Selective Russian series maintains capacity to wow

A Brilliant response to studio sale

A maquette for the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London’s

Coin found in field sells for £460,000

A rare Roman gold aureus, found by a metal detectorist

‘New addition’ to the Lewis chessmen

Sotheby’s believes it has found a missing piece from

Why the saga of the £22,000 ‘Sobers six-sixes’ ball isn’t over

Why the saga of the £22,000 ‘Sobers six-sixes’ ball

Connect to join the summer season in 2019

Connect – The Independent Art Fair, which debuted at

Swiss self-portrait lights up saleroom

Berlin auction house Grisebach posted an auction record

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Swansea ice pail takes a cool £38,000 result

An impressive 8in (20cm) high ice pail, cover and liner

Precious metals

On Friday, June 7, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was

News in Brief

Lyon & Turnbull is hosting an exhibition spotlighting

Rivals who clicked

Golden Age collaboration between two London clockmakers leads a look at the market including hammer highlights, auction previews and dealer news. Roland Arkell reports

Chronometer made in modern times

By the 1980s, Thomas Mercer of St Albans had made almost

At the Cole face: unusual and more familiar works

A rare regulator bracket clock signed by Thomas Cole

Complex clocks make sharp auction sellers

The complex precision electromechanical pendulum clocks

Best in black

Undoubtedly the most evocative account of the workshop

A Vulliamy pair

These two mahogany library mantel timepieces below

Titanic chronometer connection

During an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic in

Augsburg masterpiece

On July 2 Sotheby’s will hold the first of a four-part

A ‘barn find’ dial clock

Estimated at a token £100-200, a large twin fusee wall

Norton chimes with bidders

Eardley Norton, who is listed at 49 St John’s Street

Your carriage awaits

The series of Victorian carriage clocks by James McCabe

Unrecorded Tompion to star at Masterpiece

Kensington Church Street clock dealer Howard Walwyn

From Lewes’ finest

Remarkably, of the approximately 110 clockmakers recorded

Mudge nudge in new direction

A mahogany longcase clock (right) by Thomas Mudge (1715-94)

Signed by maker and first owner

As the vast majority of Georgian clockmakers signed

A great old time to be had

This c.1790 Georgian mahogany bracket clock, right

Bombed city brought back to life

Works by artist better known for humanitarian work are revitalised in East Sussex sale

Horse sense: Bevan lithographs trot into saleroom

London’s horse dealers, auctioneers and cab-yards are

UNDER £1700

Frances Richards (1903-85), the wife of painter Ceri

Evolution of a work on palm trees

Naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace reconstructed his book after a devastating blaze

Greek philosopher gets his house in order

Early printed books, among them a Bible of 1476, were

Phantom makes a very real result

Sporting a torn and defective but rarely seen dust

British and Irish book auctions

Jun 11 Important MSS, Continental Books & Music

Previews: Up to £500

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships

Previews: £501 - £2000

This late-18th century Anglo-Indian School portrait

Previews: £2001 - £5000

Although she has very little track record at auction

Previews : £5001 - £30,000

Designed to force the shoulders back and the chest

Previews: £30,000 plus

A fan showcasing the opulence of 19th century European

Meet the ‘last living Surrealist’

Desmond Morris on his many lives as a zoologist, painter, author and collector

Olympia’s interior designs

French commode forms good example of selling strategy at long-standing London event

5 Questions

Nicky Gould of Gould Antiques offers a range of small

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers

Ideal if you fancy some bread and cheese in Wales

Tim Bowen Antiques brings this Welsh oak cwpwrdd bara

Artists as celebs: debut show plays a fame game

When Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), leading artist of

Mid market manager

Chicago-headquartered US saleroom Hindman, formerly Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, has an ambitious agenda that goes beyond its recent rebrand, as its CEO Thomas Galbraith tells Noelle McElhatton

Roll out the barrels

Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) was an American artist

Chinni sculpture

Born in Mount Kisco, New York, Peter Chinni (1928-2019)

Clammer price

Andrew Newell Wyeth (1917-2009), one of America’s best-known

Thomas Galbraith factfile

2004: University of St Andrews, Scotland. MA in art

Art Nouveau dragon vase

The fine and decorative arts sale to be held by Morphy

Made in Birmingham, UK

A mixed-discipline summer estates sale to be held by

Waterloo heroics

Included in Weiss Auctions’ sale in Lynbrook, New York

Bergman bronze

This Franz Bergman cold-painted bronze figure will

Nodding magician

This c.1900 French automaton is included in the next

Racing trophy

This silver-gilt Doncaster Cup racing trophy has hallmarks

Raven rattle

This 1880s Haida painted wood raven rattle, 12¾in (32cm)

Buying at Auction - a general guide

Always read the auctioneer’s terms and conditions for full details.

Artist’s Resale Right

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Two Cs ready for three busy fairs

Organisers report that all of their events are fully booked as far ahead as October this year

Dealer tinkles the ivories at first event

“It seemed that the world and his wife and most of

B2B pitch it just right in Malvern

B2B Events’ Malvern Antiques and Collectors’ Fair at

Tech wizards showed little nostalgia for the old ways

MADAM – I have been intrigued by the correspondence

Mystery plaque has bard vibes

MADAM – In Fairs & Markets (ATG No 2395), Gallops

Letters

We enjoy reading letters sent to us by our readers

Obituary – Anne Shannon

We regret to announce the death of jewellery collector