiques
- Stags once feared lost to the melting pot find their way back to their former home
- TEFAF pledges commitment to Maastricht venue as tough EU rules bite
- Bronze statues stolen from Wiltshire manor
- Dropped off in a bag at Oxfam, philosopher’s personally inscribed works sell for £13,000
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Pamphlets reveal longitude dispute
- Cape silver collection on sale in South Africa
- News in brief including a plea to find a stolen 18th century violin
- Bid Barometer: issue 2700
- Precious metals prices: issue 2700
Auction Reports
- Silver that tells many stories: the Peter Cameron collection comes to the saleroom
- Incredibly rare Hellenistic coin dies in sheikh's collection survived the centuries
- Aumbry cupboard for leftovers becomes first choice for bidders
- ART MARKET: John Nash brings in big Bucks with his countryside scenes
- Multi-talented Mortimer Menpes given a market test
Books & Works On Paper
- Norfolk auction includes big hitters offered with hugely different estimates
- Early Japanese sketches and photos reveal ‘the dress, manners, customs and country of the people’
- Books and works on paper auction calendar, July 2-21, 2025
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- Several firms placed in the frame
- Albert Amor doubles up for summer shows
- Drury showcase celebrates sculptor and his influences
International
- Hidden chest discovered during demolition of a medieval house revealed silver treasures
- Flemish Old Master generates great excitement in Frankfurt
- Carriage clock reaches astronomical height
- Enticing estimate for gold watch brings rapid exchange of bids
- Mask symbolises promise of protection to young boy
- Stereo viewer dances up to five figures
- Painting by follower of Hieronymus Bosch takes six-figure sum at auction
- Rather startled Batman from Japan appears in German auction
- Touch of French animalier magic at German auction
- Swiss collection includes a Cranach the Elder success
- Glowing example of Galle vase at German auction
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- Grandma’s Attic organises antiques marquee at county show for the first time
- Cobwebs cleared after 50 years
- Stately homes host car boots
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