Wrapper performs at BRAFA

Learn from luxury goods, says LAPADA

Conference to cover opportunities from world of high-end retail and post-Brexit

2016-17 museum donations rise in boost for inheritance tax scheme

2016-17 museum donations rise in boost for inheritance

Antiques Roadshow to review approach to ivory

The BBC’s Antiques Roadshow is reviewing its approach

Antiquities trafficking unit formed in New York

Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R Vance Jr, has

Digital crime tops trade fears

Cyber security is among the biggest concerns for dealers

Pick of the Week: Woodall plaque makes a mighty Aphrodite price

Pick of the Week: Woodall plaque makes a mighty Aphrodite

Bid Barometer – issue 2325

From thesaleroom.com

Nelson memorabilia sails into London

A collection of remarkable Nelson memorabilia from

News In Brief

An appeal to find the ‘lost’ watercolours of modern

Sizeable bids for steam loco toys

Strange coincidence as same types appear in saleroom but modelled for different gauges

Sasha dolls play their part at auction

Must-have Christmas presents in the Sixties and Seventies

Superb provenance furnishes further strong Cotswolds results in Oxford

Superb provenance furnishes further strong Cotswolds

RAF clocks add touch of colour

Second World War technology starred at Tennants’ (20%

Strike a light for lost world of smoke

A gentleman retires to his designated smoker’s chair

Gross weighs in to make impact

Group of works underlines the calibre of a multi-talented but unfamiliar Mod Brit artist

Colourists take top honours in Scottish sales north and south

Colourists take top honours in Scottish sales north

The ‘last’ Whistler work

A painting by Rex Whistler (1905-44) which was believed

Buyers take note of Newton

Algernon Newton (1880-1968) is another British artist

Pushkin is toast of Russian lots

Selection of items relates to works by the drinking and gambling but much-revered poet

A host of Henry James highlights

Presentation copies of The Bostonians and a volume

Bartok work sends bidders into rhapsody

Possibly the first autograph manuscript of a complete

Fab feats at Crystal Palace

Illustrated above are two of the 20 hand-coloured litho

Storm lifts on the fashion world

Used as the catalogue cover design for an Illustration

Previews: Up to £500

This 11½in (29cm) wide Royal Copenhagen stoneware hippo

Previews: £501 - £2000

More than 250 lots of perfume bottles and collectables

Previews: £2001 - £5000

Philip Carrol Antiques of Gargrave in North Yorkshire

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

On January 31, Christie’s King Street will offer more

Previews: £30,000 plus

Dreweatts will launch its 2018 sales calendar in Donnington

Ex-CSK head now a Dec dealer

Former head of now closed saleroom regards Battersea as one way to fill the South Ken void

Decorative joined by rugs and textiles line-up

The annual London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair

Tillyer hailed as the ‘best since Constable’

A retrospective of William Tillyer (b.1938) running

5 Questions

Roy Bolton is cofounder of Sphinx Fine Art, an Old

A homecoming and moving homes

Dealers are often on the move. Here, ATG takes another

Antiquities

Antiquities is one of BRAFA’s strong suits in terms of exhibitor volume. Around 10 specialists in this field are standing, plus a number of others that mix antiquities with, for example, Asian art.

Impressionist, modern and contemporary art

The picture dealer element of BRAFA is substantial, but increasingly these days the emphasis is on works from the 19th century onwards, be they Impressionist and modern or post-war and contemporary art.

Early works of art

BRAFA has long been a fair with a speciality in early (medieval and Renaissance) works of art, which is something that dates back to the years when it was a Belgian National fair in the city centre. It thus serves a venerable collecting tradition drawing in buyers from the local area and further afield.

Tribal Art

Tribal art has long been a Belgian speciality due to the country’s colonial history in Africa. So it is not surprising to see this area well represented at BRAFA, with around a dozen participants in this field hailing from Paris, Brussels and as far away as Montreal.

Curiosities

Some of the works on offer at BRAFA are simply too

Frank views on non-European art

While BRAFA understandably dominates much of the cultural

Ski posters sale

It was around this time of year when wealthy skiers

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Jan 16*@ 26-lot Book & Magazine Section, Unique

Sampler goes back to school

Work from 1880 returns to where it was made after it was offered at nearby antiques fair

BBR on the rise aiming to climb to fresh heights

The green transfer-printed image features antiseptic

Mask fits among items for sale in Deco masterpiece

A restored wall mask made by and indeed featuring the

Cabaret in Polish showcase

This is Liza Minelli as you might never have seen her

Salerooms feel the tribe is right

Rising popularity of this collecting scene has tempted two auction houses to take steps

Career launched by pocket money pottery purchases

Not only is industrious Derbyshire auction house Hansons

With a little help from our friends in the north

Auctioneering is a fiercely competitive business, on

Halls’ shake-up revives stand-alone Asian sale

New year brings a new sales calendar at Halls of Shrewsbury

People

Lucie Rowe, who started her career with Cirencester

Demands for Roadshow ivory crackdown fill me with despair

MADAM – This week I listened in utter disbelief as

What kind of ivory?

MADAM – It is not clear from all the correspondence

Don’t forget the millions of ivory pieces not ‘of museum quality’

Don’t forget the millions of ivory pieces not ‘of museum

Giant crossword answers from the Christmas edition of ATG - Issue 2322

The winner - our congratulations and a magnum of champagne goes to Marc Oxley from Oakham.