Christie’s observes growth at ‘all levels of the market’

Assay Office crackdown on illegal silver

Plate committee to increase surveillance of market to locate suspect antique items

Mallett reunited with Dreweatts as Bailey plans relaunch of brand trio

Mallett reunited with Dreweatts as Bailey plans relaunch

Early longitude trials survivor up at auction

A pendulum clock used in an early longitude trial will

‘20/21 Fair’ to be renamed as British Art Fair and moves to Saatchi Gallery under new ownership

‘20/21 Fair’ to be renamed as British Art Fair and

‘No other auction house does this much business online’ says Heritage

‘No other auction house does this much business online’

Pick of the Week: Palmer picture picks up a record

The most eye-catching price at the latest series of

Bid Barometer – issue 2328

From thesaleroom.com

Fresh Old Master mastiff discovery bounds into auction

A previously unrecorded painting attributed to Giovanni

News In Brief

Venerable dealership The Fine Art Society has decided

Stacked in her favour

Contemporary jewellery designer Wendy Ramshaw’s earlier work, including her signature ring stacks first made in 1967, is coming back onto the market, as Roland Arkell reports

Hardy discovers Hennell archive

Jewellery specialist Joanna Hardy is usually found

Classic Kutchinsky

As the drab post-war years gave way to the return of luxury goods, one brand in particular was seldom dull

You shall go the ball – in China

Deemed a little ostentatious in some Western circles

Treasures from safe deposit box

The closing nine lots in Lawrences’ January 18 sale

Gold ring found near minster

This iconographic gold ring – perhaps once belonging

Great Grantham selection

A set of five Victorian diamond six-point star brooches

Tiffany cat and mouse chased

Among the highlights of the December 6 jewellery sale

War booty is one to watch in sale

Italian naval Panerai model taken from German frogman impresses at auction

Dix Noonan Webb

“One of the joys of working for an auction house is

Sworders

This high carat gold cornelian intaglio ring right

Roseberys

Francois-Desire Froment-Meurice (1802- 1855) was influential

Halls

This early 19th century garnet parure, comprising necklace

Auktionshaus Wendl

The three-day sale at Auktionshaus Wendl in Rudolstadt

Lyon & Turnbull

This Stuart period gold and rock crystal memento mori

Week shows middle market strength

Auction series at Somerset saleroom posts good results across wide range of lots on offer

Military bearings lead lots to commercial attraction

Military associations were sure sellers in the Victorian

Poster is cream of the crop

Evidence of the shrewd taste of student entertainments

Chinese bowls serve up six figures each

Promoted as including the contents from a Derbyshire

Coverage from range of regional salerooms

And still the lofts and attics of UK homes play their

Auction Reports: Greengrass now a Grosvenor star

Less familiar member of the London linocut school carves out his own niche at auction

Hodgkin heads south London sale

Modern and contemporary British art racked up £195

Saintly surprise

This painting of a saint sold for a multi-estimate

The Tennants terriers

Traditional ‘country house style’ pictures were in

Auction Reports: Forum is venue for wide variety

Array on offer at London auction house reflects the range available in a large books sale

Manhattan in detail

Extending from the tip of Manhattan as far north as

Daleks invade

Launched in 1965, TV Century 21 featured the work of

Celestial globes are star turns in Swiss and UK sales

Two exceptionally rare celestial globes or spheres

Previews: Up to £500

More Dinky toys from the collection of the Parodi family

Previews: £501 - £2000

This Stuart crystal memento mori slide will be included

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This vibrant ancient Egyptian cartonnage, known as

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

A bowler hat and cane used by Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)

Previews: £30,000 plus

These rather wacky ‘Grotto’ chairs were manufactured

Boom time for Bloomsbury

Exhibition on Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell comes as interest and stock are both healthy

Sim creates fresh chapter on literary lives

A trio of literary discoveries star at Sim Fine Art’s

New armour fair forges ahead

The Japanese Legacy Symposium’s Samurai Armor Fair

5 Questions

Lloyd Rust has run South East Antiques for 10 years.

The Howe-to antiques guide

Christopher Howe has been dealing from the Pimlico

Enter the Welsh dragon

Dealer, art adviser and former auctioneer Simon Wingett

Fair races into Chester

The year is well under way for Penman Fairs as it gears

Hurdy-gurdy and serpent sales

Unusual musical instruments take the auction stage in separate German rooms

New York

In the winter months ski enthusuiasts head to the slopes

Paris - Tajan

Tajan is holding a sale dedicated to work of a single

Paris - Piasa

A large group of the distinctive ceramics created by

Taxidermy is hot stuff in Shropshire

Henry Shaw (1812-87) is a well-known name in the world

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Feb 6*@ 69-lot Book Section: Militaria, Collectables

Manor house graced by Pugin is venue for new antiques event

House enhanced by the great architect hosts fresh July fair which is already half booked

Directory launches in print and online

Sharon Blagrove of Bentleys Fairs has launched an ambitious

Dalmeny adds Shepton date

Karen Dalmeny is a well-known face not only from antiques

Book dealer uncovers story of soldier in disguise

If you want to find something unusual in the book and

Kensington Frock Me kicks in

The next three Frock Me vintage fashion fairs this

Client accounts: transparency and integrity

MADAM – I’ve been reading ATG’s coverage of Mossgreen’s

Client accounts and SOFAA – a correction

It is mandatory for all members of the Society of Fine

Obituary

Dorothy McEwan (1925-2017), who died in December, was