Bid Barometer – issue 2323

Fakes vex us more than Brexit say readers

Buyer’s premium and a proliferation of fakes in the

CSK poster girls make return to auction rooms in Edinburgh

Former Christie’s vintage poster specialists Nicolette

The bricks that built Babylon

A Babylonian brick with a stamped inscription was among

Brewing up a storm: America’s first china teapot unearthed for £15

Brewing up a storm: America’s first china teapot unearthed

Oceanic landmarks passed in Paris auctions

Paris’ status as a centre of the tribal art market

Lords debate ivory question

Battle lines were set during a House of Lords debate

Aristophil trophy lots declared ‘national treasures’

The Marquis de Sade’s manuscript, 120 Days of Sodom

Pick of the Week: Orwell classic hammered down and out of saleroom at £46,000

Pick of the Week: Orwell classic hammered down and

Hairy portrait bought by institution

A 17th century portrait of a woman who suffered from

News In Brief

US auction house James D Julia is to become part of

The year ahead 2018

A new year is a time for the antiques trade to look forward – with trepidation to the findings of the ivory consultation and Brexit negotiations and with optimism as the industry celebrates key anniversaries and emerging markets

Cash in on top attic discoveries

Mansions in Suffolk and Cumbria contain unusual photographic and costume delights

Top gear drives auction highs in south London

Which sector of the traditional antiques trade has

Giant small clock… and mini longcase

Qualifying for the oxymoronic term ‘giant carriage

Plaque is an object of desire

The most desirable of all porcelain plaques produced

Mangold treasure trove glitters

Collection full of Mod Brit leading names contained in former inn bulging at the seams

Great Bardfield proves fertile ground in Essex

The so-called ‘Great Bardfield Artists’, named after

Sculpture makes mark

“Modern British sculpture is making extremely good

The lonely feel of Lowry art

A market-fresh figure study by Mod Brit giant LS Lowry

Packed sales fill the schedule

While the end of last year was chock-full of auctions, this winter has been even busier

Rackham down to last detail

Fifty Rackham lots sent to auction by family descendants

Another fine Cresswell view

Highlights from the Martin Greene Library, a 421-lot

‘Greatest novel’ in eight parts

Sold for a record $65,000 (£48,510) by Christie’s New

Old-school Greene

Two or three other copies appear in auction records

Original Darwin revisions reveal the definitive Species

Sold for £650,000 at Christie’s (25/20/12.5% buyer’s

Quest for Philosopher’s Stone

The ‘Ripley Scroll’, an early 17th century illustrated

Solomon’s pioneering vision

A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep, an 1871 prose-poem

Bookplates impress

Bid to £3400 in the book section of December 9 sale

Enigma with extra rotor

Where scientific instruments are concerned, recent

D-Day dummy drops in to NY

Overall, a Voices of the 20th Century sale held by

Record ‘cabinet of curiosities’

A stunningly illustrated, sumptuously bound and complete

Previews: Up to £500

A sale dedicated to the ceramics of Clarice Cliff (1899-1972)

Previews: £501 - £2000

This early original cartoon ink drawing by Ronald ‘Carl’

Previews: £2001 - £5000

In 1788-89, King George III suffered his first episode

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

This Italian painted terracotta putto playing a lute

Previews: £30,000 plus

This clock, made by the horologist George Graham (1673-1751)

Green shows an affordable fifty

Multi-million buys may be out of reach but five-figure quality is on offer at top London gallery

Harrogate is first of 15 events

Galloway Antiques Fairs starts its year with a comparatively

Sidewalk slate and rubble sculptures

Sculptor Boaz Vaadia (1951-2016) was an Israel-born

Green Knight prints gallop into Cardiff

Welsh artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins’ recent series of

5 Questions

Peter Wells trades as Form & Function in Brighton.

Uecker is nailed on as greatest hit of the influential Zero group

Artist’s auction results confirms his top status among members of this modern movement

Beyond Zero: modern and contemporary highlights

The potential star of the show at the sale of Selected

Discs prove golden for Nay prices

The market for works by Ernst Wilhelm Nay (1902-68)

The second Place

Following the multi-million-pound sale at Sotheby’s

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Jan 3*@ 12-lot Book Section, Golding Young & Mawer

Marvellous Malvern is flagship

B2B director sums up her year, with promise of several fresh projects in the pipeline

Aviation event lands at ex-airport

The former main London airport is an appropriate venue

Has anyone clocked who W Banks was?

Can any of your readers help with research into the

Antique ivory ban would drive the trade into the hands of criminals

Antique ivory ban would drive the trade into the hands

Obituary

John Newton (January 22, 1947-December 14, 2017), the