Peter Finer

BAMF: how exemptions for ivory can work

Trade umbrella sets out stall after more than 60,000 respond to consultation

BAMF makes sacrifices in strategic pitch

Focus on ‘museum quality’ and certification

Licensing and certification

A licensing scheme of the kind proposed by BAMF would

NAVA says preserve the status quo in ivory consultation bid

NAVA says preserve the status quo in ivory consultation

Mossgreen fights to survive with debts of Aus$12m

Around 400 people and businesses are owed money by

Niche fair in Amsterdam covers Samurai armour

A selective one-day Samurai Armor Fair launches next

Pick of the Week: Carriage clock lifted to £75,000

Top-quality timekeepers of accessible size by major

Bid Barometer – issue 2324

From thesaleroom.com

Cor blimey… have a butcher’s at this

Cockney barrow boy-related jewellery is coming to auction

News In Brief

Jewellery dealer Wartski is swapping Mayfair for St

Regional rooms move studio into the mainstream

Once esoteric pottery market expands beyond usual names

Sam Herman shows his glass at Home

The inaugural Design at Home sale, put together by

The timeless appeal of London’s Golden Age

Clocks from England’s ‘Golden Age’ provided highlights

Traquair brooch pinned down

Unsigned, but breathing the name of one of the leaders

Vase with provenance shows market is far from jaded

Jade remains ever-popular in the Chinese art field

Hey bulldog: Saatchi buy has less sale bite

Renowned as he is for promoting – indeed, creating

A sauce boat fit for island life

More Channel Islands silver to add to over 250 pieces

The science of selling whisky

Wines and spirits are seldom a feature of these temperate

Leonardo ‘leads to new buyers’

First Old Master series since blockbuster Salvator Mundi sale shows signs of boost in interest

Sotheby’s

While Dutch pictures stood out at Christie’s, British

Christie’s

Drawing some of the liveliest bidding of the week was

Bonhams

A newly discovered early Renaissance gold ground Crucifixion

Well-preserved HG Wells works

Some of the author’s less famous books take super sums thanks to impressive condition

Titanic letters on the rise at two auctions

Two letters sent by passengers who lost their lives

Horlick’s exploration

A tin of Horlick’s was one of the odder and cheaper

Rare plates show the Holy Land

Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and the Holy Places…, an elephant

Previews: Up to £500

Woolley & Wallis’ Silver and Objects of Vertu sale

Previews: £501 - £2000

This 2ft 11in x 11in (89 x 28cm) playbill poster promotes

Previews: £2001 - £5000

On January 23, Gorringe’s in Lewes, East Sussex, will

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

James & Sons Auctioneers in Fakenham, Norfolk,

Previews: £30,000 plus

An oil by Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981), painted during

Fair finds its niche at busy time

Bustling January calendar means Docklands event aims to attract fresh east London buyers

International line-up in Islington

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the London

Shop talk

The Merchant 38 Greig Street, Inverness, IV3 5PX

5 Questions

As well as dealing in antique furniture, Christopher

Silk part of rough and smooth East End art

Abbott and Holder kicks off 2018 with an exhibition

Join up for the 64th call to armory

Venerable event has broadened out from Americana to offer an extensive range of items

Jason Jacques Gallery

This stoneware chimneypiece above by the famous French

Macklowe Gallery

Macklowe Gallery is a leading dealer in 20th century decorative arts and has recently relocated to an impressive new gallery space on Park Avenue. It has been exhibiting at the Winter Antiques Show for over 20 years. Ben Macklowe describes the enduring appeal.

Dealers get to the point

Carol and Stephen Huber from Connecticut deal in antique

Paris specialists double up to deliver French style to NY

Paris specialists double up to deliver French style

Try a taste of further Big Apple fairs in January

Another long-standing event on the January fairs scene

Chelsea heads up

The late Gerald and Brenda Flowerday caught the collecting

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Jan 10*@ Book & Ephemera Sections, Mellors &

Glass joins ceramics showcase

Wider focus of revamped Kensington fair aims to expand audience and cut down costs

Dovehouse fair flutters into extra space at Dorking Halls

Dovehouse fair flutters into extra space at Dorking

Two pop-up vintage fairs

Maxine Stonehill of Pop Up Vintage Fairs has launched

Leap at the chance to visit Amsterdam

The Morren Galleries in Utrecht is bringing this striking

Saucers serve up further clues to first American porcelain

MADAM – I have just seen Roland Arkell’s article on

Magician and Meissen man

MADAM – May I bring this sad news to your readers’

Will fake ivory be detected?

MADAM – My husband and I are private collectors of

Image rights and wrongs

MADAM – In the first issue of the New Year (ATG No

Obituary

We regret to announce the death of dealer and picture