Fortune’s fair is full of riches

Bailey back at Dreweatts as end beckons for Bloomsbury

Gurr Johns takeover seeks to create ‘destination of choice’ for mid-tier market

‘Perfectly placed to take advantage of opportunities’

“The 21st century auction market continues to evolve;

Troubled times at Stanley Gibbons

With the sale of Dreweatts and Bloomsbury for £1.25m

Imperial dreams in Glasgow

Glasgow saleroom Mulberry Bank will offer a late 18th

Trade urged to defend ivory works of art as Gove renews ban call

Trade urged to defend ivory works of art as Gove renews

Editor’s comment

Ivory: finally, a chance to have your say

Export sought for Canadian VC sold in London

An unusual medals sale has led to an unusual outcome

Chinese records fall across Hong Kong series

Sotheby’s Hong Kong autumn series posted benchmark

Judge me on NAVA numbers, says Young

The president of NAVA Propertymark has promised to

Portrait of hero donated to RAF Club

A portrait of air vice-marshal James Edgar ‘Johnnie’

Pick of the Week: Yongzheng dish serves £230,000

Hansons Auctioneers in Etwall, Derbyshire sold a Yongzheng

Bid Barometer – issue 2312

From thesaleroom.com

Auction in support of Gainsborough

Leading UK artists have donated works for an auction

News In Brief

Bonhams has changed the price thresholds for its buyer’s

Continental buyers put in sterling performance

A £28,000 Maltese commode leads roster of overseas sales at Glos auction

Exporting values from south London

A collection of early 20th century Chinese silver attracted

Mughal surprise

Initially described as a 19th century glass font for

Rie stays on song in Devon

Part of a consignment from a deceased estate in Totness

At £15,150, it’s ‘the most jukeboxy of them all’

One of the most sought-after models in the jukebox

Gill work from a great admirer

Rare piece consigned by family of businessman who commissioned a memorial from the artist

Batemans heads for the border

A pair of watercolours depicting Berwick-upon-Tweed

Artworks mix history and fantasy

A nude painting by the 19th century English artist

Following the A-Z travel guide

Highlights from first sale of new Sotheby’s season feature library of well-known dealers

Columbus discovers the ‘wrong’ kind of Indies

“My lord, because I know that you will take pleasure

La Reine’s regal return

When the French literature section of the great Bradley

Previews: Up to £500

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships

Previews: £501 - £2000

Tennants’ Country House Sale on October 14 in Leyburn

Previews: £2001 - £5000

Thought to depict the head of a king, this Anglo-Saxon

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

An early study of a seated dancer in a yellow tutu

Previews: £30,000 plus

A letter billed as one of the most important items

Ready for steady but solid sales

Dealers at LAPADA fair report high volume of trade throughout an event featuring new dates

The 4.6bn-year timeline

“As exhibitors, if you give a lot you’ll get a lot

Prisoner becomes painter

French privateer Ambroise Louis Garneray (1783-1857)

Ink fair off to a flying start

At the Ink Fair London on October 25-27, Susanne Sculz-Falster

5Questions

Ed Lake works at Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers,

Ceramics scene is on a roll

A record-breaking Song dynasty bowl at Sotheby’s. A

Duke’s daughter on canvas

John Alexander (1686-1766) was the son of a doctor

NY edition falls into place for a second staging

TEFAF’s move onto the New York scene, with a spring

Les Enluminures

Ancient gold finger rings are the headline-makers for

Haboldt

The 17th century artist Jacob van Loo (1614-70) painted

Blumka Gallery

The Blumka Gallery from New York, which specialises

Koopman Rare Art

Among those involved in TEFAF’s inaugural New York

Galerie Delalande

Among the 12 exhibitors doing TEFAF New York Fall for

Mullany Haute Epoque Fine Art

London dealer Nicholas Mullany specialises in Haute

Elle Shushan

The Philadelphia dealer in portrait miniatures, Elle

MacConnal-Mason

July Flowers and Wood Warblers is the title of this

Charles Ede

Making a return to TEFAF New York Fall is Antiquities

Hall to go: manor contents up for sale

West Hall, located on the outskirts of Long Burton

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Oct 10*@ 49-lot Book Section, John Taylors - Louth

On the hoof way to offer French antiques

Trading as Hoof Brocante, Adrian Higham is among the

Bloomsbury Group haven hosts its first textiles fair

“If you lived here you could make it absolutely divine

A prize under doctor’s orders

This original case of five silver catheters and three

Roadshow format: go back to basics

MADAM – It was interesting to read Bruce Parker’s Antiques

On the other side of the EU fence

MADAM – I feel that I must take issue with Robin Butler

Christie’s rising star takes top spot in novice auctioneer test

Christie’s rising star takes top spot in novice auctioneer