Artist shows his love of Aldeburgh musical magic

Plans unveiled for Chiswick in South Ken

Fulham Road showroom manned by ex-Christie’s staff to open September 6

BADA heads to Shanghai preaching the merits of a self-regulating trade

BADA heads to Shanghai preaching the merits of a self-regulating

Marchant holds sale during New York Asia Week

London dealership Marchant is to sell Chinese artworks

Del Mar turns fair organiser for specialist show

Arms and armour specialist Thomas Del Mar (pictured

Law leaves Dreweatts

Mark Law has left Dreweatts in Donnington Priory, with

Pick of the Week: Breaking news of a Jacobite rarity

The highlight of Lyon & Turnbull’s sale of Scottish

Bid Barometer – issue 2305

From thesaleroom.com

Canadian war hero’s Victoria Cross up at auction i n London… in dollars

Canadian war hero’s Victoria Cross up at auction i

News In Brief

A painting that dealer Philip Mould twice bought and

Reach for the sky

In our review of the militaria market, Tom Derbyshire focuses on a new London fair, the button that dispatched the bouncing bomb and an extraordinary RAF diary sold last month in Cambridge

The Johnson diary

This sheet shows Johnnie Johnson in the centre, surrounded

A sweetheart brooch to give you wings

In the days when loved ones in the armed forces would

Keeping the poster supply lines going

More and more Keep Calm and Carry On posters – once

The button that bust the dam

The button from the Lancaster bomber of 617 Squadron

Memories of an RAF pilot buried on foreign soil

An RAF logbook added value to a Second World War casualty

Setting out his stall

Thomas Del Mar, former Sotheby’s specialist and founder of the 25 Blythe Road group of auctioneers, turns fair organiser next month. The first Olympia Arms Fair takes place on September 30

Taking a pause for Passchendaele

The London Antique Arms Fair is usually a biannual

An eastern campaign in search of new markets

Warwick arms and armour dealer Runjeet Singh will have

Heavyweight bids for a weight saving brooch

Medals and orders can be heavy things. So what better

A Rorke’s Drift in pricing for the Zulu War

Considering there were only 150 men defending Rorke’s

Bidding to go behind enemy lines

Operations behind enemy lines was the theme linking

Nimrod and the price of 17 minutes of fame for the SAS

Nimrod and the price of 17 minutes of fame for the

Escape to the country for a sentimental journey

Traditional house contents sales retain a market attraction

Anchor weighs in to boost jug value

The surprise package of Sworders’ (22% buyer’s premium)

Summer sale and a sunny outlook

The wide-ranging summer sale at Ilkley saleroom Hartleys

Road to stardom

Back in December 1962, a Yorkshire show promoter booked

The story of Betsy and King Billy

A 19th century oak snuff box offered at Lawrences (22%

Furniture: signs of selling more comfortably

This focus on furniture kicks off with a royal link

Lely link tempts Exeter bidders

Oil painting offered at auction for first time depicts notorious figure from Charles II’s court

Drummond connections fire the imagination in Crewkerne

A 19th century painting depicting the death of Horatio

Animals brighten the gloom

Naïve-style paintings of livestock remain one of the

How fragments sell for fortunes

Bindings can conceal much earlier and very valuable works – but bits of them only

Get it into perspective

A 1765 first of John L Cowley’s The theory of perspective

Playwright shows cricket skills

Published in 2003, printed by the Evergreen Press and

1813 and all tatt

Tattooed from head to foot, this ‘Native of Nukahiva’

Previews: Up to £500

As the new football season gets under way, Manfred

Previews: £501 - £2000

This 3ft 6in x 2ft 1in (63cm x 1.07m) travel poster

Previews: £2001 - £5000

Dawson’s Auctioneers’ August 26 sale in Maidenhead

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

Science is the focus of Dreweatts & Bloomsbury

Previews: £30,000 plus

Richard Hamilton’s (1922-2011) 1972 print Release depicts

Meet the trade support system

Spotlight falls on a marketer, artist and photographer who are the ‘added extras’

5 Questions

Alexander Loveday of Loveday Antiques, which was started

Shop talk

Regent Antiques

Sit up and pay attention to the Petersfield attractions

The next Penman Fair takes place in Hampshire at Petersfield’s

The roos of the world

Europe slows down in summer but Australia has auctions on offer

Sextant signals shipwreck rescue

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries of Maine is holding

Hiroshige show hot on the heels of Hokusai

A month after the British Museum’s hugely popular Hokusai

Auction house of the rising sun

The British Museum’s big summer exhibition on Japanese

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Aug 22*@ Books (337 lots) & Collectors’ Items,

Fundraiser brews for malthouse

Street market in Derbyshire town is revived to support restoration of 18th century building

High praise given to palace Deco delight

So enamoured was Deco dealer Bill Jones of Style 1900

Pick up a bucket (or two)

The Giant Flea and Collectors’ Market at the Royal

Magnet for art and antiques

The ancient Tuscan city of Arezzo, with its Roman ruins

Time to Poole resources

MADAM – Regarding ATG’s coverage of the threat of closure

Show does little for industry’s credibility

MADAM – I’m glad ATG enjoys the BBC’s Fake or Fortune?

When does sold really mean sold?

A lawyer writes: A lawsuit filed against Christie’s