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ContentsVOL 59 NO 9 MARCH 25
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PUZZLE PAGES THE SALE OF THE CONTENTS OF BODEN HALL MARC ALLUM
HE CONTENTS OF BODEN HALL MARC ALLUM
MARCH 2025
MARCH 2025
BOXING CLEVER
why a jewellery case is worth more than gemstones See page 41
SPECIAL REPORT
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EVENT How rivalry between the country’s ceramics makers fuelled the best designs in
Europe
Booty Call DISCOVER THE PIRATE MEMORABILIA MAKING
Booty Call BootyCall Booty DISCOVER THE PIRATE MEMORABILIA MAKING
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Lifting the lid on a rare German design from the 1500s
ALSO INSIDE A Regency table set to impress • Latest news l • Sale results ency table set to impress • Latest news l • Sale results
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REGULARS 3 Editor’s Welcome: Georgina Wroe introduces the March issue with an article on early-flowering bulbs lending it a spring feel
6 Antiques News: Four pages of the latest
“what’s ons” from the world of antiques and fine art, with a plethora of ideas of activities to take part in
10 Your Letters: One reader pleads for information on a Dutch bowl by the London retailer Liberty, while another plans to take part in a London auction
12 Around the H up includes an for a record-b The medals o premium sum
12 Around the Houses: The month’s round up includes an old beer can, which sold for a record-breaking price in America. The medals of a war hero also sell for a premium sum
16 Waxing Lyri furniture exp an extendin
16 Waxing Lyrical: English antique furniture expert David Harvey pulls apart an extending Regency table of magnificent proportions proportions by the maker Gillows
26 Saleroom collection o to 1900 goe Norfolk. W
26 Saleroom Spotlight 1: A single-owner collection of timepieces dating from 1500 to 1900 goes under the hammer in Norfolk. We go behind the scenes
29 In the Kno presenter presenter guitar fro mansion
29 In the Knowles: Antique expert and TV presenter Eric Knowles pays tribute to a guitar from John Lennon’s Berkshire mansion set to hit all the right notes
36 Puzzle Pages: Another quiz and crossword to put you through your paces, courtesy of our resident puzzles editor Peter Wade-Wright
38 Book Offers: Catch up on some reading with the latest titles from our sister publisher ACC Art Books and save more than a third on the RRP
41 Lots to Talk About: Ever wondered why jewellery valuers are so keen on boxes? Catherine Southon reveals all, as well as why even empty boxes are collectable to some
48 Saleroom Spotlight 2: The textile collection of Lady Ottoline Morrell – one of the most flamboyant members of the Bloomsbury Group goes under the hammer in Gloucester
56 Top of the Lots: A rare 16th-century pocket watch appears on the rostrum in Nantwich, while the contents of a magnificent Cheshire country house are offered in Essex
58 Fairs Calendar: Never miss another event both locally and around the UK with our guide to the best events
59 Fair News: Catch up with all the latest events this month, including the 40th London Original Print Fair and find out why Cotswold dealers are on the move
60 Auction Calendar: Discover who is selling what, where and when with our up-to-date listings from all of the UK’s major salerooms
66 Marc My Words: Another slice of life from the valuer, collector and BBC Antiques Roadshow expert Marc Aluum
FEATURES 18 Best Dresser: On the eve of a singleowner collection sale of his work, we put the forward-thinking designs of the pioneering maker Christopher Dresser in the spotlight, revealing how he turned his back on the overblown style of the Victorians for a modernist aesthetic
30 Natural Talent: The Suffolk artist John Morley is the latest in a long line of East Anglian plantsman artists. On the unveiling of a retrospective exhibition of his career, we consider the market for his work – often celebrating spring flowers
42 Great Danes: Elliot Todd, the author of a new book chronicling the history of two Danish ceramics manufactories, reveals how rivalry between the two influential makers led to some of the best designs in Europe
50 Booty Call: To mark the opening of a new exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, we take to the high seas to consider the golden age of piracy and the memorabilia it created – as well as the market for collectable literature on the swashbuckling subject
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