Stake your reclaim

De minimis – the new battleground for antique ivory

The art and antiques trade is calling on the government

Chiswick confirms clear title for map collection

Antiques Trade Gazette can confirm that Chiswick Auctions

Dutch firm plans regular London sales

A Dutch auction house is planning to launch regular

Madley to represent Sydney firm as UK agent

Richard Madley, a former director of Dreweatts, has

Royal Warrant provides sweet reward for Rountree Tryon

Rountree Tryon Galleries and director James Rountree

The ivory ban: your questions and some answers

Roland Arkell and Noelle McElhatton on what the new ivory law could mean for art and antiques

Goodbye to all this… perhaps

De minimis: objects that would not pass the ‘up to

Ivory: changes at a glance

The new, as yet unnamed law will allow for narrow exemptions

Editor’s comment

The general parameters of the government’s ivory ban

Pick of the Week: Iron Duke’s soft spot for a young lady

Pick of the Week: Iron Duke’s soft spot for a young

Bid Barometer – issue 2337

From thesaleroom.com

Eagle tables soar to £65,000 result

Despite visible condition issues, this pair of carved

News In Brief

China’s State Administration of Cultural Heritage has

Provinces prosper in spring

Three bumper sales are fine examples of how regional auctions can attract great interest

The two sides of William and Mary

Two William and Mary side tables, one period and the

Buyer tracks down Turner quarry

Watercolour of typically Welsh scene comes to Cardiff saleroom from a private collection

Works owned by Australian artist Nolan in UK sale

Provenance played a key role in the performance of

Malta man mocks the Brits

An oil by the famous Maltese painter Giuseppe Cali

Saleroom selection: UNDER £1000

Three modestly valued works drawing attention at salerooms across the UK

Stormy story of Plath and Hughes

Ted’s daughter consigns collection relating to the intense but brilliant literary couple

Oh my cod…

The caption on the mount is also printed in Spanish

John Piper and others fire a salvo for Russia

One of just 100 copies of a scarce, privately published

All you need to know to make a ‘Harty Choke Pie’

Early recipe books can make for absorbing and, to modern

Let there be Irish lights

They are the work of Robert Calwell, an influential

Previews: Up to £500

Billed as the largest collection of its type to be

Previews: £501 - £2000

A toys and collectors’ auction at Hartleys in Ilkley

Previews: £2001 - £5000

Bristol Auction Rooms will include this pair of Howard

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

Flints Auctions, specialist in cameras and scientific

Previews: £30,000 plus

A roll-call of top designer names from the past century

Red alert at Blenheim Palace

Ruby is the theme at fair held in grand venue as trade body marks its 40th birthday milestone

The face of Ida John

Sir William Rothenstein’s portrait of Ida John née

Kyffin back to his roots for centenary

Martin Tinney Gallery celebrates the centenary of Sir

5 Questions

David Harvey has been running WR Harvey & Co (Antiques)

Trot along to Battersea spring edition

The spring edition of the Decorative Antiques and Textiles

UNDER £500

Our pick of modestly valued items on offer at the Battersea spring fair

Historic house visit and fair

Duncombe Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair attracts

Previews: Massachusetts

The central 350-lot section of the auction of clocks

Previews: Vienna

This panel front from a cassone will feature in the

Previews: Paris – Piasa

Piasa is holding a second auction devoted to the colourful

Previews: Paris – Christie’s

Christie’s spring decorative arts sale will take place

Previews: Virginia

Quinn’s Auction Galleries is selling a collection of

British and Irish book auctions

Apr 9-10*@ 32-lot Book Section, 1818 Auctioneers -

Adams brings brocante back to Chelsea by popular demand

Fairs organiser relaunches event as a two-day fair giving time to set up before full trading

Haddon powers on in Essex

Steve Cooper of Haddon Events is such a keen supporter

Spooky research centre puts the frighteners on antiques

Neil Packer’s day job as a warehouse manager may seem

Llanelly soaks up the spongeware interest

The designer Emma Bridgewater began experimenting with

Why ‘de minimis’ provision is ‘extraordinarily impractical’

MADAM – Defra’s findings outlined in the post-consultation

No winners from the ivory ban

MADAM – I concur with everything that Michael Baggott

Ivory: the industry reacts

“We need to bear in mind that the starting point for