Sweet music to an auctioneer’s ears

Salerooms set sights on more capital gains

The Pedestal announces London sale as Chiswick seeks specialists to expand

‘Quick, affordable’ registration process for ivory

MPs have called for a “quick, affordable and not too

Rediscovered: Canova’s ‘Giorgione’ hoax for sale at London Art Week

Rediscovered: Canova’s ‘Giorgione’ hoax for sale at

Works on paper fair bows out after three decades

The Works on Paper Fair has ceased running after more

Stroud Auction Rooms expands to nearby site

Stroud Auction Rooms has moved into a grade-II listed

LAPADA hires fair manager

The LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair in Berkeley Square

Cadell’s Reflection tops Harrison Colourists

An auction record for FCB Cadell (1883-1937) was the

Pick of the Week Fabergé blossoms in Teddington

“It was totally unexpected – as the best finds always

Bid barometer

From thesaleroom.com

Seal of approval for ‘repro’ bottle

In the bottle collecting field, they are calling it

News In Brief

An advert calling for information on stolen artworks

‘There’s a lot we can do better’

New LAPADA chief tells ATG what dealer members can expect during her tenure

A welcome breeze for fans of fans

Two single-owner collections, offered in Newbury and Leyburn, spotlight a specialist market

UNDER £100

Advertising and souvenir fans from the late 19th to

Lancers’ silver standard

As regimental silver, the Victorian centrepiece, below

A box of export delights

Catalogued as Anglo-Indian but probably Indo-Portuguese

Life on the open road with Cuneo

Traditional values prove driving force behind Leyburn Modern and Contemporary art sale

Drake and Bell’s Pre-Raphaelite on plaster lead Skipton sale

Drake and Bell’s Pre-Raphaelite on plaster lead Skipton

Battle for ‘celebrity’ artist in Sussex

A quartet of oils by the contemporary British painter

UNDER £800

Three modestly valued works in regional sales

Butterfly bids transformed

Bound together, first editions of both parts of the

Plague water, dastardly crimes and good habits

Early manuscript compilations for medical and culinary

Saint Augustine’s English ‘City of God’

Saint Augustine of Hippo’s De civitate Dei (right)

A ten shilling, ‘thick paper’ Federalist

The Federalist…, a collection of essays first published

Previews: Up to £500

This famous image for Fry’s ‘Five Boys’ solid milk

Previews: £501 - £2000

Among the most famous of all war horses was Copenhagen

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This 20th century aquarium table lighter by Dunhill

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

A total of 99 of these modern limited-edition Poseidon

Previews: £30,000 plus

A ‘little ship of Dunkirk’ that also saw action in

A fair growing in size and in confidence

Exhibitor numbers at Masterpiece rise to 160 as trade prepares for summer showcase

5 Questions

Paul (left) and Alex Peacock started trading four years

A traditional British picture show that is Taylor made

Karen Taylor Fine Art returns to Illustrationcupboard

Whistler’s ‘ravishing’ book on a plate

In 1930, Jonathan Swift’s 18th century satirical book

Bawden interest ‘higher now than it’s ever been’

In a selling show at south London’s Morley College

Chinese art dealer on the move

Chinese art specialist Priestley & Ferraro has

Decorative arts – better by design

A traditional sale format evolves to incorporate the fashionable masters of the post-war era

The Lalannes’ animal magic

The design world’s love affair with François-Xavier

Jacob Hermann

Most high-flying ‘design’ is made in multiples. These

Tynell trips the light fantastic

The specialist Finnish lighting designer Paavo Tynell

Perriand performs

The post-war industrial modernist designs of Jean Prouvé

Post-War Design: Royère’s biomorphism

In the immediate post-war era the work of the French

British and Irish book auctions

Jun 19 4 Antiquarian Books, MSS, Maps & Photographs

Blueberry books place in the trade

Bradford-on-Avon dealer explains lure of antiquarian book trade to the millennial generation

Textile mill the place for vintage

Trading as Rose and Brown, organiser Caroline Brown’s

Dorking has a lot to offer

On September 15-16, Macclesfield auctioneer Adam Partridge

Country house car booting

Country house car boots held in aid of charities are

Jaguar back at Kedelston

The seat of the Curzon family, the present Kedleston

Duplicated emails dominated ivory consultation responses

MADAM – The consultation by DEFRA on the proposed government

Furniture price squeeze has helped auction fees rise

MADAM – Like David Carter (ATG No 2345) I can remember

Lifting the lid on skirt lifters

MADAM – As a collector of antique ladies’ skirt lifters