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Data protection change alert sounded

Businesses told to take a fresh look at direct marketing or risk big fines

Sworders: a marketing management case study

When Essex auctioneer Sworders was planning its new

BADA unveils debut ‘bespoke’ fair exhibitors

A complete list of exhibitors standing at the British

Foundation aims to boost Old Masters

Dealer Colnaghi is launching a foundation to bring

Giacometti drawings emerge from the dust

Cheffins of Cambridge is offering two drawings by Alberto

Trade slams ‘misleading’ ivory market report

The art and antiques trade has criticised a report

Pick of the Week: Doccia displays fatal attraction

The Doccia factory is perhaps best known for its hard-paste

Bid Barometer – issue 2304

From thesaleroom.com

Fine Art Bourse learns the naked truth about Facebook nudity rules

Fine Art Bourse learns the naked truth about Facebook

News In Brief

Mayfair art agent Timothy Sammons is facing a fresh

Watching the detectives

The BBC’s hit series Fake or Fortune? returns to our screens on Sunday August 20. Laura Chesters went behind the scenes for insight into the making of the show and to ask why the trade should tune in

Dealing with rejection

How do the presenters deal with the disappointment

Two becomes one and life goes on

Shortened sale in Leyburn produces busy saleroom and strong results especially for furniture

Lowestoft musicians play £4000 part in Keys’ sale

A pair of white glazed figures of musicians made by

Early starters catch up

Below we present further highlights from the busy summer

Tribal auction trio

Tribal material was given its first stand-alone section

Platt makes his auction impact

Little-known but well-connected artist proves a hit as his wid0w sells 40 works in Penzance

Bray family collection sells out

As well as the Richard Platt consignment, David Lay

Flat cap or bathing suit: take your pick at Tennants

Southern softness and northern grit were both on display

Lear lurks in a storage unit

Found among the contents of a storage unit, a watercolour

Auctioneers go Russian in

More than 100 Russian paintings consigned from a single

Botanist follows herbal remedy

Beautiful work issued from a Basel press sells for six figures in Stockholm auction

Tolkien writes early verses to get into the Hobbit

Three of the poems featured in A Northern Venture…

Blow by blow technique is a magic way to handle a book

‘L’Abbé Quille’, against whose leg a dog is seen relieving

Sale uncovers surprises

Large numbers of lots identified only as folders, boxes

Was it for Sickert’s sister?

Almost 30 years ago, a proof copy of Clare Leighton’s

Previews: Up to £500

Estimated at £50-100 each, this trio of George III

Previews: £501 - £2000

This watercolour and pencil work by the post-impressionist

Previews: £2001 - £5000

Sheridan-Oliver Interiors in Godalming is offering

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

Attributed to Hungarian painter Jozsef Rippl-Ronai

Previews: £30,000 plus

A gold ring dating from the reign of Elizabeth I, and

Mr Benn’s adventure in a London gallery

Original artwork by creator of children’s favourite is on show

Going underground to celebrate the Sixties

“The new format revolutionised editorial styles even

Mosaic fits into the Monaco mix

Gallo-Roman relic is a highlight of antiquities among the more familiar luxury offerings

Preview – Maine

The final session of James D Julia’s three-day sale

Rhead all about it in Woburn auction

Collectors of works by the Rhead family of potters

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Aug 14-15*@ 40-lot Book, Magazine & Ephemera Sections

Do you feel lucky, steampunk?

Surburban Surbiton reveals a subversive side thanks to a genre-crossing interiors company

Dealer chuffed to be rolling onwards

Nick Gerrard, who has been dealing in railwayana largely

Cars help a sales drive

Alex Robins of Antique Fairs Cornwall (AFC Fairs) has

Family flies into Hemswell

With a thriving antiques and retro trade business,

Save Poole Pottery plea

MADAM – I don’t know if your readers are aware but

Trade bodies are different

MADAM – It would be my submission that had Jeremy Taylor

Discounts for up-front payments are the key

MADAM – I write regarding the ban on passing on the

Obituary – Geoffrey Laney

We are sad to announce that Geoffrey Laney FGA, aged

Are you the next auction star?

Nava Novice Auctioneer competition 2017