Dealer sells Kew Palace portrait of founder

Christie’s shakes up its decorative arts strategy

New sales formats signal fresh thinking on how to attract new buyers to auctions

Triple-A relaunches for ‘post-Brexit world’

‘Commercial’ association for UK auctioneers broadens focus

BADA eyeballs new technology

The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) is

ATG comment

Christie’s announcement that it is redesigning its

Heritage makes capital gains with purchase of London Coin Galleries

Heritage makes capital gains with purchase of London

Christie’s and China top NY Asia Week auctions

Christie’s seven sales dominated the New York Asian

Early rewards and awards

Dealers celebrated early successes at the 20/21 British

Gibbons gives up on Pall Mall space

Less than six months after holding its first auction

Pick of the Week: Devil is in the detail for Tasmanian table

Pick of the Week: Devil is in the detail for Tasmanian

Bid Barometer – issue 2309

From thesaleroom.com

Stones poster buyer gets satisfaction

It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but nevertheless rare concert

News In Brief

Demand for Lucie Rie’s studio pottery is on a roll.

How to get an antiques show on the road

With the BBC’s hit series now 40 years old we find out the producer’s views on its success

What ATG readers think

A selection of comments from reader correspondence

Maas on Shaw

Picture dealer Rupert Maas pays tribute to producer

Designs on wider market reach

Auctioneers realise potential of branded sales to draw in younger, less traditional buyers

Silver linings and more in uniform treasure trove

Two aspects of soldiering – a touch of glamour and

Dish is auction bloomer

Catalogued as early English, this slipware dish above

Falcon poster flies among film relics

Best of 193 lots of film posters which made up a specialist

Bidders focus on naval binoculars

Enhancing a growing reputation at Edinburgh auction

Brownfield sight develops sale demand

Found by a dog walker in a roadside skip, this remarkably

Remember to always read the label

Details on the back of a pastel drawing lead to detective work and royal portraitist connection

Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun factfile

■ Born as Elisabeth-Louise Vigée in Paris, 1755. Her

Collector uses his loaf to create Thomas Baker website

Collector Robert Mulraine has launched a website dedicated

Saleroom finds winning recipe

Cookery manuscripts serve as auction successes among wide-ranging Gloucestershire feast

Album reveals POW camp life

A page from the photograph album sold by Rowley’s for

Dickens strolls in at £45,000

Bid to £45,000 at Sotheby’s (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium)

Ballroom dance guide leads Ilkley selection

A Regency period guide to ballroom dancing, sold for

Previews: Up to £500

A small hand-held children’s reader or hornbook featuring

Previews: £501 - £2000

A collection of around 120 pieces of modern Moorcroft

Previews: £2001 - £5000

The militaria and ethnographica collection of civil

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

This model steam locomotive of an LMS 2-6-0 Hughes

Previews: £30,000 plus

The next Editions and Works on Paper sale held by Forum

On your marks for October fairs

Four major events are ready to open their doors to offer items at wide array of price levels

Shop talk The House of Rust

19 Kings Road, Carmarthen, SA31 1BH

5 Questions

Jane Houldsworth is director of Flying Colours Gallery

Scot artists with large appeal

Three gallery shows will focus on Scottish art of the

Antiques on offer in historic home

This c.1780 portrait of a young girl with a pet dog

Utrillo creates an urban jungle

White-walled shop fronts, spindly trees and anonymous

New York State

Cottone Auctions is selling the collection of Annette

Madrid

Virgen del Rosario con el Niño Jesús, by Bartolomé

Zurich

This 2ft 6in x 2ft 2in (80 x 67cm) oil on canvas of

New Jersey

This bronze maquette by Henry Moore (1898-1986), titled

Paris

A sale dedicated to the art of the Symbolist movement

Toulouse

The personal seals used by the Qianlong Emperor, a

Copenhagen

Two rare early pieces of furniture by the famous architect

A love-struck lot

While plenty of general auctions around the country

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Sep 19*@ 52-lot Book, Magazine & Ephemera Sections

Why Peterborough is a good pick

Stalwart dealer at eastern England antiques fest describes this event’s many attractions

Flat Iron presses ahead with weekend plan

Christian and Ben Scrimgeour’s weekly Sunday vintage

Early starters learn about silver

Charlie King has reason to be proud of his performance

A flight highlight trio

Some five years ago a large 150-dealer annual aerojumble

Lille braderie: ‘ a shadow of its former self’

MADAM – I feel compelled to write and let ATG’s readers

Stargazer case looks at fundamental art issues

A lawyer writes: Christie’s sale of an ancient marble