Wartime letters to ‘Queenie’ up at auction

Sunbury to run Kempton and Sandown Park

Events to be held in tandem as IACF drops Surrey venue to focus elsewhere

We care about the trade, says DIT

Government department to help in bringing art and antiques buyers to the UK

Bonhams sits comfortably in Asian art series

Bonhams capitalised on the strong market for classical

VC sale marks Passchendaele centenary

“I died in hell – they called it Passchendaele,” Siegfried

Cole strikes a chord in Bath

“No one can rival Thomas Cole for engraving in the

New editions to the Forum

Forum Auctions has expanded its modern and contemporary

1stdibs hides dealer names

1stdibs has changed the way it displays objects for

Fryer & Brown

A dozen customers of former Surrey auction house Fryer

Pick of the Week: Vancouver sextant discovery

The name on the frame was the name of the game at Charles

Bid Barometer – issue 2317

From thesaleroom.com

Whalebone cane strolls to £17,000

A mid-19th century scrimshaw carved whalebone walking

News In Brief

A Pimlico Road antiques dealer is considering leaving

Gardner figures are Russian in

Ceramics produced in factory to the north of Moscow underline Exeter sale’s global reach

What goes around comes around to a Kent auction

What expert James Opie described as “the most intriguing

Be factual and full – but non-committal

Despite the imperfections of the market for Chinese

Keeping it Surreal in Somerset

Devon vendor consigns market-fresh 15 lots stored in dilapidated house to Charterhouse

Early Brits Fitz the bill at Blythe Road auction

Fitzroy Square to the north of central London was a

An ice price in Yorkshire

British and Irish watercolours piqued the interest

Kennedy shows petal power

This archetypal still-life by Cecil Kennedy (1905-97)

A collection grown over decades

Botanical lots from Washington DC focus on high quality but produce mixed results

The revolution may well be televised

A brief letter (below) of 1864 in which Ulysses S Grant

Holme truths about costly heraldic work

Earlier works in an October 18 sale held by Cheffins

Up to £500

This Mr Punch inkpot was made in the mid-19th century

£501 - £2000

Miniature mahogany Victorian grandfather clocks, like

£2001 - £5000

This oak Bressamer beam corbel features in The Pedestal’s

£5001 - £30,000

This 1950s diamond cocktail ring will be going under

£30,000 plus

The end of November heralds the start of Russian Art

Derby in the running at Brum

Porcelain society event spearheads ceramics spotlight at winter Antiques for Everyone

Suffolk exhibition has an eye on East Anglia

In the little market town of Eye in Suffolk, English

Shop talk – Harp and Rose Antiques 55 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AP

Shop talk – Harp and Rose Antiques 55 St Benedicts

5 Questions

Mark Seabrook of Mark Seabrook Antiques deals in oak

Julius Caesar who roamed far and wide

Leeds-born artist Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759-1817)

Tuscan head in the cloud

Bowman Sculpture holds an exhibition of new works by

Clarke’s world of inspiration

Lists of artwork by Geoffrey Clarke (1924-2014) can

French design fits the zeitgeist

International array of bidders produces impressive selling rate and prices in Paris auction

California

A Nobel prize-winner’s gold medal awarded to a British

Marseille

A newly discovered, hitherto unpublished painting by

Ohio

A 700-lot sale devoted entirely to one single-owner

Louisiana

A large three-day, various-owner multi-discipline sale

Copenhagen

This collection of late Qing dynasty Chinese hair ornaments

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Nov 13-14*@ Sports Memorabilia, Graham Budd Auctions

First cruise control, then a sprint

Organiser’s packed programme includes former boat-train terminal and running track arena

Holt event brings touch of glass

As the annual Christmas-gift jamboree gets under way

Capital showcase out west

London is thick with antiques events this weekend and here we pick two specialist fairs in Kensington.

Swallow in Stoneleigh

Pictured is a happy customer making a purchase at Arthur

Time to join the singles club

Antipodean auctioneers launch a different dedicated department

Horse whispers and festive song

Not many new faces at salerooms can include among their

Read all about it

In business for 20-plus years, former Sotheby’s auctioneer

Turner prize is revived saleroom

It’s a new name and a new start for a Jedburgh saleroom

Gala fills fitting gallery venue

Celebrating its 20th birthday in the British Museum’s