Fresh ‘Constable sketch’ emerges

Found in the weeds, sold for £8000 in Kent

Doulton Lambeth discovery

Records tumble in sizzling summer sales

The sale of a £200,000 Chinese vase in Suffolk completed

Wright Marshall fine art division closes down

The fine art division of auction house Wright Marshall

Art Fund awards boost collecting cash at museums

A curator of archaeology at the Yorkshire Museum in

Sale supplies simple bear accessory of life

When auctioneer Tony Pratt spotted a mysterious shape

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Peterloo anniversary relic

Wick Antiques has on offer a monumental silver-gilt

Precious metals

On Friday, August 8, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in Brief

A JMW Turner landscape valued at £10m will be exported

Eager for Hever armour

Lots first sold in the famous 1983 auction of the Astor collection resurfaced in New York this summer. They lead a look at the latest market highlights and previews. Mark Bridge reports

Siamese sword has eastern edge

Five lots from the Thomas Del Mar July 10 auction in

Household Cavalry blades in demand

The collecting of English military swords is a science

Tanto tantalizes

Special Auction Services’ (17.5% buyer’s premium) sale

German game guns boast royal pedigree

Fine German sidelock ejectors do not feature often

Arms fair now in 52nd year

Three British-proofed engraved Colt London percussion

Auction house makes move

After more than 20 years in the heart of Munich arms

Pick of the pistol hammer highs

Fine sets of pistols, preferably nicely cased, have

Stopping power to halt an angry tiger

In the days of the British Raj there was no shortage

Scottish swords in battle and play

A Battle of Culloden period Clan MacTavish silver inlaid

The ‘rights and wrongs’ of law on resale duties

New data has been released on the collection of fees

Tetbury: taking the long view

Continuing ATG’s series on antiques towns to visit, Noelle McElhatton explores Tetbury’s Long Street to discover dealers evolving to lure casual buyers as well as connoisseurs

Dealers get ready for Brexit disruption

The dealers of Tetbury who trade with the Continent

Visitors to Westonbirt fair ‘happy to travel and keen to buy’

Visitors to Westonbirt fair ‘happy to travel and keen

Buyers go for country house look

Contents of grand Cotswolds home create auction result right at the top of expectations

‘Thank heavens for internet’

Catalogued together with an incomplete silver propelling

Plenty of quality from BADA member of 46 years

The personal enthusiasm of John Braund of Turpin’s

The art of pitching it just right

Somerset auction shows how bidders are very sensitive to how works are estimated

Charity check unearths Wyld rarity

One notable consequence of the growing prevalence of

Prolific painter

Landscape painter Sidney Richard Percy (1821-86) is

UNDER £750

Good art at a great price in regional sales

Thar she blows for auction record

Herman Melville whaling classic was a failure when first published in both the UK and US

Take the whaleway

Shown left is ‘Un Baleinobus’, one of a rare series

Summer sale quest for first Harry Potter

Copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

British and Irish book auctions

4 Ant. & Collectors’ Books (+ Map Section: Aug

Previews: Up to £500

This rare wood, card, and composition diorama of a

Previews: £501 - £2000

The sale at Charterhouse in Sherborne on August 15-16

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This one-off chest of drawers by the British cabinet-maker

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

This 1950s Avery Hardoll petrol pump is one of two

Catalogues keep August active

Wide array of items is available even at a quiet time for art and antiques

Howe holds warehouse sale for the first time

Antiques dealer and furniture designer/maker Christopher

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers

5 Questions

Jerrard Nares of Mytton Antiques deals in 18th and

Gallery sings praises of a quiet life

View from the Back of 72 Bute Street is one of the

Miss Timber sells in Tennessee

Large 18th century English doll passed by descent is a highlight of toy auctions

Robot at the rocket wheel

This c.1960s Japanese Robot Rocket Ship made by Modern

Clown acrobat

This clown acrobat of c.1910 is one of around 150 automata

Buying at Auction - a general guide

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

Artist’s Resale Right

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Dealer writes her new chapter

Pioneer of Shropshire antiques centre leaves to take up her pen as an author

Car boot with lots of welly

Coming up on August Bank Holiday Monday (August 26)

Go green in the countryside

The words ‘country’ and ‘brocante’ have an allure of

Fine home for Fairfield

A fine Victorian building in the town of Cockermouth

Timely reminders to fill in silly season requirements

MADAM – Now the journalistic ‘silly season’ is with

Letters

We enjoy reading letters sent to us by our readers

Your wrapper is now plastic-free

As of last week, UK subscribers to Antiques Trade Gazette

Tubular teaser

MADAM – I would be grateful if any of your experts

Know the law or run risk of trouble in store

A lawyer writes: Why having terms and conditions on uncollected goods is a wise move