Carter and Oliver pack a £42,000 auction punch

Fight between Carter & Oliver at Gretna Green,

Klimt portrait clinches new high in history of Sotheby’s

The inaugural auction staged in Sotheby’s new headquarters

BADA launches fair at Rutland hotel venue

The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) is launching

East Sussex auction house Wallis & Wallis relaunched by long-standing staff members

East Sussex auction house Wallis & Wallis has

Export bar placed on sculpture with scandalous sitter

A UK gallery or institution will need to

Tattoo pioneer got to the point

Working in the Bowery neighbourhood in Lower Manhattan

Precious metals

On Friday, November 21, Michael Bloomsteln of Brighton

News in brief

‘Earliest calculator’ auction delayed A court has delayed

Just the 72 specimens of wood represented

This rare George III parquetry box containing approximately

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Swiss timing

Early November is always a busy time for pocket watch collectors. In the space of a few days, specialist sales are traditionally held in Switzerland and Germany which offer a broad selection of historical watches for all tastes and most budgets. Jonathan Franks chooses some of this year’s highlights.

Rousseau’s £62,000 tulip bud

Jean Rousseau (1606-84) came from a renowned watchmaking

Early example of Explorer black dial boosts demand

The Rolex reference 6150, often dubbed the ‘Pre-Explorer’,

Courvoisier portrait watches produced for Ottoman market

Philippe Auguste Courvoisier (1803-73), a member of the

Watches that won the Battle of Trafalgar

Pocket watches owned by Horatio Nelson, Thomas Hardy

A Seamaster fit for a civilian

The 165.024 reference Omega Seamaster 300 was one

Big prices paid in transfer market

Extensive themed sale brings a shock result for Star Wars posters promoting a tie-in with burger chain

Wheel progress

nine years after taking a premium-inclusive £1375 as

‘The one that got away’ from Vivien Greene

Some of the earliest dolls’ houses are also

Motorbike riding high

Above: Müller & Kadeder is not such a

Cars take a turn on racetrack and rostrum

Tether car racing, which began in 1930s California,

Tractor with bidder pulling power

Massey Ferguson demonstration model, £6500 at Philip Serrell.

Tea drinker rises from a jar

‘tea drinker’ automaton, £3000 at Duke’s. This 19th

Scottish soldiers march onwards

First World War depiction by French artist Flameng generates a bidding battle ending only at £13,000

John Minton works that may be small in size but able to net strong four-figure prices nevertheless

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Early Newton steps up in Wigan...

Influential scientific papers were originally bought by library after a bequest from a local surgeon

...and his ‘greatest intellectual stride’ strolls into a Swiss saleroom

The books sale at Koller (25% buyer’s premium)

Fascinating relics from captain killed at Trafalgar

letter from Captain John Cooke to his daughter,

Previews

The Welsh Sale at Rogers Jones in Cardiff

Lear thrust into the spotlight

A fleeting moment caught by the artist but not intended for sale encapsulates the appeal of watercolours

TEFAF announces expanded show sections to meet demand

TEFAF Maastricht will return to the Maastricht Exhibition

Festive season in South Seas

In the run-up to Christmas, Oliver Forge and

English baron revealed to be the mystery portrait sitter

A Shropshire dealership has rediscovered a lost portrait

The original and authoritative sales listing

This is a calendar of art, antiques and

Four reasons to be cheerful

Centre and shop openings across England give grounds for optimism in often challenging times

A privilege to have known and learnt from James

Re: Obituary for James Brett and following tribute

BADA holds prize celebration

BADA chairman Louise Phillips with award winner Rafael

Recognise this lady?

Can anyone help identify this lady on a

Sale and auction support a 12th century church

A group of antiques dealers and interior designers