Mark Law’s Dreweatts deal folds

Name Stargazer ‘buyer’ says judge

A US judge has ordered Christie’s to identify the winning

Cottrell collection avoids market wobbles

More than 400 copper, tin and ceramic moulds, collected

Woolley’s strengthens Asian department with Morgan move

Woolley’s strengthens Asian department with Morgan

Revenues up but profits down for Sotheby’s

The art market is “neither frothy nor depressed”, according

Goodman plans Fine Art Bourse relaunch

Tim Goodman, former chairman of Sotheby’s Australia

Core Arts & Crafts collection stolen

Thieves in Chipping Campden have struck at the core

Pick of the Week: Shedding light on a £26,000 lantern

Triple lens or Triunial magic lanterns were the iPhone

Bid Barometer – issue 2303

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Clarice Cliff goes online only at Christie’s

The collection of Clarice Cliff formed by André Aerne

News In Brief

Los Angeles’ J Paul Getty Museum has bought 16 Old

Pistol gripped

In our biannual review of arms and armour auctions, Mark Bridge focuses on results for pistols, swords and sporting guns and a trend to emphasise their qualities as works of art

The longarm of the war – a rare £5700 Baker

The pick of a good selection of military muskets and

The cut and thrust of the market

As weapons of war, swords have an impressively long

Presentation blades

Two American presentation swords, marking high points

Arms as art, armour for the inquiring mind

For many years auctioneers have been itching to move

Given a sporting chance

Sporting guns are a little different from other areas

First shots in Pennsylvania

Russ Withem has joined Morphy Auctions as a firearms

Zettler glass added to Del Mar’s specialist armory

Thomas Del Mar (24% buyer’s premium) sold the first

Commercial faces of the Victorians

Rod Stewart’s Waterhouse wears well as Pre-Raphaelites and followers dominate July series

Werner’s welcome return to the Holy Rock

More 19th century art was offered in London when over

Woodcuts and the Words of God

Cologne edition of the first Bible in Low German features influential early illustrations

Hoopoes happiness

Handsomely bound, a set of Gould’s Birds of Britain

Dialling the right numbers

Bid to £5000 at Bonhams (25/20/12% buyer’s premium)

The sisters’ struggle to be printed

Leading a 75-lot Brontë collection sold by Forum Auctions

Marx makes auction mark

Sold for €62,500 (£54,825) by German auction house

Notorious work

Hitler, it seems, was reluctant to sign copies of his

Previews: Up to £500

A set of six Britains Super Detail Modern British Paratroopers

Previews: £501 - £2000

Designs spanning four centuries are going under the

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This late 19th or early 20th century cloisonné two-handled

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

This blue, white and gilt porcelain plate was produced

Previews: £30,000 plus

It has been 50 years since Sotheby’s first held its

Theo goes on Caribbean getaway

Old Master specialist’s business move is not just a holiday but a life-changing relocation

Anonymous way to put a name on the map

Design will meet art and antiques at a new street event

Shop talk – Phoenix Antiques

Church St, Petworth, West Sussex GU28 0AD

5 Questions

Fuchsia Voremberg works in the travel department at

How to vend it like Beckmann

Artist is auction top scorer in both Munich and Berlin as wide array of modern art is offered

Finnish work far from over

The unexpected highlight of the June 21 sale at Beurret

Irises bloom in Austrian saleroom as tension mounts

Austrian artists figured prominently at the June 20-21

The German-born artist who went native in the US

The biggest sensation at Scheublein (26% buyer’s premium)

A tortured genius

Like many modern artists, John Bellany’s (1942-2013)

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Aug 8*@ 11-lot Book Section, Aldridges - Bath 01225

From Far East to East Midlands

Focus on Japanese dealers at IACF Newark and an upholsterer who buys at the Ardingly event

Ardingly furnishes items for a makeover

“I started doing upholstery 13 years ago, partly because

Honeypot holds a last sale

After a successful 21 years of trading, 16 of them

Town hungry for antiques

Hungerford is a handy hub for art and antiques fairs

Provence sets out its stalls

Isle sur La Sorgue, near Avignon, is one of the most

Don’t forget our Martin Brothers show

MADAM – I read with great interest Roland Arkell’s

We did our Nelson duty

MADAM – Our estimate (£2000-4000) for Drummond’s Death

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The big question…