Scrap silver purchases suspended amid ‘chaotic conditions’

The continuing surge in precious metals prices has

Japanese joys

Highlights from a buoyant market include an extraordinary

Corby Castle sale creates a stir over three days

Above: Tennants held a three-day dispersal of the

Dealers support museums and galleries via donations under tax-saving schemes

UK institutions have been given more than 30

Detectorists dig in for a third record breaking year of archaeological finds

The number of archaeological objects unearthed by the

Trinity House Paintings: search for 25 works goes on

Three of the 25 pictures missing from Trinity

London’s flagship summer fair announces Surrealism show

Treasure House Fair has partnered with Southampton City

Once-lost Burns portrait bought at auction will be shown in public for the first time

A ‘lost’ portrait of Scottish poet Robert Burns

Bomberg’s rare view of Cornwall

Drawing competition between six phone bidders, a rare

Precious metals

On Thursday, January 29, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in Brief

Fresh faces on the SOFAA committee New members

Van Vianen silver plaquette surfaces in London saleroom

London numismatic auction house Morton & Eden is

100

The number of first-class centuries notched up by

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Staying ice-cool in the White City

Extraordinary vase is thought to be from a group that share a provenance to the 1908 Japan-British Exhibition

Master carver’s okimono slithers in

This finely carved Meiji-period hardwood okimono of a

Sweet selection for the third time in Somerset

1 2 Japanese highlights from the Dore &

Kirin vase comes alive at £12,500

Japanese cloisonne vase featuring a kirin, £12,500 at

Japanese specialist finds home at Kent auction house

Demand for Japanese works was first hit by

Price reporter

Your monthly guide to current prices l Price

Not one but two Duncan Grant studies for Sussex murals emerge

Preparatory works by the Bloomsbury artist were created for spectacular works at Berwick church

Previews

Sloane Street Auctions will offer this George V

Pioneers of modern genetics

Collection of molecular biologist Brenner attracts a lively response

A career of ‘educated gambling’

Peter Petrou looks back on five decades in the trade ahead of an auction of items from his collection

A thing of beauty on offer in Harrogate

A picture of a carriage horse by a

News in brief

London fine art dealer Richard Green has lent

Bentzon bowl spotted by young but savvy buyer

Discovery recalls earliest American silversmith of African descent

Klein TWA work flies increasingly high at auction

Although he produced work for Broadway, Hollywood and

Kluge gifts keep on giving to uni

The primary draw to the sale at Roland

Dynamic duo brought daring Art Nouveau to Rozenburg

The Plateelbakkerij Rozenburg (Royal Delftware Factory) was established

The original and authoritative sales listing

This is a calendar of art, antiques and

Fired up ready for four arms fairs

First Kempton event this year will involve 100 dealers at the racecourse venue

Be my vintage Valentine

just a few examples from a selling collection

My view on a specialist field

A recent item on BBC Antiques Roadshow focused

The Ivory Act simply does not work – ‘a waste of money, time and energy’

Further to your excellent report on the Ivory