‘Toulouse Caravaggio’ acquired in private deal prior to €100m auction

Big bids from collectors for Moorcroft little and large

The sale of a single-owner collection of Moorcroft

Men charged over 2017 Feltham book theft

Two men will appear in court in connection with the

Getting a grip on a £20,000 Fairbairn-Sykes dagger

A rare variant of the classic Second World War commando

Buyer sought for Wright Marshall

The parent company of Wright Marshall Fine Art Auctioneers

ATG parent wins business accolade

Auction Technology Group, owner of ATG, has been included

Seven museums marking ‘The Year of the Dealer’

A year-long programme aimed at bringing the history

Strong early sales across London showpiece event

A set of three George II silver tea caddies by the

Surprise result of Fabergé-Stroganov collaboration

Morphy Auctions’ Fine & Decorative Arts sale held

Pomander ‘as sweet as my lady’s dog’

The origin of ‘Tudor’ globe pomanders is still under

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Indian courtly weapons with the Al Thani edge

Christie’s marathon 12-hour auction of Indian jewellery

Precious metals

On Friday, June 28, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in Brief

A bronze statue of St Michael the Archangel that had

Moorcroft

In the wake of the dispersal of a stand-out single-owner collection, we shine the spotlight on a market that remains remarkably popular worldwide with a broad range of buyers. Roland Arkell reports

Moorcroft in miniature – a microcosm of the art pottery world

Moorcroft in miniature – a microcosm of the art pottery

Church gates lead to bidding battles in two salerooms

In market terms, ecclesiastical gates are not the subject

Vase and trinket surprises emerge

Catalogued as a ‘tin glazed hand painted Chinese vase

Buyer nets a bangle

This silver tennis bangle, right, triggered a classic

Dove design wings its way to auction

Scantily catalogued as a Georgian/Victorian micro-mosaic

That’s the spirit at £5900

Top-seller at Richard Edmonds’ (20% buyer’s premium)

Publicity-shy artist now on a high

Percy Kelly preferred poverty to the bright lights but his work came to market after his death

Work with a fur result

Tentatively guided at £200-400, this watercolour of

UNDER £1300

North Yorkshire saleroom Tennants continued its dispersal

Views of warm Med and rather colder North Sea

In the spring of 1940, Eric Ravilious (1903-42) spent

Work that really does the business

Book so significant it merited a catalogue all to itself sells for $1m in New York auction

Metellus maps out a sale success

Beyond the Horizon was the title given to the remarkable

Hamburg sale is a books best

Running up a total of over €2m on 600 lots, a smaller

Tintin meets Egyptian queen

“The painting also set a record for any item sold by

British and Irish book auctions

Jul 2 4 Western MSS & Miniatures, Bloomsbury Auctions

Previews: Up to £500

Victorian children’s teeth jewellery, known as ‘Mother’s

Previews: £501 - £2000

This dust-jacketed first edition of Evelyn Waugh’s

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This late-19th century 9ct hallmarked Football League

Previews: £501 - £2000

Thomas Del Mar’s July 10 sale of antique arms, armour

Previews: £30,000 plus

From 1570-78 the Yorkshire surveyor and cartographer

Would you Adam and Eve it?

Study for mysterious painting on show in exhibition centred on art, faith and modernity

Serene Seago Thames scene is a Suffolk star

An Edward Seago painting, The Thames at Henley, is

Talisman owner takes a break

Talisman, the large King’s Road emporium of antiques

5 Questions

Emily Walsh is managing director of The Fine Art Society

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Pitman painter on the rise

Miners heading to work in the early morning with lit

Ground hero: mortars impress

Part of a collection dedicated to the humble implement sells in German auction house

Classic Venetian views

Views of Venice figure prominently in a collection

Made in Birmingham

From the 18th century onwards, the city of Birmingham

Go fishing for tribal art

Numerous tribes inhabit the Cross River state of south-eastern

Buying at Auction - a general guide

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

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Glossary

If you are new to the art market you may find this

Sister among brothers in arms

Woman’s tale of her determination to serve on the front line comes to Norwich Book Fair

Find Down time

The month-long Open House Festival held throughout

Splash out to buy Lakeland vintage

Diane Evans-Taylor is a vintage dealer and runs an

Fair organiser aims to create a cosmopolitan vibe with latest event

Fair organiser aims to create a cosmopolitan vibe with

Merits of Chester marking

MADAM – Having made a few appearances in ATG recently

Scroll ‘probably Iraqi not Persian’

MADAM – The niello designs on the ‘Persian’ Esther