BADA logo row is put to the vote

Early typewriter pushes all the right buttons

An example of the first commercial ly produced typewriter

Antique weapons will be permitted in the post

A significant amendment means that the new law governing

Bonhams expects record bid for Tompion’s miniature ‘Q Clock’

Bonhams expects record bid for Tompion’s miniature

Wise words from Benvenuto Cellini

The circular logo was adopted in the early 1920s and

Da Qian is Woolley’s 11th £1m-plus lot

The price for The Grand View of Chao Mountain, signed

Renewed US threat to tax on Chinese art imports

Call on antiques trade to oppose 25% tariffs on Chinese antiques once again

Gruesome way to jog your memory

In the Late Middle Ages the chaplet, made in many materials

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

£40,000 sleeper is Edo export survivor

Unusually for an Asian art sale, the top price at Sworders

Precious metals

On Friday, May 24, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was

News in Brief

Chiswick Auctions is to expand its saleroom and headquarters

Furniture rolls back the years

Two collections assembled since the late 1960s enthuse a fresh generation of buyers

Pedestal tripod table finds place in the sun

The furniture market continues to enjoy its occasional

Early oak takes root in spring

One of the best pieces of early oak at spring provincial

Exceptional farmhouse table brings excellent price

Catalogued as ‘exceptional’, this farmhouse refectory

Tiny stamp and banknote designs adopted far and wide

After more than 50 years as a designer for international

In rust we trust for Marklin make

Rusty, dusty and damaged, but bearing the magic of

Dutch dealer goes miniature

Illustrated below is one of seven lots of Dutch ‘white

The elusive earlier Lewis

Artist’s Spanish works come under Dorset auction spotlight

Maquette flies to five figures

Inside Manchester Airport stands a sculpture dedicated

Lamb tops sale while German bronzes perform strongly

A portrait by Henry Lamb (1883-1960) making its first

Market-fresh rural scene

A bucolic Norfolk landscape by English artist John

UNDER £800

Good art at a great price in regional sales

Sotheby’s takes worldwide view

Ortelius atlas with sea monsters off Iceland is popular feature of auction with global outlook

Two salerooms make cards the real deal at top-deck levels

Two salerooms make cards the real deal at top-deck

Shakespeare plays his part

Sold for £2000 rather than the estimate of £80-120

British and Irish book auctions

May 28*@4 11 lots Books & Maps, Gorringe’s - Lewes

Previews: Up to £500

This diminutive 3in (8cm) high silver picture frame

Previews: £501 - £2000

During the 150th anniversary year of Mahatma Gandhi’s

Previews: £2001 - £5000

The George Medal is awarded to civilians who show extraordinary

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

A group of Second World War RAF medals awarded to a

Previews: £30,000 plus

The Watch Sale at Fellows in Birmingham on June 18

Bugatti and his animal kingdom

Anteater is highlight of London exhibition devoted to short-lived sculptor fascinated by zoos

Take the bait in Edinburgh

One of the last oil paintings by Scottish artist William

5 Questions

Deborah Coltham specialises in rare books, manuscripts

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers

Make a racket purchase in a magical selection of antiques

Two rackets rackets (no, you aren’t seeing double)

It’s the Penmans’ party time

On a sunny day in the beautiful surroundings of the

Caroline Penman fair factfile

■She started organising fairs in 1967 and in the following

Graf opens a London gallery

Oscar Graf, the French specialist in 19th decorative

Tribal goes global

The market for tribal art covering works from Africa, Oceania and the Americas has a global reach these days. While particular centres form cultural and commercial hubs (New York, Paris and Brussels in particular), you can find fairs and shows, shops and auctions around the world. Recent sale highlights and previews from some of the upcoming auctions and fairs are featured here.

Illustrious former owners boost modern value

Spring is a traditional point in the saleroom calendar

A selection of dates for your tribal diary

They will include this large 20th century Dyodyomini

Tribal: Paris - Sotheby’s

Tribal art makes regular saleroom appearances in Paris

Tribal: Drouot - Binoche et Giquello

At the Drouot auction centre on June 6 the Paris firm

Tribal: London - Chiswick Auctions

Antiquities and tribal art will be on offer at Chiswick

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

Short-lived objects with real long-term demand

Society fair celebrates ephemeral items in which interest is sustained

Three fairs – and another to come

As So Last Century, Alison Davis and Alan Old run vintage

Antiques centres updates

Lincolnshire antiques dealer Justin Grimshaw has relocated

A great hall for varied events

The Great Hall in the privately owned 18th century

Obituary – Betty Klaber (1924-2019)

Betty Klaber, together with her daughter Pamela, started

Obituary – John Hayward (1938-2019)

The death of John Hayward on May 12 has robbed the

BADA logo: image problem and solutions

MADAM – I find that making a priority issue of the

Would you say Grandfather Clock?

MADAM – Further to Mr Adam’s letter in ATG No 2393

Football bribery back in 1904

MADAM – The recent offering in Wiltshire of a gold

The defence loved this prosecutor

MADAM – It was counsel for the crown Mervyn Griffith-Jones

Pepys ‘heir’ was a nephew

MADAM – in Previews, ATG No 2392, it states: “On May

Meanwhile…

Blissfully unaware of the BADA logo controversy, the