The early bird sales at TEFAF Maastricht

Rarities point to the mystery Compass factory…

Three models from an English porcelain factory about

The £14,000 folk art shop display certainly worth a butcher’s

The £14,000 folk art shop display certainly worth a

Viscountess Astor’s aquamarine jewel sparkles in Newbury

An impressive Edwardian aquamarine and diamond brooch

Candlestands reunited in York after half century

A pair of rare George II rosewood candlestands c.1745-60

Monumental Bouguereau figures in NY saleroom

Sotheby’s is to offer what it deems “the most important

Global report finds five reasons for cheer

The overall art and antiques market reported solid

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Ice pick of the week

The ice pick carried by geologist Frank Debenham (1883-1965)

Precious metals

On Friday, March 15, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in Brief

Edinburgh auction house Lyon & Turnbull will no

A new frontier

A month before the emergence of three Compass factory figures in Lewes, the eighth and ninth recorded pieces by America’s earliest-known porcelain maker were offered for sale in Salisbury. Roland Arkell reports

Spotting red squirrels in Exeter

Rare examples of early English porcelain are still

Historicism reigns at Minton and Meissen

This massive 3ft (92cm) high majolica urn (right) –

Lempertz – Cologne

Last November, Lempertz in Cologne held a successful

Icons of France emerge in Carmarthen

This pair of plates, one of them extensively damaged

Keys – Aylsham

The March Fine Sale at Keys in Aylsham, the first since

Woolley & Wallis – Salisbury

The ceramics sale at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury

Lewes enjoys a Derby day

If the 1970s and 80s are remembered as a heyday of

Christie’s – Paris

Designer and decorator Serge Royaux 1924-2016, whose

Skinner – Boston

On April 13 Skinner in Boston is holding one of its

Butterscotch Auctions – New York

This 1750s Vincennes porcelain bottle cooler is part

Family values of ancestral works

Buyers go to great lengths to acquire portraits with a personal connection to the sitter

‘Aristocratic disdain’ for the market

96) was one of those artists who took little pleasure

Singapore sale interest

An abstract creation by the revered Singaporean artist

UNDER £1000

Good art at a great price in regional sales

Feathered friends at auction

Two sales in Gloucestershire and west London feature sizeable ornithological sections

Beano, Eagle, Sweethearts and Scoops

Though it sold just a touch under the lower estimate

Medley of tastes on offer in California

A Californian sale of March 7 certainly offered great

British and Irish book auctions

Mar 19*@ 4 Book Section, Kidson-Trigg - Swindon 01793

Previews: Up to £500

A private single-owner collection of vintage taxidermy

Previews: £501 - £2000

A collection of nine bonbonnières – the small boxes

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This pair of unique 1960s cased silver-gilt surprise

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

Elstob & Elstob’s inaugural sale at Bedale Hall

Previews: £30,000 plus

A selection of post-war Italian pieces from the interiors

‘Warwick’ in Welsh wonderland

St James’s exhibition shows works of a watercolourist seduced by British rural beauty

First Rendell solo show

An oil on board painting Rotherhithe from Wapping Pierhead

5 Questions

Stephen Kalms set up his antique silver business in

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers

Textile top sales

A c.1710 English hunting scene embroidered in deep

Fairs turnout good but biggest buys on hold

Furniture sales at The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited’s

Event draws on a 28-year legacy

Long-standing fair is at the core of an annual works on paper spotlight in the French capital

Salon du Dessin

An international roster of 39 exhibitors will be gathering

Martin Moeller

Exhibitor Martin Moeller is this year focusing on work

Onno Van Seggelen Fine Arts

Onno Van Seggelen Fine Arts from Rotterdam will be

Lanzc Gallery

For its inaugural appearance at the Salon, exhibitor

Artcurial

Artcurial regularly offers a sizeable selection of

Auctions in Drawings Week

The independent salerooms and those operating from

Ader

In recent years there has almost always been a representation

Daguerre

A mixed-discipline sale to be held by Daguerre at Drouot

Christie’s

Christie’s has more than 300 lots of drawings to disperse

Aguttes

Aguttes is another saleroom with a dedicated works

Sotheby’s

Sotheby’s three drawings-related auctions in Paris

Buying at Auction - a general guide

Always read the auctioneer’s terms and conditions for full details.

Artist’s Resale Right

Advertisements in Antiques Trade Gazette may mention

Waving goodbye to Bishy Road

Dealer looks back at decades trading in what is one of the best-known streets in the north

Fleamarket leaps to new site

A fleamarket which launched three years ago under the

Brocante at a coaching inn

A monthly brocante has launched in the pretty Kent

Clarice book to remember

MADAM – It was good to see Clarice Cliff featured in

Fee rises need to be much clearer

MADAM – I believe auction houses should make it clear

Obituary – Jeff Day

Jeff Day was born in Weston-super-Mare in 1952 and

Funeral notice: Paul Treadaway

Paul Treadaway, antique dealer and gilder, died on

Obituary – Evert Douwes (1928-2019)

Our very special and beloved father, Evert (Everardus