Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi: $400m and other numbers

Trade to make ivory case to MPs and peers

Dealers and auctioneer speak directly to policy-makers as consultation nears end

Germany to debate heritage bill

The impact of the controversial 2016 cultural heritage

December date for first Aristophil manuscript sale

After a two-year wait, lots from the defunct manuscript

Russian series marks Soviet centenary

In this 1917 Revolution centenary year, Soviet art

Editor’s comment

It’s easy to feel disconnected from the hoopla surrounding

Scroll down for solid Chinese results

Well-provenanced Chinese works of art posted strong

Pick of the Week: Jesse was best of the West Brom

One of the most comprehensive and best-preserved football

Bid Barometer – issue 2318

Northern Ireland jersey worn by George Best in the

Get Cartier and a diamond pleaser

Mallams in Oxford posted a house record for jewellery

News In Brief

An original sketch by JMW Turner is expected to achieve

A sale to remember

The remarkable Schorsch collection of mourning jewellery heads this week’s jewellery feature. Roland Arkell reports

The specialist’s view

We talk to Nicola Whittaker of Fellows

Jewels of real-life Lady Chatterley

Salisbury sale features collection of flamboyant figure

The name’s Submariner – Rolex Submariner

The first Rolex Submariner was introduced to the public

A selection of real gems

A round-up of recent auction highlights from Anglo-Saxon treasure to a magnificent man in his flying machine. Roland Arkell reports

Pendant marks brief calm before revolutionary storm

In May 1789, as the political and financial situation

Chiswick

The so-called ‘Chessman’ brooch, designed as a figure

Dix Noonan Webb

The festive season of jewellery auctions continues

Stroud

This Cartier citrine and diamond brooch carries an

Marine market shows buoyancy

Latest dedicated sale at Bonhams posts strongest results in the sector for some time

Sheep and snow flow away in favour of flood

A rather unconventional painting by the Victorian artist

Artist Midge bites back at auction

Just a clutch of canvases by the Cornish artist Marjorie

Dutch artist’s Indonesian work emerges in Taunton

A market-fresh drawing of a Balinese lady by the Dutch

Distinguished group tunes up

Single-owner selection is overture to a double helping of music auctions in London

Lear sticks to landscape

A letter that Edward Lear wrote in 1881 to a friend

Here be monsters… and an early view of Iceland

Featuring both real and mythical creatures, including

Cocktails go into sale mix

It looks very tatty, but the dust jacket shown left

Up to £500

Estimated at £30-50, this gold and turquoise brooch

£501 - £2000

In the mid-19th century, a stationery shop in Oxford

£2001 - £5000

Sworders’ December 5 sale in Stansted Mountfitchet

£5001 - £30,000

Footballing great George Best has been immortalised

£30,000 plus

Woolley & Wallis’ picture sale in Salisbury on

Why team is theme in London

Inaugural winter art week involves series of joint ventures with dealers outside the initiative

5 Questions

Mark Jarrold of Vavasseur discusses the appeal of barometers

Exhibition you can read a lot into

Literary enthusiasts could get their fix at Shapero

Go bumper to bumper at the Bohun Gallery

Among the many prints by Julian Trevelyan (1910-88)

Angels fly ahead of the furniture pack

The second of Suffolk House Antiques’ two annual exhibitions

Modern Scots and rock ‘n’ roll line-up

For its final pair of exhibitions this year, The Fine

Old world, New world

European dealers headed to New York as the second TEFAF American autumn event establishes a reputation for high quality and sophistication, as Lita Solis Cohen reports

TEFAF NY: trends

TEFAF, founded by dealers for dealers in 1988, is known

A decorator’s view of TEFAF

“ It is rare to have a client with the resources to

TEFAF NY sales: a selection

● “New York opened doors for us,” said Dino Tomasso

Auction dates for the diary

Find these auctioneers on thesaleroom.com where you

New York

Theodor Geisel, writer, cartoonist and artist, is better

New Jersey

Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925) was the first president and

Boston

A Sioux Indian beaded knife sheath from the Battle

Toronto

Working in late Victorian London, the Martin Brothers

Dallas

The French artist Jean Béraud (1848- 1935) was renowned

New York

“If it hadn’t been for the Blue Boxes, there would

New York

Among the items on offer in the December 16 auction

Boston

A Beatles Love Me Do signed single will be auctioned

New York

Highlighting the next photographs auction at Doyle

Soviet artwork in London spotlight

Soviet art is in the spotlight this month as the London

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Nov 21@ Books, MSS, Ephemera, Photographs, etc, John

IACF: future is bright in Newbury

Berkshire venue has more growth potential than Sandown Park, says the fair organiser

A slapstick selection

Back left, a c.1900 Dick Whittington poster by Stafford

Throw yourself into Bath event

Plenty of choice for possible Christmas presents is

Hicks’ design is a highlight

David Hicks, who died earlier this year, was probably

Ivory: Final thoughts at one to midnight

MADAM – Four years ago I was told by other dealers

Ivory debate ‘lacks common sense’

MADAM – I’m amazed at the lack of common sense that

The merits of chargeback

MADAM – I was interested to read about good practice

Was ATG diligent with ad ‘in the style’ of Wallis?

In ATG No 2316, on page 7, you report on a failure

Obituaries

Harold was the third and youngest son of David Black