CSK’s success was ‘built on atmosphere, a large number of sales and expertise’

Exhibitors call for change at TEFAF flagship

Fewer dealers, a shorter fair and a move from Maastricht are mooted

Regional rooms circle in advance of expected CSK exodus

Auctioneers are gearing up to win business and take

Should TEFAF move from Maastricht?

YES: “Every fair has a lifespan and it should be kept

‘Amazingly positive’ after six-figure sale at BADA fair

‘Amazingly positive’ after six-figure sale at BADA

Reports agree market declined in 2016 – but whose statistics do we trust?

Reports agree market declined in 2016 – but whose statistics

The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 10 key findings

The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 10 key

TEFAF vs Art Basel

The Art Basel Report was the first by Dr Clare McAndrew

‘Extra obligations’ under new data protection law

Stricter rules around the collection and use of data

ATG Roadshow 2017

Bristol, April 24

Pick of the Week: Leighton’s house record for House

The highest price for a picture sold in the regions

Bid Barometer – issue 2285

From thesaleroom.com

New and familiar faces for Masterpiece

Masterpiece London has revealed the list of 149 dealers

News In Brief

The Victoria and Albert Museum has been awarded Fabergé

‘Tribal material is seen as modern art’

Why, aided by the search engine, ethnographica is assuming greater importance for regional rooms

Tennants’ £20,000 Tiki

Tribal pieces from a good private collection were the

Getting right to the nib of the matter

The wide-ranging sale at Hansons (17.5% buyer’s premium)

Toys for two generations

From different centuries and different cultures – same

A Napoleonic sit down protest

A fairly early example of a traditional way of insulting

A present from ‘Edinborough’

Presumably the recipient, one Charles Salter of ‘Edinborough’

A moment of good fortune

Found in a Somerset house clearance, this Chinese jade

Chiswick sees eastern promise

As evidenced by prices recently recorded on these pages

Perspectives from a Grand Tour

Private works on a European theme yield strong prices in Cambridgeshire sale

Krugier name adds to appeal of £55,000 Hokusai drawing

This Japanese rice paper drawing was among a number

Local appeal for Whitby views

Born in Hull, many of Henry Redmore’s (1820-87) works

A £2600 unfinished tour of the British Empire

An oil of HMS Ophir moored off Halifax in Canada sold

Dillon’s majestic Madeira

A trio of watercolours painted by British topographical

Mapping the American Southwest

Shropshire auctioneer sells ‘cartographic cornerstone’ of Tex-Mex history at surprise £16,500

Who lost the continents of Lemuria and Mu?

So Geographers in Afric maps With Savage-Pictures fiill

Gullible’s undervalued travels

As well as those lots that are fully described and

And then there were two Brothers Karamazov

“Very rare, most extant copies behind institutional

Chagall’s ‘Arabian Nights’

Seen right is one of 13 coloured lithographs by Marc

Previews: Up to £500 – issue 2285

Made by Birmingham manufacturer Joseph Lucas Ltd, this

Previews: £501 - £2000 – issue 2285

This large garden stoneware figure of a pixie, or Puck

Previews: £2001 - £5000 – issue 2285

The star of Locke & England’s March 30 sale in

Previews: £5001 - £30,000 - issue 2285

Smiths of Newent’s sale on April 7 in Gloucester features

Previews: £30,000 plus – issue 2285

A small work by Russian artist Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov

Antiques for Everyone – and that includes the interior decorators

First Birmingham NEC fair of 2017 courts the interior design trade with welcome BIID tie-up

Evolution of the spring Battersea Decorative fair

The next Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair runs

‘The good old days’ at Chelsea

This unusual Staffordshire figure of Billy Walters

5Questions

West Sussex dealer Joe Chaffer started Vagabond Antiques

A modern look at traditional India

Crane Kalman’s upcoming exhibition Jethro Buck – Axis

Sculpture in the Sixties

Among the pieces available at Pangolin London’s ongoing

Paris – St Ouen

A grand suite of drawing room furniture that was commissioned

San Sebastián

This 17th century Hispano Filipino sculpture of the

Stuttgart

On March 30 Nagel in Stuttgart is devoting a specialist

Paris

Any item of African tribal art dating before the 19th

Zurich

Balthasar Van der Ast (c.1593-1657) is considered by

Bushels boost bumper sale

Works by some of the best-known names in South African

Diecast delights

The Dinky Toys journey began hot on the heels of the

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Mar 28* 39-lot Book Section: ‘Two Great Scottish Collections’

All the fun of the Foire de Chatou

A day out at France’s largest brocante and the return of classic chic with a contemporary twist

Fact file:

■ The first Foire de Chatou 2017 ran from March 10-19

Pele-Mele Antiquités

In his marquee he had a signed early 20th century Majorelle

Philippe Chapeau

Picault’s studio was in the town of Vallauris on the

Philippe Renard

“It takes three of us two days to put the stand up

Evelyne and Paul Khormaian

Paul Khormaian is the president of AFCOR – Amicale

Claudie Ferré

Ferré, who stands at Midcentury Modern’s fairs in London

Christine Trémoulet

Two pieces to catch the eye were a set of 19th century

Yannick Tendron

“Industrial furniture has nice mechanics and a fine

Alicia de Rollond

She arranges her stand by colour and shape, “piece

Here’s why we need full clarity on auction fees

MADAM – In case there is any doubt about the need for

A few pence short of a pound

MADAM – I was amused to read in ATG No 2283 that a

Then & now

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