Antique Collecting magazine – Current issue

In the latest issue of Antique Collecting magazine – subscribe now to get it each month – we explore a grounbreaking sale at Harrods that celebrated mid-century British artists, find out why Peggy Guggenheim had a soft spot for Hampshire, and enter the world of Churchilliana.

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At Your Service: 90s years ago the UK’s leading artists were invited to design tableware for a groundbreaking exhibition, Graham Fitzgerald reports on the collecting possibilities it sparked

A Broad Churchill: Few men in history present the collecting opportunities of Winston Churchill. On the 150th anniversary of his birth, specialist John Ryan reveals all

Surreal Life: More associated with New York, Venice and Bilbao than Hampshire, few people know about the five years Peggy Guggenheim spent in an English village, or the last influence it had on her

Princely Albert: Largely unknown today, in his lifetime the Swansea-born artist Albert de Bellerochewas the toast of Belle Époque Paris. Paul Liss considers the return to fame of the unsung Welsh Impressionist

Six Appeal: Dr Nicola Tallis puts the jewellery of the wives of Henry VIII in the spotlight

Also inside this month’s issue:

Lots of Love: Bargain Hunt star and auctioneer Irita Marriott turns detectiveto discover whether a 19th-century copy is by the hand of prodigal artist Sir Thomas Lawrence

Marc My Words: The Antiques Roadshow expert Marc Allum gives his insight into the effect the new Government might have on the antiques trade

In the Knowles: Antiques expert Eric Knowles puts a 300-year-old brooch, modelled on an unusual Roman gryllus, in the frame

Lots to Talk About: Abattoirs and meat markets might not sound the best decoration for silverware, but they can be if commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Butchers, writes Catherine Southon