Solid competition but slimmer sales for London’s Imp and Mods

The best of the best

Exceptional art and objects to star at BADA and TEFAF fairs

Sotheby’s boosted by online and private sales

Sotheby’s has reported a 16% jump in sales to $6.4bn

‘Toulouse Caravaggio’ to be offered at £100m

Marketing drive has begun for the sale of a painting

Khalili reunites garniture with ‘restaurant’ vase bid

The Khalili Collections revealed it was the buyer of

Record for Flemish ‘master’ as Freeman’s confirms move

A total of 18 phone bidders competed for a rare Flemish

Draft bill seeks further reform for French auction system

Draft bill seeks further reform for French auction

Talking Brexit

As we approach a crunch vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal, a no-deal result is still a possibility – so too the prospect of an extension to the Article 50 process beyond the March 29 deadline. As the selection of comments and advice from across the trade suggests, the art and antiques sector, like businesses up and down the country, is preparing for every eventuality.

Deal or no deal: view from the trade

Of Peter Harrington and chairman of the ABA’s London’s

Quilt from a life of cold comfort

The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle was among the buyers

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Ticket to ride on one of the oldest railways

A trio of tickets issued by one of the UK’s first passenger

Precious metals

On Friday, March 1, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in Brief

The Masterpiece fair brand will be trialled in Hong

Saleroom shows f lood control

Welsh auction house battles back from devastating deluge to achieve ‘a gratifying result’

Hit and hiss: Triqueti Cleopatra in ivory takes £22,000

Hit and hiss: Triqueti Cleopatra in ivory takes £22

Jerusalem church model goes to Jerusalem buyer

The sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (plus

Winter auction greeted with warm response

The plethora of single-collection sales at the start

‘Best I’ve seen in years’

Part of the larger sale, a single collection of 28

Weighty result at Stroud

What seems to have been an overdue clear-out at Monmouth

Revivalist furniture full of life

Regarded in their time as examples of the finest cabinet-making

Double at triple value

Two Victorian stained-glass and leaded window panels

Hornby-Dublo on track

Travelling from Glasgow to the south of England courtesy

Select offering covers wide-ranging scope

Nineteenth century works generate encouraging response

Burne-Jones drawing heads to four-times estimate

This study (below) was one of 10 drawings by Pre-Raphaelite

Collection back in saleroom

Helped by conservatively pitched estimates, a clutch

UNDER £800

Good art at a great price in regional sales

Glimpses into Highlands life

Works once part of a Scottish house library form a key part of Edinburgh auction

King William returns… and the wonders of the world

Two unusual and successful lots from a February 20

Garden grapple over Brown

A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening… is the single

Ornate binding is a real beauty

Sold for £900 by Toovey’s (24.5% buyer’s premium) on

Days with puppies and fairies

Illustrated with eight hand-coloured litho plates,

CS Lewis and Keynes

A very rare and inscribed example of CS Lewis’ first

British and Irish book auctions

4 30-lot Book Section: Contents Sale, Fonsie Mealy

Previews: Up to £500

This 1920s silver floral lace flapper’s skull cap was

Previews: £501 - £2000

The principal contents of Holland House, a Suffolk

Previews: £2001 - £5000

A sale of jewellery and watches at Roseberys in West

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

Andrew Grima – the 1960s jeweller whose bold designs

Previews: £30,000 plus

Formerly attributed to Thomas Gainsborough, this portrait

Fair aims at exceptional quality

Annual BADA event includes copy of Reni work commissioned by the pope or a cardinal

5Questions

Art dealer Karen Taylor is among the exhibitors at

Woolf work in women’s show

A first-edition presentation copy of Jacob’s Room (1922)

Connect fair organisation praised as shipshape

William Wyllie’s 1917 watercolour HMS New Zealand –

Pop-up shop ready to open in Kensington

Hill House Antiques & Decorative Arts has launched

Mayfair gallery hosts first solo Mulas exhibition

This 1962 photograph of artist Lucio Fontana, right

Ringing the changes

A surge of fresh faces in the Modern section, a shift in the global vetting policy and stronger links with the host city are among the recent shake-ups at TEFAF Maastricht, as the CEO tells Frances Allitt

Pros and cons of a vetting shift

Art dealers and auction house experts were struck from

Journeys of discovery

An intriguing find by a dealer new to TEFAF Maastricht leads a look at some of the highlights on offer at the huge event.

Keeper of the flame

It’s 12 months since Oliver Moss took the helm of fourth-generation Chinese and Japanese art dealership Sydney L. Moss. A busy year culminated in Moss making Japanese sculpture discoveries that will form the centrepiece of the dealership’s 2019 TEFAF Maastricht stand.

Key facts Sydney L. Moss: an evolution

Founded in 1910, four generations of the Moss family

The maker behind the mask: an exhibition by Sydney L. Moss

The maker behind the mask: an exhibition by Sydney

Picture perfect for Maastricht

Old Master art dealer Mark Weiss began exhibiting at TEFAF Maastricht in 1988. But for all the important 16th and 17th century portraits Weiss has sold at the Dutch fair since then, few are likely to have made a local connection quite like his gallery’s star object for 2019.

Key facts: The Weiss Gallery

Founded in 1985 by Mark Weiss, The Weiss Gallery focuses

Previews: Paris – Copages

Paris is a centre for auctions of Pre-Columbian art.

Previews: Paris – Christie’s

On April 9 Christie’s will be holding a Pre-Columbian

Previews: Chartres – Ivoire Chartres

Vintage photographic equipment will be up for grabs

Previews: Dallas – Heritage

This early 18th century Louis XIV French table clock

Previews: New York State – Cottone

Two rediscovered marble busts by the French 18th century

Previews: Kansas – Woody Auction

Plenty of French art glass features in Woody Auction’s

Glossary

If you are new to the art market you may find this

Buying at Auction - a general guide

Always read the auctioneer’s terms and conditions for full details.

Artist’s Resale Right

Living artists and the descendants of artists deceased

Creating all the fan of the fair

Specialist dealer is also a collector and consultant for North Yorkshire auction house

Dishy looker to turn heads

Towy Antiques Fairs kick off on Sunday, March 10, with

Weeks back to good times

Rodney Weeks of Gemsco Promotions so missed running

Parcel policy is puzzling

MADAM – We can always count on Gavin Littaur to fill

Ivory antiques ban ‘madness’

MADAM – In so many respects, anyone reading or watching