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BUY THE BOOK: COLLECTING WORKS BY CHARLES DICKENS
101 ‘MYSTERY’ CLOCKS UNDER THE HAMMER UP STICKS THE BEAUTY OF PRIMITIVE WELSH CHAIRS
MEMORABILIA SPECIAL
100 YEARS OF PROHIBITION
Discovery the era’s best collectables
Italian style
A guide to the whimsical delights of Piero Fornasetti
COMING OUT OF LOCKDOWN NEWS & COMMENT EXCLUSIVE
WHAT THE AUCTION HOUSES ARE DOING TO PROTECT US
ALSO INSIDE Banknotes with Errors • Latest Book Offers • The UK’s Best Columnists
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54 Book Offers: Make the most of the remaining lockdown by getting stuck into a great book
56 Top of the Lots: More than 100
iconic Cartier mystery clocks are up for sale in July
58 Saleroom Spotlight: A single owner collection of banknotes with errors just might spark a new collecting obsession
61 Auction Calendar: With the lockdown starting to lift, auctions are back with a vengeance
REGULARS 3 Editor’s Hello: Georgina Wroe introduces the summer double issue
6 Antique News: All the latest in the time of Covid-19 from the world of fine art and antiques
10 Around the Houses: While the sales may be online they are still producing some cracking results. We review the best of the bunch
13 Market Report: How will the ‘new normal’ affect auctions as we used to know them?
20 Waxing Lyrical: With some elbow grease and persistence, David Harvey reinvigorates a walnut escritoire
22 Subscription Offer: Save 50 per cent on the annual subscription and receive a free book worth £65
66 Marc My Words: BBC Antiques Roadshow specialist Marc Allum suggests best practice hasn’t always been the norm in lockdown
FEATURES 14 What the Dickens! Adam Douglas’
guide to collecting books by Charles Dickens in the year marking the 150th-anniversary of his death
24 Stick With It: Welsh stick chairs have a charm all their own. Tim Bowen shines a light on the primitive designs
28 Torque Like an Egyptian: Close to a century on from ‘Tutmania’, Inez Tobin lifts the lid on art deco Egyptian revivalist jewellery
36 Material Girls: Ashley Gray looks at the unsung female designers behind some iconic mid-century textiles
32 Cool and Collectable: 100 years on from prohibition, Paul Fraser has a thirst for its memorabilia
34 Your Letters: How lockdown has affected readers’ collecting habits
35 Market Report: Veteran auctioneer
John Gilding looks back on 40 years at the rostrum
42 An Auctioneer’s Lot: Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang causes a stir when it drives into Charles Hanson’s country house salerooms
42 Wit & Whimsy: The whacky designs of Piero Fornasetti have never been more popular. Holly Johnson reveals everything a collector needs to know
46 Posters of an Exhibition: While the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition is on hold, posters advertising the event are both decorative and interesting
50 Silver Streak: A new online exhibition puts female 19th-century silversmiths in the spotlight
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