Forum splits from Dreweatts and Gurr Johns

Books and works on paper specialist Forum Auctions

HMRC consults on fee increase to anti-money laundering rules

Art and antiques dealers and auction houses that

What a wonderful surprise

‘surprise’ ring probably made in Augsburg, 17th century,

Intense Bloomsbury relationship – but a serene still-life

East Sussex saleroom Gorringe’s is selling a significant

Museum buyer sought to keep ‘outstanding’ £6m maritime chart collection in the UK

by Laura Chesters A British maritime chart

Scarce Wemyss bulldog surfaces in the Cotswolds

Wemyss Ware bulldogs decorated with cabbage roses were

Precious metals

On Friday, August 15, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in brief

New gazebos grace Bermondsey site Bermondsey Antiques

Metal detector find tells the story of Sihtric I

A previously unknown Anglo-Saxon era silver penny, recently

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Saltglaze stoneware extravaganza

Collection formed by South African surgeon who worked in London supplies exceptional examples

Corkscrew excites the helixophiles

A sale held by arms and armour specialist

Furniture to the taste of 18th century aristocrats

A George III bonheur du jour offered for

A 1930s Polar Medal at £4600

British Antarctic 1933-39 Polar expedition bronze medal and

More Louis Vuitton Explorer trunks discovered in the wilds of Surrey

Following the sale of a rare 1920s Louis

Bloomsbury boosts debut sale

First dedicated Modern Art auction at York firm benefits from trio of works consigned by same vendor

Southall Cornish view raises funds for his Yorkshire school

The highest auction price for Joseph Edward Southall

£3 3s magically becomes £7100

Occult group listed by specialist bookseller in the 19th century reappears at a 21st century auction

Manuscript leaf flies to five times the low estimate

A late 15th century French illuminated manuscript vellum

Harry Potter hardbacks signed by Rowling and cover illustrators

A group of seven first edition hardback copies

Previews

This export famille rose and grisaille plate, which

Look beyond the Buffet signature

London exhibition aims to showcase the diversity and technical skill of an often derided French artist

Norfolk firm expands to Petworth

Established Norfolk dealership Pearse Lukies Antiques is expanding

Hopes for London’s W2 to become an ‘art postcode’

3812 Gallery , a Modern and Contemporary Chinese

Moore and Chadwick matched up in Mayfair

1. Henry Moore, Reclining Figure , 1938. Henry

Edinburgh auction pays homage to influential dealer Raffles

Gillian Raffles (1930-2021) was one of a very

Puisaye potters prized in Paris

Ceramicists from the Burgundy area take centre stage in a single-owner collection

Gory sketch goes for more than a million euros at auction

In 1830 the French government organised a competition

Virgin and Child sat in the collection of NY architect

A rare and early late 11th or early

The original and authoritative sales listing

This is a calendar of art, antiques and

School’s out for pupils but in for art and antiques fans this August

Lomax launches third event in portfolio at location already hosting a separate biannual brocante

Newsletter spreading the fair word is up to 2000 subscribers

a stand of posters tempting visitors at a

Turn over new pages: a selection of new art and antiques books

From the occult to renaissance treasures and collecting – an update by Laura Chesters

Boston theft inspires a novel

A new book by author Simon Gaul features

The snuff box depicting Franklin that I bought... and the Libertas Americana medal I missed out on

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