Why the art trade’s oral agreements still stands

Mossgreen vendors baulk at ‘unfair’ fees

Administrators demand payment before over 4000 items are returned to vendors

Coper ‘arrow head’ proves sensational £305,000 target

A sensational result emerged for the artist-potter

Old Master sleeper wakes in Oxfordshire bidding battle

An Old Master painting hung in the spare bedroom of

Gurr Johns bulk-buys Picasso by the dozen

Works by Pablo Picasso (1881- 1973) dominated the latest

Sotheby’s hails ‘improving art market’

Private sales and Asian buyers helped Sotheby’s report

BADA website revamp will boost dealer and object search focus

BADA website revamp will boost dealer and object search

Pick of the Week: ‘Africa’s Mona Lisa’ rediscovered

Tutu, a previously lost portrait by Ben Enwonwu (1917-94)

Bid Barometer – issue 2332

From thesaleroom.com

First Doctor Who script up at auction

The script for the very first Doctor Who episode owned

News In Brief

A number of auction houses across Britain have rescheduled

The art and antiques unit goes back on the beat

New head of the Met’s art squad discusses thefts, fakes, looted art and future plans

French furniture keeps it fresh

Pieces made across the Channel perform strongly in a string of English auctions

Prices of ‘old-school’ term

“We were particularly encouraged by the performance

Tiffany tiles tempt US bid

A fresh-to-market consignment involving great names

Take a peep at arcade machines

Commonly known as a What The Butler Saw machine, a

Carpenter’s tool store is chest the thing for unusual purchases

Carpenter’s tool store is chest the thing for unusual

John Nash is flavour of the months

Pen and ink illustrations by younger brother of Paul show scenes perhaps for calendar use

Conservative depiction could be of colourful noble

A portrait thought to depict one of the most notorious

Diploma group passes sale test

More than 100 paintings owned by the Royal Society

Frampton comes alive

The 20th century portraitist Meredith Frampton (1894-1984)

Scottish sale travels far and wide

Edinburgh auction house’s catalogue includes early lots related to highlands and islands

The first Steadman slice of fear and loathing in 1971

Sold for $28,000 (£20,820) by Christie’s New York (25/20/12.5%

Scrapbook conjures Austen atmosphere

Running to some 300pp and described by the auctioneers

Parisian Book of Hours with Russian princess link

A Parisian Book of Hours dating to c.1440-50 was among

Previews: Up to £500

In his effort to create good design for industrial

Previews: £501 - £2000

This Ruskin Pottery vase, c.1920s, is estimated at

Previews: £2001 - £5000

Trevanion & Dean will offer this Art Deco clip

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

This 17th century needlework casket will feature in

Previews: £30,000 plus

A pair of monumental bronze lions after Edwin Landseer’s

BADA makes designs for life

Fair involves specially commissioned spaces showing how old and new co-exist

About the BADA

The BADA was founded in 1918 in response to Prime Minister

Darnley Fine Art

Adrian Pett of Darnley Fine Art will stage an exhibition

Shop talk

Parade Antiques

5 Questions

Max Andrews of fine art dealer Ottocento has worked

Hogarth collection has rarity value

E&H Manners holds a selling exhibition of rare

Cumbria hall hosts first fair for many years

Holker Hall, the privately owned country house in Cumbria

English taste of the Orient

The first annual exhibition at English Antiques, in

Springboard for Asian stars

Dealer exhibitions are prominent alongside auctions in New York this month

Hiroshi Yanagi

Hiroshi Yanagi from Kyoto, Japan, brings a selection

Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch

At AWNY, long-standing London participants Oliver Forge

Michael C Hughes

US dealer Michael C Hughes will hold his AWNY show

JADA show

Among the many regular events timed to coincide with

Kaikodo

Parallel Lives, the exhibition mounted by the New York

Alexis Renard

Exotic Mirror: In the Eye of the Other, and Other Stories

JJ Lally

Ancient Chinese jade is under the spotlight at New

Auctioneers take the global view

Salerooms and their vendors weigh up the best options to offer this time in Big Apple

Beyond the ‘big three’

As well as the ‘big three’, a clutch of other US salerooms

Terrific line-up of Tri-ang and Brit toys

A single-owner collection of Tri-ang and other British

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Mar 6*@ 32-lot Book Section, Martel Maides - St Peter

Dealer shows driving ambition

He’s staged auctions, opened a shop – and now also plans fairs, markets and car-boots

Suitcase rummage comes to UK

Gene Hoyle, of Lancashire-based family firm Hoyles

Born identity of brocante in Paris suburb

J’y Reste (I am there) is a clay sculpture evoking

Design event rolls in to former railway station

Tour & Taxis in Brussels is a vast swathe of Victorian

Mid-century is modern look

“Mid-century is pretty unstoppable as the ‘new antique’

Vintage in Brussels

The busy 70-standholder Brussels Vintage Market, pictured

Auctioneers should ‘up their game’ on watches

MADAM – I think the increased interest and associated

Lost appeal of young classics

MADAM – As a jewellery consultant I thought my first

Silver Vaults since 1885

MADAM – Re: the article by Laura Chesters concerning

Tell the full story of ivory

MADAM – We write in response to the letter written