Saleroom selection:

French rooms to team up for Aristophil sales

Three more auctioneers approved to aid the mammoth manuscripts dispersal

Mossgreen ‘won’t be the last’ until trust accounts compulsory

Mossgreen ‘won’t be the last’ until trust accounts

Birmingham fair broadens its weekend appeal

Antiques for Everyone held in Birmingham’s NEC is targeting

‘End of an era’ as Iconastas sells up

Dealer Chris Martin-Zakheim is selling his stock after

Rockefeller into the record books

Christie’s guarantee gamble pays handsomely as six-sale running total hits $828m

Landmark single-owner sales

2015 – Sotheby’s New York sells the collection of the

BADA says ivory ban fighting fund is receiving ‘positive response’

BADA says ivory ban fighting fund is receiving ‘positive

Pick of the Week: Price is right on the gunmoney

A rare James II ‘gunmoney’ half-crown sold for €10

Bid Barometer – issue 2342

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Honours from the other Duke of Cambridge

The honours of the last Duke of Cambridge (before Prince

News In Brief

Man Ray’s eye-catching 1938 promotional poster for

Silver accessible at three figures

Among the top-sellers in Salisbury were plenty of ‘more affordable’ options

Items once core to collections

An essential of genteel Georgian life, silver apple

Special taste of Battersea wine labels

A speciality for collectors of silver wine labels are

Mythical beasts and snail in harmony

Two fine Dutch pieces quadrupled estimates at Woolley

Choice Royal Doulton comes back to market

Australian enthusiasts did much to buoy up the Royal

Life in top-level Meiji

Estimated at £400-600, a Satsuma censer by Kinkozan

Medals recall striking talent of ‘Bomber’

The footballing power of mighty George Brown led to

Dolls head to Norway and Australia

The belief that porcelain dolls are somehow sinister

Cabinet price beaten only by record Rolex

Briefly catalogued as a 19th century French cabinet

Oriental art in West to East shift

Works produced for European market now generates demand from different bidding base

Egyptian art is a modern highlight

Modern Egyptian art emerged as a stand-out sector during

Miller duo displays strong Hamburg link

An early German whaling scene took top honours at marine

Bird books flock to auctions

Audubon classic guided at $8m-12m is stand-out lot among a series of ornithology options

Darwin letters to Bonn botanist sell in Cologne

Bid to €60,000 (£53,100) in a March 16 sale held by

Corruption, catechisms and cacti

Mexican lots, one of them relating to the working of

Rare Michelin guide leads to five figures

The first Guide Michelin was published in 1900 and

Previews: Up to £500

This colourful embroidered crewelwork housecoat from

Previews: £501 - £2000

The string of Suffrage memorabilia going under the

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This First and Second World War Distinguished Service

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

Forum Auctions will hold a Fine Books, Manuscripts

Previews: £30,000 plus

Bought new from a jewellery shop in Doncaster for £69

Fresh chapter in the books story

The ABA fair has a new title and location to expand its appeal and be more inclusive

Fair offers work which was key to French prose

Likely to be the rarest and most expensive book available

Whitford creates a Caziel rhythm

Previously unseen paintings by Caziel (1906-88) go

5 Questions

I developed and headed the Russian department at Shapero

Piper and his pleasing decay

A 1940 painting of Valle Crucis Abbey is one of the

Party at the palace

The Cotswolds Art and Antiques’ Dealers Association

Table is very pretty in pink

This c.1680 pink painted century Swedish table, right

Hamilton blossoms on home soil

Collection amassed by local philanthropist proves near sell-out in Philadelphia saleroom

Perfect look for the Florida beach house

If pictures provided the backbone of the Dodo Hamilton

Paris

The eclectic collection of Dr Georg Fischer goes under

New Jersey

Three sessions devoted to antique and vintage toys

Madrid – Segre Subastas

In its auction series in Madrid from May 22-24, Segre

Madrid – Duran Subastas

This pair of ormolu candlesticks by Pierre-Philippe

Rome

This Allegory of Spring by the 17th century Italian

British and Irish book auctions

May 15 Travel, Maps & Nat History, incl. Colin

Artist’s Resale Right

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Guide to buying at auction

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Jewellers enjoy the Frock Me fun

Organiser stages separate fairs to usual vintage line-up so more dealers can take part

Artist admires wonderful wood

Sculptor Patrick Seaman loves wood, most specifically

Be an antiques tourist in the north thanks to new guide

Dealer Anthony Bucke has been in the trade for 35 years

Fine weekend despite weather

“We’ve had two-day antiques and collectors’ fairs at

Straw blimey: the view over a decade

Buildings constructed out of straw bales sound more

Oriental art is latest specialist sale for Suffolk saleroom

Oriental art is latest specialist sale for Suffolk

Summers Place Auctions

Whether you’re in the market for mammoths or missiles

New medals head praises reinforcements

“Full steam ahead” is the battle cry of Marcus Budgen

UK ivory trade ban won’t aid elephant populations

MADAM – May I please offer three cheers to your correspondent

Legal case is too late now

MADAM – John Lewis’ letter (ATG No 2341) in which the

Join us in funding legal challenge

MADAM – We have been following the ivory debate in

A barn-storming tale and other memories of William McAlpine

A barn-storming tale and other memories of William

Nine different ways to bid for a Bateman

What is your bidding technique? This Bateman cartoon