Auction house Forum unveils first NFT sale

Fine Art Society promotes studio potter Waistel Cooper

The first half of a single-owner collection of more

My goodness: the £27,000 bust

The eclectic collection of Alison Barker (1951-2021)

Bonhams purchases Scandinavian firm Bukowskis

Bonhams has bought the Scandinavian auction house Bukowskis.

Cotswold family connections

Lyon & Turnbull’s single-owner sale titled

Banksy goes on spraycation to a model village

This small wood and fibre glass sculpture by Banksy

Pick of the week: A tough job, but someone had to do it

In the early 1880s Alfred Barnard, secretary of Harper’s

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

The death penny ‘issued in error’ to a deserter

The ubiquitous First World War memorial plaques – the

Precious metals

On Friday, January 14, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News In Brief

Sotheby’s is to auction René Magritte’s L’empire des

Exceptional examples of Victorian metalwork

Christopher Dresser created a number of daring geometric

Michael Collins’ gift for barman who kept his cool

This late 19th century walking cane with sturdy ebonised

Inuit amulet is the popular pup choice

A 19th century sea otter amulet in walrus ivory and

Pin cushions with animal attractions tempt buyers

Appealing to a range of different types of collectors

From Bond to a snuff box: the Gilbert collections

Collections relating to leading British film director

Mary Queen of Scots link

Still a figure of glamour 450 years after her execution

Ruskin’s Venice by Moonlight sparkles on Scarborough sale day

Grand Canal sketch has provenance to artist’s student who became a renowned collector

Strachey self-portrait underlines often overlooked talent

Despite his famous name, the artist Henry Strachey

Have a whale of a time in Holland

In 1602 the Dutch painter and printmaker Jan Saenredam

Hockney’s reality check

There are only three other known examples of this early

Tagore shows artistic skills

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the Nobel prize-winning

Cohen’s Commedia view

The American artist Alfred Cohen (1920-2001) was inspired

Story told of fables over the ages

Original French text, translated by Caxton, then illustrated by 1930s engravings

Curious but costly world view

In Rodney Shirley’s monumental study of The Mapping

British and Irish book auctions

Jan 18* 172-lot Book Section, incl. Cinema History

Previews

This handsome William and Mary oyster veneered inlaid

A new frontier

Multi-estimate bidding is no longer just the preserve of Chinese works of art. During the recent round of Asian art sales, Vietnamese market objects excelled.

Chinese porcelain

Perhaps the most identifiable production of the Daoguang

Chinese furniture

The market for Chinese furniture has come on leaps

Chinese paintings

Leading the Woolley & Wallis (25/12% buyer’s

How the Manchu dynasty tried to brush over Ming history

This Kangxi (1662-1722) period blue and white brush

European inspirations

Many Chinese export porcelain forms were inspired by

Moon flask slips away just below estimate

Qianlong moon flasks of this type (above) are based

Collected by Augustus

The scene on this 19in (43cm) Yongzheng famille rose

Chinese bronzes & cloisonné

The highest single price posted in the regions during

Poignant piece of palace art

This Qing bronze fragment, right, measuring a substantial

Japanese works of art

Japanese antique ivories have been gradually disappearing

Jumbo price despite the condition

Early Japanese porcelain models of animals are very

Marvellous moriage

This Japanese cloisonné casket bears the mark for the

Jades

The outstanding jade offered in the regions in the

Indian & Islamic

Indian talismanic shirts or Qur’an jama were believed

Bezoars made much easier to stomach

Bezoars (from the Persian pād-zahr meaning ‘poison

Cooper could join pottery elite

Gallery hopes single-owner collection shows will boost profile of a prodigious talent

Now it’s Harvey & Woodd

Edinburgh dealer Anthony Woodd has joined forces with

Clay shuts up shop after 48 years

After 48 years dealing from a shop on New Kings Road

5 Questions

Decorative dealer Barney James of The Home Bothy stands

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.

Yorkshire artist stars on home turf at Harrogate pavilions fair

A selection of paintings by Yorkshire artist Owen Bowen

Hammer highlights

Jonathan Franks reports on recent stand-out items making waves in German, Austrian and Swiss salerooms

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Taken up a Peggy or two

New Cheshire shop allows couple to expand their offerings, especially vintage fashion

Here comes Johnny…

Back in 2019 we ran a story on Nicola and Kris Brown

News in brief

Grandma’s Attic Fairs is launching a new fair to include

Chelsea on hold but all go in Dorking

Dovehouse Fine Antiques Fairs’ organiser Jane Alexander

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