Paper covers both new and old

Mossgreen boss ‘devastated’ by firm’s closure

‘It is still my intention that vendors will get 100 cents in the dollar’ says Sumner

Chiswick makes more hires amid move to fortnightly ‘interiors’ sales format

Chiswick makes more hires amid move to fortnightly

North Mymms’ contents sale

Sworders is to sell the primary contents of North Mymms

Rountree downsizes as St James’s rents rise

Rising rents and business rates in central London have

De Pury due fee on ‘gentleman’s agreement’

A precedent-setting legal dispute over a $10m (£7.2m)

TEFAF report to be replaced by focused studies

The annual TEFAF art market report has been scrapped

Pick of the Week: Second wind for Nelson lots

Sotheby’s sale of 80 pieces of memorabilia relating

Bid Barometer – issue 2326

From thesaleroom.com

Philanthropist’s Cézanne oil up for sale

London is to host a viewing of a small oil painting

News In Brief

Old Master dealership Lowell Libson has a new name

Sales make a happy new year

If two of the very first auctions of 2018 are an indicator, the outlook is promising

Snuff boxes sum up unusual appeal

Four unusual collections caught the eye, if not always

New Year’s Day lots in tune at Lincoln sale

“Buyers want to get back in action after the Christmas

It’s chocs away for Fry’s

On the basis that it’s never too late for chocolate

Small Goliath is mighty seller

This ‘Goliath’ carriage clock, below left, was offered

January clocks in confidently

Good times ahead were predicted by Guy Schooling, chairman

Sporting market back in the game

Extensive collection with Astor family provenance is billed as best of its type in over 20 years

Pre-Raphaelites on the crest of a second wave

Paintings by lesser-known Pre-Raphaelites took the

Bidders go beyond Wonderland

Carroll rubs shoulders with Wilde, Rackham, Tolkien and many other children’s works

Charity sale is Blakes’ heaven

Sold as part of a Sotheby’s (25/20/12.9% buyer’s premium)

Meadows works are cut above

Bid to a rather higher than suggested £1300 in a Lawrences

Present arms? No, it’s from the 17th century actually

The chap in the voluminous breeches shown here is far

The first voyage to Arcturus

A classic metaphysical fantasy novel that sold poorly

Previews: Up to £500

A dozen glazed cases of taxidermy dating from the 19th

Previews: £501 - £2000

On February 3, Tennants of Leyburn in North Yorkshire

Previews: £2001 - £5000

The dodo was first spotted by Dutch sailors on Mauritius

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

This late 18th century mahogany serpentine front sideboard

Previews: £30,000 plus

Bonhams’ Travel and Exploration Sale in Knightsbridge

Prints make Edinburgh impression

For the Fine Art Society in Edinburgh, the year kicks

Shop talk

Collecting the World

5 Questions

Robin Yacoubian runs the family business, Gallery Yacou

Harrogate at the heart of a packed events calendar

This month’s Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative Antiques

Big Apple show is larger slice

Drawings fair now also includes paintings and sculpture to complement the core focus

Tomasso Brothers Fine Art

One outcome of MDNY’s expansion to take in paintings

Martyn Gregory

For Master Drawings New York this year, London dealer

David Tunick

Among the works that David Tunick, a longstanding MDNY

Jill Newhouse Gallery

Jill Newhouse, a New York dealer with a gallery on

Twenty-eight works to wow the drawings world

An auction series devoted to Old Master paintings,

Claude Lorrain

The Barnet collection’s Claude Lorrain drawing of The

Parmigianino

A double-sided drawing by the Italian Old Master Girolamo

Edgar Degas

The French Impressionists are represented in the Barnet

Jumping hurdles in race to the sun

Renovation of a key venue and repair work following last year’s extreme weather have not deterred exhibitors from the annual migration to Florida for the state’s mega and niche fairs

Call the doctor

Dr Who fans can start collecting early this year with

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Jan 23*@ 22-lot Book Section, Lawrences - Bletchingley

Continuity announcement

Fair organiser expands in the north by taking over vacant Harrogate showground slot

New event’s race against time pays off

A specialist fair in London that was put together at

Spring on the way

As Springfield Fairs, Polly and Peter Trapmore-Shaw’s

Vintage event is final fair at mills’ Finishing Room

The textiles archive at the Sunny Bank Mills at Farsley

Hemswell has high hopes

“We aim to be the largest bricks and mortar antiques

Ivory: plea to BAMF and a licensing proposal

MADAM – Here’s an insight into my week. Tuesday: I

Grant for research that includes printing on British ceramics

Grant for research that includes printing on British

Soapbox

The big question…