Trade buyers shine in a heatwave

US and UK trade unite to oppose China art tax

Chinese works could be subject to 25% US import duty ‘regardless of port of origin’

Sotheby’s expands NY space by a third

Renovation project under way in Manhattan will provide ‘powerful marketing advantage for consignors’

New HQ for Sotheby’s Australia

Sotheby’s Australia has moved to new premises in the

US-China tariffs: Q&A

Q: Would the tariff apply just to Chinese art coming

Mealy’s Fine Art ceases trading after 84 years in Kilkenny

One of Ireland’s leading provincial auction houses

Shannon collection of jewellery comes to auction

A major collection of late 19th and early 20th century

A travelling passport for Martinware birds

Gloucestershire-based British art pottery dealer Alison

BADA boutique event dropped for October

BADA Collection, the boutique fair which was launched

Crane leaves them wanting Maw

The Shropshire pottery, Maw & Co of Jackfield,

Bid barometer

From thesaleroom.com

Saleroom revved up for Lalique mascots

An extensive collection of René Lalique ‘mascots’ amassed

News In Brief

Eight Sumerian antiquities seized by the Metropolitan

Clock selection

John Ellicott bracket clock – £13,000 at Chorley’s;

Saleroom selection: Dales and Cotswolds highlights

Catalogued as Indian but considered Sino-Tibetan, this

Sculpture in the spotlight

The first stand-alone British and European sculpture

Cabinet result runs charger close

It’s a rare sale these days at which an English furniture

Huanghali heads to high popularity

Just as fine English mahogany is selling below par

Bird brains: saleroom sells large African dioramas

As both a collecting and a decorating sphere, taxidermy

Serious story from Scilly season

Keen demand for construction made while artist was a doctor on islands off Cornish coast

Fairies emerge out of dealer’s estate

A sale of books, maps and ephemera at Bellmans (22%

Madonna viewed across centuries

Two depictions of the Madonna painted some 400 years

Priestman river flows to new high

Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) of Leyburn claimed a

Indian stunner

Cirencester saleroom Moore Allen & Innocent (20%

UNDER £800

Three modestly valued works in regional sales

The alternative Quentin Blake

Preparatory and other unused drawings relating to Roald Dahl classics come to auction

Original working manuscripts show evolution of Darwin

Two of only 11 leaves of the original, working manuscript

The Starke but not the naked truths

Sold for £2500 in a Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium)

Limerick features an owl of anguish

Illustrated with coloured engravings, The History of

Striking binding

A selection of fine or unusual bindings seen at auction

Art Deco hits the big screen

Sold at £620 in a July 2 sale held by Hansons (20%

British and Irish book auctions

Aug 14* 4 30-lot Art & Antiques Book Section, Barbara

Previews Up to £500

These early 18th century ladies’ heeled shoes are estimated

Previews £501 - £2000

This 15in (39cm) long burgundy model of Jessie, a ¾in

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This large brooch by Arts & Crafts designer Sibyl

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

This 1929 Daimler 20/70 Type M Saloon will go under

Previews: £30,000 plus

Made from thousands of tiny tiles or tesserae, this

Fair lays down tribal landmarks

Anniversary of Cook voyage and a book 15 years in the making underpin London event

Mayfair gallery keeps it simple with Deco desks

Simplicity and geometry are key to the works of Eugène

Mug shows trouble at the mill in 1878

Riots broke out in Bury and Blackburn in May 1878 as

5 Q uestions

London gallery Fiumano Clase formed in 2017 when dealers

Modern business model

Kate Moss – or at least an arresting image of her by

Extensive Long Island group

A consignment of items from the Long Island home of

Cricketers bowl up at Aussie sale

The strong suit in the extensive cricket section of

Maine

This 19th century Italian oval micromosaic framed panel

Chicago

Potter & Potter, specialist in auctions of magic

Pennsylvania

A two-day sale devoted to works of American and international

Another glass act from the Bishops duo

Organisers launch new fair in Suffolk after long-standing event had to be abandoned

Racecourse event ready for the off in August

Alan Cartwright’s two-day antiques and vintage fair

Hemswell heads back to 1940s

The idea to stage a 1940s weekend of events at Hemswell

East London market relaunches as vintage

Described in Time Out earlier this year as a place

On ivory we need a little high-level diplomacy

MADAM – Six hundred and ninety-one people is actually

CITES on the ground

MADAM – I thought your readers might be interested

Thorpe: risky strategy but right

MADAM – For the record, Mr Jeremy Thorpe (Previews

Trade is putting up a good fight against Trump’s tariff

The US-China trade war, previously the stuff of new