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THE JEWELLERY OF ANDREW GRIMA TOP COLUMNISTS MARTIN WARE IN FOCUS

ANTIQUE

COLLECTING

NOVEMBER 2019

The BOOM IN ASIAN ART Discover the £1 charity shop buy set to make £80,000

Soviet artists

Behind the scenes at an exhibition of Russian lithographs

COLLECTING SPECIAL

CHINESE EXPORT

SILVER

Why now is the time to buy

Plus:

IN THE PSYCHIATRIST’S CHAIR: INSIDE THE HEAD OF A COLLECTOR

THE SPOOKY WORLD OF HORROR PROPS ALL THE RAJ WESTERN PAINTINGS OF EARLY INDIA

CALL TO ARMS: WHEN TO SELL

MILITARIA

SEE PAGE 32

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