‘Discoveries’ of the year

Hansons to hold London sales in 2018

Derbyshire-based Hansons Auctioneers is opening a London

Christie’s pulls Waldseemüller gores ‘pending further research’ over date

Christie’s pulls Waldseemüller gores ‘pending further

Wearing the Vorticist movement on your sleeve costs £29,000

Wearing the Vorticist movement on your sleeve costs

TEFAF commits to Maastricht fair

The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) is planning

Delacroix sketch guided to £2.6m

Strong competition emerged for an oil sketch for Eugène

Pick of the Week: Eyewitness view of Dunkirk evacuation

It may be strange and surreal, but John Spencer-Churchill’s

Bid Barometer – issue 2322

From thesaleroom.com

Ring recalls Nelson Band of Brothers

A gold memorial ring made for one of Nelson’s ‘Band

News In Brief

Forum Auctions’ Banksy sale in New York set a new record

Key moments

Punctuated by moments of real drama, the past 12 months have been as lively as any other in recent memory for the art and antiques trade. Here, ATG journalists analyse some of the high points and challenges

Number crunching the global market

Online. Offline. Far East. Middle East. Though measurement

Trade figures on the move

With the closure of Christie’s South Kensington in July and restructuring at parent company Christie’s, many former staff were on the move in 2017. But, as this selection suggests, they were not the only ones trading places.

Regional highlights

2017 produced some eye-catching prices in the UK’s regional salerooms. Here are some stand-out lots

Top 10 web winners are…

A selection of the leading lots sold above estimate via thesaleroom.com in 2017 suggests a thriving online market for the esoteric

The online tribal gathering grows

Auctioneers across the country are increasingly tuned

Dear ATG: letter highlights…

Our selection of reader letters summing up the issues that roused your passions in 2017

…and the headlines

In ‘Key Moments’ (page 14) we give you ATG’s choice

Fondly remembered from 2017

Here we look back at some of the notable people the trade lost in the past 12 months

Most popular web stories

Ivory, the general election, fakes and the closure of a certain well-known London saleroom were the stories that resonated online with readers in 2017, as Alex Capon reports

Top 10 most viewed in 2017

3 Gauguin sketch dismissed as a fake is valued at £200

Tricks of the trade on social

In the past year dealers and auctioneers have used a variety of ways to raise their profile on social media, from puppy posts to videos of restoration in action, as Laura Chesters and Matt Ball report

The ceramics scene setters

Spotlight on four auctions in the same month offering English designs

Birks to Beswick

The November 11 sale at Potteries Auctions (20% buyer’s

Seventh time lucky for sisters

Brontë and other records set among latest edition of mammoth Sotheby’s sale series

Marilyn’s sultry happy birthday to JFK

The night, just three months before her death, that

Theatrical flourishes and ladies of the night

A fascinating archive of manuscripts, ephemera and

Walking pace on the sands

‘Stage Coach Passengers passing Woburn Sands’ is one

January fair is a bit of ‘me time’

Organiser tips Mayfair event as chance to treat yourself after the pre-Christmas gift splurge

The joy of Jackie Collins

Among the pieces on offer at the Mayfair event is a

5 Questions

If you would like to be featured in 5 Questions, please

Another side to Emile Zola

Multi-talented French author’s photographic archive goes under the hammer in Paris

Single-owner Cartier-Bresson collection in the New York picture

Single-owner Cartier-Bresson collection in the New

Saucy stonework shows sex sells

Haute Epoque, the French term given to early, largely

Lalique in the limelight

René Lalique’s jewellery showing his characteristic

Preview: Beaussant-Lefèvre

Realistically modelled crib figures are a particular

Suffolk railwayana steams into sale

More than 400 lots of railwayana, assembled from the

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Dec 19*@ Antiquarian & Collectable Books Section

Racing ahead to the new year

Venue changes, event shake-ups and launches were major features of the 2017 fairs scene

Tokyo duo in Notts tie-up

IACF came up with some interesting leads this year

Special stories

As ever, specialist fairs featured in the column this

Centre new owner is on a high

Dealer Vincent Page, the new owner of Antiques on High

International relations

In Europe we covered antiques markets in France and

A springer into action

Monmouth dealer John Read Smith is a multi-exhibitor

Stranger things

Two dealers in more unusual material also featured

Young get in on the deal

Young dealers made a welcome appearance this year including

Christmas is here!

It’s time to pit your arts and antiques brains against

Ivory consultation: why ban is political not environmental

MADAM – The entirety of the antiques trade, past, present

Recent memories of much alive Lord Carrington

MADAM – In your report last week (ATG No 2321) about

Obituary

David Armour died on November 10 at the age of 87.