Vintage luggage exerts strong pull on overseas buyers

Clarion debates future of winter Olympia fair

Organiser proposes 2018 upstairs event alongside consumer Christmas show

Trade warned to be prepared for card fee changes

Auctioneers and dealers should prepare for the end

ATG factfile

■ Bank transfers are not affected (and are popular

Persepolis relief seized in New York

The ownership of a Persian limestone relief sculpture

Spains Hall sofa sold for £140,000 at Bonhams

Bonhams’ Important Design sale in Bond Street on October

Duke’s reviews due diligence over Wallis fakes

Dorchester auctioneer Duke’s said it has changed its

ATG comment

Fakes are an occupational hazard for dealers and auctioneers

Le goût Rothschild proves the salt of the Earth

Sotheby’s From Earth To Fire sale in Bond Street on

Dealers urge clients to engage with ivory consultation

Two of the UK’s leading portrait miniature dealers

Pick of the Week: Tobacco leaf lots light up the saleroom

A collection of tobacco leaf pattern Chinese export

Bid Barometer – issue 2316

From thesaleroom.com

Great War troops painting could be a new dawn at auction for Nevinson

Great War troops painting could be a new dawn at auction

News In Brief

One of John Constable’s (1776- 1837) only early Suffolk

Dresser leads low-down on post-1860 sales scene

The well-established decorative and design format in the spotlight

Saleroom man of mystery with a Watford connection

Classic names of 20th century design and a high-priced

Farmer who sowed Decades of Design seeds

Stourbridge auctioneer Will Farmer held the first of

Prime Pilkington

Offered at a wider-ranging, paintings and decorative

Outsiders start to find acceptance

Niche field of collectors drives sales of what was once an anti-establishment art movement

Peploe hair pin pic secured by his grandson at auction

A brace of unrecorded pastels by celebrated Scottish

Hamilton Hay reaps sale reward

This evening village scene by the landscape painter

Elusive Gordon Maule

Figuring why a specific lot did unexpectedly well is

Long voyage ends in Edinburgh

Watercolours sold for £13,000 include view of ex-emperor’s home in St Helena exile

Hobby-horses go helter-skelter with no brakes

Published by Ackermann in 1819 in its ‘Repository of

Greek Herodotus, Italian treatise and Alpine peaks

The October 17 Swann Galleries (25/20/12% buyer’s premium)

For the armchair globetrotter

Dating from 1812, this pair of terrestrial and celestial

Previews: Up to £500

At a by-election in May 1931, the Conservative politician

Previews: £501 - £2000

New London saleroom Elmwood’s was launched in Notting

Previews: £2001 - £5000

A handwritten note dated to 1917, details the journey

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

A dessert service decorated c.1810 by the influential

Previews: £30,000 plus

In the Siberian city of Tomsk in 2002, a group of construction

Galleries show a conscience

The work of non-combatant artists in wartime is covered in two separate exhibitions

Pacifist painters

Another exhibition involving the art of conscientious

Burmantofts brought into the spotlight

Next up from Cooper Events is the Pavilions of Harrogate

A down to Perth occasion

Running from November 10-12 on the outskirts of Perth

Estorick Erté collection on offer

Erté (1892-1990) was an artist and designer whose works

5 Questions

Gilleasbuig Ferguson Rare Books trades from the Isle

Moving in the right direction

As opportunities arise, or challenges develop, it is time to think about premises, premises

Joost van den Bergh

Indian and south-east Asian art dealer Joost van den

Manor Farm Barn Antiques

Sandra Evans is moving her business, which specialises

Taylor Smith Design

The Edenbridge Galleries, 1 The Square, Edenbridge

Malthouse

Malthouse of Dorking did not have far to go to reach

Doks

In August, Paul De Grande Antiques, a Belgian dealer

… also Crane Kalman Gallery

One gallery, however, is marking six decades since

Seller beware

The rise of payment using debit and credit cards for art and antiques comes with the challenge of chargebacks. Andrew Saunders reports on how these can be tackled

Chargebacks – key facts

Chargebacks exist as a means of satisfying the extensive

How to avoid or manage fraudulent chargebacks

Vet the customer and act accordingly. Is it a regular

Top tips on preventing legitimate chargebacks

Provide accurate and fair descriptions of items and

Buyers: your rights

The Consumer Credit Act provisions enable an aggrieved

What one card provider told us:

The card providers contacted by ATG were reticent on

Perriand’s top 20 hit parade

All lots sold and record set in select sale of works by the celebrated French designer

Diana as huntress leads trail of Drouot highlights

Among recent highlights at the Drouot in Paris, Beaussant-

Csaky head crowns sale

Masters of Design are very much in the spotlight in

Sew much more at Bleasdales auction

Alongside its usual biannual sewing sale, Warwick auction

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Nov 7 Library of An English Bibliophile Pt VII, Sotheby’s

Letter reveals poignant love story

Information sought on diamond ring and message found in chest bought at Shepton Mallet

Soprano is high-note act in Shropshire as hall hosts autumn fair

Soprano is high-note act in Shropshire as hall hosts

Hunters track down birds

Susan and Mike Hunter of Twists Glass Studio in Selkirk

Tackle back at stadium

Details of the annual National Vintage Tackle Fair

Ivory trade: the pressure is on

MADAM – One would not expect a leading broadsheet to

Obituary – Manya Igel (1923-2017)

Last year art dealer Manya Igel described herself as