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Dreweatts to revive general sales
The new owner of Dreweatts in Newbury is to bring back
Shop owners warned over car parts scam
London art and antiques galleries have been alerted
Burmantofts bonanza
A massive Burmantofts faience charger sold for £13
Saved by a tweet: Antiques on High finds new owner
An Oxford antiques centre facing closure has been rescued
News Digest
Pick of the Week: Bidders go ape for rare Sèvres teapot
A Sèvres teapot from the Louis-Philippe era sold for
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From thesaleroom.com
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A miners‘ lamp lit up bidding at a Cotswold saleroom
News In Brief
A ‘Qing period’ double gourd vase sold in Ireland for
Feature
The fresh face of antiquity
As the Sotheby’s revival of dedicated sales in London gathers pace, Gabriel Berner begins this extended feature looking at the antiquities market including auction previews and interviews with experts
Buyer loves west London Aphrodite
Catalogued as ‘after the antique’, this marble figure
Roman marble busts head to auction
Arguably the most famous words in archaeological history
Antiquities
How to survive in a climate of fear
Dealers’ group chairman tells Gabriel Berner about the way forward for honest traders
Auction previews
Carved during the Late Period (c.610-525BC), the 6in
Exhibition preview
Mixing ancient and new is all the rage. The contemporary
Living in the early material world
Ancient pottery is the most abundant and diverse collecting
Rupert Wace
The Antimenes Painter is known for his black-figure
Christie’s
This Attic red-figured vase, called a janiform kantharos
Charles Ede
This miniature 3in (8.5cm) high black on red neck amphora
Christopher Martin
This large complete and intact redware jug from the
David Aaron
This terracotta piece originates from the little-known
Ariadne Galleries
This 3½in (9cm) fragment is attributed to Sophilos
Past perfect pair
Charles Ede has bowed out of this week’s Masterpiece London in favour of the trio of TEFAFs. Frances Allitt met two of the directors to find out how a synthesis of ancient and modern can benefit this long-standing family firm
Auction Reports
Wishes for many happy returns
News of a consignor comeback after 18 years leads a look at recent regional sale stand-out lots
Sculptures hard to figure out
Standing by the stairs of a modest Cumbrian seaside
Seats you sir: design classics
Two pieces of seating furniture which no early 20th
You’re so 19th century, darling
But that’s not necessarily a bad thing – this is a varied market well worth a closer look
Market factfile
ATG’s quick-fire questions with Claude Piening, head
Christie’s auction call to prayer in London
More 19th century pictures will go under the hammer
Venice: going, going, gondola…
Consigned from a deceased estate, this 19th century
Small, simple, but big prices
Shown right near actual size (just 35mm high) are the
The surrender that led to Irish independence
“In order to prevent the further slaughter of Dublin
How sketches liven up plain sailing
For a number of years now ship’s logs have made good
Auction call to arms
Showing some internal staining, browning and other
Pioneering study of native Americans
Karl Bodmer, a Swiss artist, was engaged by Prince
Hunting tales tracked down
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Previews
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An 11in (28cm) Victorian Staffordshire clock figurine
£501 - £2000
A carved limestone panel of St Martin of Tours will
£2001 - £5000
A stand-out lot in Philip Serrell’s July 6 sale in
£5001 - £30,000
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£30,000 plus
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Karen Taylor Fine Art’s exhibition of British drawings
Pictures tell a story
An exhibition of the photographs of Marilyn Stafford
Artist’s unconventional move from ZERO to hero
Walter Leblanc’s (1932-86) paintings and sculptures
5 Questions
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Lowry lights up exhibition featuring northern art stars
More than 600 people crowded into Clark Art in Cheshire
International
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This 3ft 1in (93cm) wide comb and cylinder orchestral
Normandy
The auction firm of Pillet, based in Lyons-La- Fôret
Madrid
Between the 15th and 18th centuries in Spain, conflicts
Panthers go on the prowl in Paris
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Auction Calendar
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Until its conversion into a pizzeria and cocktail bar
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Fairs & Markets
Specialist with a lot of bottle
Dealer describes his collecting and selling story ahead of South Yorkshire fair
Dealer happy to be on the road
Travel broadens the mind, they say. Busy dealer John
Girls just want to have fun
Written in 1960, Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls broke
New names at Knebworth Park
Bookings are going well at the Knebworth Park Decorative
Letters
Bespoke? Already spoken for
MADAM – Your Soapbox discussion between Mary Claire
We are showing our metal thanks to revamped website
MADAM – The Antique Metalware Society, whose members
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Obituary: Samuel ‘Beau’ M. Freeman II (1936-2017)
Samuel Miller Freeman II – known to all as Beau – was
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