New Olympic record breaker

Second ‘lost’ Marlborough gem sparkles in Cambridge

An intaglio ring became the second of the ‘lost’ Marlborough

HMRC promises guidance ahead of anti-money laundering changes

HMRC is to update UK art market professionals with

Faraday iron filings create a magnetic pull on bidders

Michael Faraday’s laboratory notebook from 1851 includes

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Cocteau ceramics price pushes the goat out

In the 130th anniversary year of the birth of Jean

Precious metals

On Thursday, December 19, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in brief

Sotheby’s has undergone a restructure following the

2020 vision

For better or worse, Brexit is finally set to proceed and will be a major factor in the year ahead – as will timed auctions, anti-money laundering rules, the looming prospect of a near-total ivory trade ban, antiquities challenges and a new buying ethos based on cultural sensitivities, changes at major fairs and a growing ‘green’ movement

Major anniversaries in 2020

Dealers, fair organisers and auction houses often hold

Chinese clock winds up in Sussex

Guangzhou bracket example leads a selection of stand-out timepieces sold in the regions

Medals make a fine lifesaving tribute

A story of extraordinary peacetime gallantry of a Cumbrian

Chair’s Frink link

Items from the estate of the Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930-93)

Spaniel sniffs out snuff

Matthew Barton (25% buyer’s premium) attracted international

Ring sheds light on Jewish soldiers in Roman army

A Roman bronze ring offered for sale by Pax Romana

M marks the Mauretania

Holding for 22 years the Blue Riband for the fastest

Trafalgar touch

Tucked inside this 18th century treen model of a ship’s

Japanese snake slithers beside maps and cup

Alongside two key early maps of colonial North America

Airfix D-Day advance to four figures

The sale at C&T (20% buyer’s premium) in

Byron carves out card case role

This Victorian mother-of-pearl and abalone shell card

Cricketers team up for a single lot

While individuals and pairs from the suite of five

Wight place, right time for censer

The relatively short reign of the Ming emperor Xuande

Royal Copenhagen in Newcastle

This 12½in (31cm) Royal Copenhagen blanc de chine vase

Life’s a simple beach for Boudin

Work sold in Lewes saleroom is a typical later painting by an artist who tired of the high life

It’s Grimshaw down south

Paintings by Leeds-born artist Louis H Grimshaw (1870-1943)

Drawn to Paris in its prime

Paintings by 20th century artists who flocked to Paris

Sporting scenes tracked down by eager buyers

Several 19th and 20th century sporting paintings from

UNDER £2250

Good art at a great price in regional sales

A true travel treasure trove

Egypt views stand out among a selection also involving many other worldwide works

Games of genius and Uncle Sam

Left: New Game of Genius…, sold for £3000 by Forum

Take a tour of 103 European cities

Bid to £3000 at Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium)

British and Irish book auctions

Jan 1*

Previews: Up to £500

The January 9-10 sale at East Bristol Auctions includes

Previews: £501 - £5000

This China Trade portrait attributed to Lam Qua (1801-60)

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

This rare and fine early Victorian gilt brass chronometer

Dad’s Army put into the picture

Way before the TV comedy series artist Gilbert Spencer was depicting the Home Guard

Prepare to be bowled over in Yorks

The first event of the year for Galloway Antiques Fairs

Asian art stands out in Cotswolds

The Chinese carved wooden statue pictured above right

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers

5 Questions

Max Rutherston deals in Japanese art.

Fairs in 2020

Selected major fine art & antiques fairs

Hey big lender

Building your collection can involve a lot of thought along with the time and money involved, but it is also worth spending a while thinking about how to share it. Laura Chesters and Frances Allitt report

Loaning art at home and abroad – a check list

As a collector, there are a number of attractive reasons

Collections management

Georgia Powell launched her collections management

Bring on the borrowers

Neither a borrower or a lender be. But what would Polonius

Miniature’s major pulling power

Depiction of Emperor Shah Jahan is thought to have been prepared for his official chronicle

Bidders warm to frieze

This Neoclassical drawing by the Swedish sculptor Johann

Photo portraits and postcard are pick of a Berlin auction

£1 = €1.16

A tale of Hoffmann

In 1906, three years after he had founded the Wiener

Greek life in a German studio

When Theodoros Patros Vryzakis (1814-78) was only a

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

Two Cs takes over biannual fair

Organiser handed sole control of Kensington ceramics and glass event revived recently

Wall-to-wall vintage in Berlin

One of Europe’s biggest street parties on New Year’s

Flea hits 100

In Somerset on Sunday, January 5, the organisers of

Two-day extravaganza in Shepton Mallet

Also at Shepton Mallet in January, IACF’s two-day Antiques

Ready for the off

The Antique Forum Group will be at Uttoxeter Racecourse

The changing face of antiquities

Auctioneers and dealers selling ancient objects are likely to find fresh challenges

Help me to relaunch the ‘antiques are green’ initiative to spread the word on sustainability

MADAM – Regarding the recent correspondence in ATG

Napoleon grounded on St Helena

MADAM – The report on the sale of a pair of riding

Calling this TV show ‘Cash for Trash’ is wide of the mark

MADAM – Can I correct the lazy and simply wrong English

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