The latest packed issue of Antique Collecting magazine is out soon. This month, we focus on the exciting Asian art market, exploring everything from the sought-after ceramics, and how to decipher character marks, to the pioneer collectors and the mighty Tang horse
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Looks Famille: Natalie Merchant on what makes famille verte such an attractive ceramics style
Ming’s Dynasty: An exclusive interview with one of China’s most celebrated contemporary ceramicists – Bai Ming
Freedom Fighters: Why abolitionist artefacts, including Wedgwood’s famous medallion, are making waves at auction rooms around the world
Making a Mark: Gerald Davison’s guide to deciphering seemingly impenetrable Chinese marks
Hot Desks: Collecting scholar’s desk pieces has never been more exciting, writes Lazarus Halstead
Animal Magic: Quirky and charming: some 20 hardstone carved animals by Fabergé come up for sale
Stable Returns: Allen Wang takes up the charge for Tang horses
Porcelain Miles: How chinoiserie Meissen porcelain once stolen by the Nazis has made its way home to a Dutch museum
Eastern Eyes: Sarah Wong celebrates 100 years of the influential Oriental Ceramics Society
Antiques Roadshow expert and antiques dealer Lennox Cato puts Pembroke tables in the spotlight
The Antiques Roadshow’s Marc Allum reflects on our insatiable appetite for Asian art
PLUS – All the latest news from the top auction houses, events and the market
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When did you start publication?
We started publication in 1966 – so this year is our 50th anniversary!
On p.54 of the current issue – Top of the Lots – the main illustration is described as an armorial crest. This is quite incorrect as it is a Coat of Arms. In fact a crest is not present at all which if it were would be a Lion standing on the Crown This is elementary and whoever wrote the description (even without being an heraldic expert) should know the difference between an Armorial and a Crest, (the latter being the emblem on the top alone as the name implies) – especially when writing in a specialist magazine !
Many thanks for your comments regarding the story in this month’s magazine. The description for the news item was taken from the auctioneer’s catalogue.
I have many vintage post cards and birthday cards from my family members. Pre WW 1 and earlier.
Could you please recommend someone that could advise me of the value and sense of history.