See inside new issue of Antique Collecting magazine

In this month’s Antique Collecting magazine – subscribe now to get it each month – we find out why dinosaur sales are such roaring successes, take a look into the attics of Holkham Hall in Norfolk ahead of a historic sale, and introduce a new series looking at 19th and 20th-century art.

Scroll down to find out what’s inside another packed issue

Bared Bones: With the record-breaking sale of a fossilised stegosaurus in 2024, Antique Collecting digs deep into the exciting and controversial world of dinosaur bone collecting

Attic Finds: For the first time in its 300-year history the 18th-century Palladian mansion of Holkham Hall in Norfolk offers up its treasures at a very special on-side sale. Antique Collecting previews the lots on offer

All Hands on Deck: We chart the history of the tarot card, from its origins as a trick-taking parlour game, to their use for mystical divination in the 19th century

 

An antique tarot card of The Juggler

Eastern Magic: In the start of a new series, London fine art dealer Adrian Mibus celebrates significant art movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, starting with Orientalism

Love Me Sender: Romantic gifts haven’t always been chocolates and flowers, Antique Collecting reveals how apple corers and knitting sheaths once sent women swooning

 

In the Knowles: Eric Knowles is all at sea with excitement when a fragment from the hull of the legendary ship the HMS Bounty appears for sale

A fragment from the hull of HMS Bounty

Lots to Talk About: Auctioneer and TV expert Catherine Southon deciphers the love language of acrostic jewellery, which was all the rage in Georgian and Victorian times

A collection of antique acrostic jewellery

Marc My Words: The Antiques Roadshow expert Marc Allum shares his off-camera life, this month revealing the secrets of his workshop and repairs to a piece of Derbyware

Also inside this month’s issue:

Waxing Lyrical: Fine English furniture expert David Harvey discovers a stunning Davenport desk which exceeds all expectations

Top of the Lots: This month’s treasures include a lifetime collection of museum-quality European porcelain and a very rare Stradivarius violin

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