Don’t forget the storage costs side of transparency debates

Private deals are thriving in times of tension

Latest TEFAF market report says uncertainty drives confidentiality

Six-figure Chinese results in the regions

A LARGE wucai fish jar sold for a house-record £810

Business rates lobbying

TRADE bodies are lobbying the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Thermometer dispute cools

A CLOCKS dealer who was arrested last month for offering

Deal reached as Auctionata closes down

THE administrator of online auction house Auctionata

TEFAF report: A new methodology

After economist Dr Clare McAndrew, who had led the

Alert sounds over ‘duty dodger’ silver whistles

SILVER boatswain whistles from a collection pulled

Two Rorke’s Drift record-breakers

LONDON auction house Dix Noonan Webb set a new high

Imps & Mods are on the rise

A COMBINATION of improving consignments, the weakness

Pick of the Week: British radical loved by the Americans

ESTIMATED at £800-1200, this 5in (12.5cm) high creamware

Bid Barometer

from thesaleroom.com

Fabergé cutlery returns to Harrogate

A BOXED set of Fabergé cutlery, together with an archive

News In Brief

TO mark 20 years as a TEFAF exhibitor, Paris tribal

Clocks click in second sale

Longcases star and furniture impresses in latest North Yorkshire auction house outing

Mystery moggie is purrfect example of majolica rarity value

Mystery moggie is purrfect example of majolica rarity

Toy stories animate the saleroom action

FAR from perfect but with the attraction of the name

Pedal car sets the pace in Scarborough

One of the top prices for toys auctioned in the early

Modern life is not at all rubbish

Forget the album: Great Bardfield artists help to create a sale sense of Cool Britannia in Essex

Sharp shoots to £48,000

AN oil on canvas by Dorothea Sharp (1874-1955) achieved

Artist’s cornfield signature piece signs off last Swan & Turner sale

Artist’s cornfield signature piece signs off last Swan

Job lot at £3600 is perfect sense

Auction find reveals historical account of follies, fads, manias and the madness of crowds

Fine wine and ‘Brit’ Volkswagen

TOP lot in the book section of a February 21 sale at

Travel library taken to white glove heights

FRANKLIN Brooke-Hitching’s incomparable travel library

Previews: Up to £500 - issue 2282

This gold-plated, open-face, railway-grade pocket watch

Previews: £501- £2000 - issue 2282

A large and varied single-owner collection of antiques

Previews: £2001 - £5000 - issue 2282

Lyon & Turnbull’s Contemporary & Post-War art

Previews: £5001 - £30,000 - issue 2282

This 1947 work by English Surrealist Tristram Hillier

Previews: £30,000 plus - issue 2282

Probably English and made from leaded bronze or copper

Rebrand boosts BADA fair

Veteran trade body’s flagship event is a good opportunity to test the latest look

Changes in Chelsea update town hall event

THE days of grand openings and celebrity visitors may

Rome around an intriguing exhibition

ACHILLE Salvagni’s exhibition Pompeii features a series

5 Questions

Susannah Lovis specialises in antiques and vintage

Scone Palace stages show

WHILE Chelsea plays host down south to dealers at the

Miniatures sail into the yacht club

CLAUDIA Hill of Ellison Fine Art is holding a one-day

OBJECT LESSON

Why restrict yourself? Fair organisers are encouraging a mix-and-match approach, and the eclectic style that Peter and Leonora Petrou are contributing to the rebranded BADA 2017 could make an ideal fit, as Frances Allitt finds out

Dealers open their doors to welcome all

Galleries joining up for exhibition ‘trail’ is a growing trend in the art world calendar

Exhibitor focus

THE 50-plus dealers that are taking part in the galleries

The objects

This will be the third AWNY for Dr Robert R Bigler

ARMS AND ARMOUR

Singh is taking part in AWNY for the first time this

Japanese exhibitions

FOR those visiting New York during Asia Week there

The longstanding dealers

Mirviss (right) was a founder and the first chairperson

Take a dip into the New York cultural hub

As AWNY takes place in the country’s main cultural

Under the hammer during Asia Week

AUCTIONS have been a key fixture of Asia Week now for

Indian and Himalayan works of art

Three main New York auction houses – Bonhams, Sotheby’s

Japanese and Korean art

Bonhams is the only auction room holding dedicated

Chinese furniture

Chinese hardwood furniture has been on buoyant form

Archaic bronzes

This rare 8½in (22cm) long ritual wine vessel in the

Chinese paintings

Classical Chinese paintings and calligraphy are one

Ceramics

This tiny 1½in (4cm) high doucai porcelain cup, above

The united nations

AN international connection brings a group of 18th

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Mar 7*@ 24-lot Book Section, Cotswold Auction Company

Three dealers, one chicken and a lurcher

Irish special: Joan Porter talks to a trio intent on attracting customers who are looking for something a bit different and a mix of styles

Leaving the EU works out well

THREE years ago Dee Brophy left a reliable job working

Decoratives man Domhnall takes another trip to Dulwich College

Decoratives man Domhnall takes another trip to Dulwich

Risk of catalogue reprint

MADAM – It will be interesting to see how the big four

How does ‘worked’ work?

MADAM – I feel so sorry for the dealer who was raided

Need to stay measured despite emotional issue

MADAM – Peter Matthews’ letter (ATG No 2278) raises

Then & Now

News as reported from the ATG Archive

Obituary

Charles (Charlie) Truman FSA died on February 10, aged

Soapbox

The big question…