In the footsteps of Clarion, MAD begins NEC tenure

Gold hits all-time high in UK

Against the backdrop of a weakening pound, the price

DNW challenges status quo with premium rise at numismatic sales

DNW challenges status quo with premium rise at numismatic

Greene doll’s house travels well in Kilkenny

An English travelling doll’s house, made in 1810 to

Stolen snuff shoe recovered after ATG article

A snuff shoe stolen from a stand at a fair in June

Antiques helped boost UK retail sales in June says ONS

Antiques helped boost UK retail sales in June says

‘A missing piece of British literary history’

Sitter rather than artist determined the value of an

Yongzheng perfection sets house record in Bath

Aldridges of Bath smashed its house record last week

Leica gun has house record in its sights

A ‘photo gun’ inspired by an African explorer has been

Cromwell connection counts in Cumbria

Did a watch offered for sale in Carlisle at the end

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Ideal for Thai tea time

An exceptional example of Thai silversmithing sold

Precious metals

On Friday, August 2, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in Brief

Export licensing and the global view of the art market

Euro decarts in a state of flux

Market for late 19th and early 20th century works is constantly evolving – as are prices

Twentieth century tempts buyers

There’s no doubt that items from some of the ‘eureka’

Preiss is right ahead of ivory ban

Under forthcoming UK ivory legislation, there will

Penzance saleroom hosts first Cornish Asian auction

Penzance auction house David Lay (18% buyer’s premium)

Scotland shines in Stoke

Sold in the heartlands of English ceramics, this example

Poster group makes major hit

A lot comprising 31 posters plugging top groups and

Supply gain: Old Masters on rise

When salerooms can source works in quantity and with quality, the market is strong

Teniers ham dinner brings home the bacon

Christie’s highest price for an Old Master this summer

Son of a slave paints saintly image

While the vast majority of works at Old Master sales

Earlier great leaps for mankind

Pioneering astronomical works which appeared many centuries before the moon landing

Burns on song

Shown above right is a spread from a 120pp manuscript

When we were in a very smart set

Despite some minor loss to the head of When We Were

British and Irish book auctions

Aug 5-6* 92-lot Book Section, 1818 Auctioneers - Milnthorpe

American earthly pleasures

Published in 1931, Pearl S Buck’s The Good Earth was

Adventures in the saleroom with Enid Blyton books

A copy of The Island of Adventure offered in a Dominic

Textiles testament to the past

Patchworks stitched together by successive generations in poor Japanese communities

Mirror images give snapshot of Paris style

Original lithographs by Joan Miró and Marc Chagall

Galleries: latest moves and news

Bloomsbury picture dealer Abbott and Holder is ‘reconfiguring’

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers

5 Questions

Martyn Fowler (answering 5Qs below) and his mother

Up to £500

The Shelley factory first commissioned illustrator

£501 - £2000

As part of its Natural History & Taxidermy auction

£2001 - £5000

This early-20th century waterline model of HMS Victory

£5001 - £30,000

This 12-bore Creative Art engraved round action ejector

Sales build on Bauhaus design for life

Centenary of the hugely influential school’s foundation prompts a string of auctions

Postcards showcase big names of the future

In its active years, some 1200 students passed through

Metalware provides a wide price range for buyers to ponder

Metalware provides a wide price range for buyers to

Miscellaneous manufacturing

One of the offshoots of the Bauhaus was the ceramic

Breuer name boosts Bauhaus furniture sale appeal

One the most productive furniture designers was the

Summer auctions action goes coastal

Paris may have largely shut its saleroom doors for

Buying at Auction - a general guide

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

Artist’s Resale Right

Advertisements in Antiques Trade Gazette may mention

Organiser hands over the reins

Collins gives up the Bermondsey market but still has many other events on the go

Third slice of So Last Century

Alison Davis and Alan Old of So Last Century Vintage

Bottoms up in Hatfield

Art in Clay Hatfield has been running for 25 years

Former Field Dog duo back with revived fair

Well-known dealers Ruth and Paul Thurman were the long-term

The charming man who taught me at art college

MADAM – I have just read the article on the painting

More likely to be Constance

MADAM – I’m sure I’m not the first to write about this

Great Gainsborough mystery

MADAM – The BBC’s Fake or Fortune? returned to TV screens

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