Rediscovered Phélypeaux bronze brings €2.4m in Paris

Woodall vase makes trio of masterpieces

The Origin of Painting vases made by the great cameo

Collectors under the spotlight at London Art Week

A focus on collectors and collections is the theme

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Race for Jack London’s Olympic medals at auction

The first Olympic medals won by a black British athlete

Pendant is a cut above the rest on paper

This rare late-17th century 4in (9.5cm) devotional

Star role for Woodall cameo appearance

A vase by the great cameo glass artist George Woodall

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Brontë manuscript comes home to Haworth museum

The Brontë Parsonage Museum, the Brontës’ former family

Precious metals

On Friday, November 22, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in Brief

Dealers and collectors granted an appeal against a

Echoes of the First World War

Cartier cigarette case and presentation trowels are less obvious reminders than a trench knife

Trophy heads to South Africa

An impressive piece of neoclassical silver gilt with

Sèvres vase was ‘gift from French king’

An impressive 23in (58cm) tall Sèvres vase offered

Sweet music in Macclesfield

Two music-makers caught the eye, or rather ear, at

Power packs

The huge and ongoing task of cataloguing thousands

Sikh gem-set medal awarded £24,000 in specialist sale

Top-seller at the October 22 sale of Islamic and Indian

St Ives influence strong in London

Group of works from the Cornish school underpins a positive Modern British offering

‘Exceptional’ wartime sketches

A group of “historically important” watercolour and

UNDER £3000

Good art at a great price in regional sales

Collectors wake up to Michael Ayrton painting talent

As his reputation began to grow in the early 1940s

Indian bird life lost but now found

Original watercolours intended for pioneering, unpublished work are now highly valued

New York and Houston outlined

1. The British soldier, engineer, surveyor and mapmaker

Carson, Custer and ‘Our Willie’

Featured here are three photographic carte de visite

British and Irish book auctions

Nov 26

Arctic sailing journey complete with sea monsters

Bid to £32,000 in a Gloucestershire auction was a 1599

Glossary

Can you tell your foxing from your deckle edge? Or

Previews: Up to £500

This design for this 10in (26cm) silvered electrotype

Previews: £501 - £2000

Adam’s auction of Fine Jewellery and Watches in Dublin

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This 17th century Dutch silver marriage casket with

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

This portrait by George Romney of Lt-Col William Calderwood

Previews: £30,000 plus

This estuary landscape on the Rhine with square tower

Iznik does it during art week

Tile formerly in the huge Baudry collection is one of the London gallery show highlights

Worcester wonders go to new homes

A small Worcester mug (right) painted with a rare blue

5 Questions

Peter Harrison and Simon van Oostende met during a

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers

Furniture for Christmas

Furniture dealer Christopher Howe is hosting a Christmas

Finnish Abstract artworks and all that jazz

Visitors to Galerie Forsblom’s show on the paintings

Going Clive at the west London winter staging

A pair of George III covered serving dishes made in

Single source

High selling rates at two American salerooms show how the market can absorb traditional ceramics in volume when estimates are realistic. Anne Crane reports

Mintons pâte-sur-pâte

Much of the Starrs’ pâte-sur-pâte was acquired at auction

Jasperware

By far the most expensive piece of Wedgwood in Sotheby’s

Modern Wedgwood

The most expensive piece of Wedgwood in the second

Henry Arnhold’s Meissen

The most expensive piece in Sotheby’s Arnhold sale

George Owen

The Starrs collection at Sotheby’s featured 25 reticulated

Bow figures

The large collection of predominantly English ceramics

Bow blue and white

After their intitial interest in Wedgwood, the Starrs

Encaustic ware

A more recent purchase for the Starrs was this late-18th

Staffordshire figure group

Another of the highest prices in the Stair Galleries’

Wedgwood creamware

Plenty of affordable Wedgwood from all eras was available

Bidders sniff out early scent bottles

Early-18th century porcelain scent bottles from Chelsea

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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Potter around this book fair

Work featuring the boy wizard is a familiar sight at the PBFA’s annual Christmas event

Now you’re Turking

Billed as offering astonishing bargain prices, an art

Make plenty of barn finds

Now in its sixth year, the Little Christmas Fair in

Hoe hoe hoe…

The regular Halesworth Brocante runs in the Old Print

Roots now laid down

Launched two years ago at a Victorian mansion at Nutley

Fashion passion

Launched in Norfolk 10 years ago by local Zoe Keegan

Make it a charity case

MADAM – Sleepers and lucky antique finds make interesting

Harold Wilson pleased as punch

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