EU cultural goods bill is ‘blow’ to market – but full impact may not be felt until 2025

Saatchi Gallery art fair joins London summer calendar

A new art fair launching at the Saatchi Gallery this

Rothschild works add lustre to summer auction series

Furniture, works of art and Old Master paintings collected

Block imposed on £10m van Leyden

A sketch by Dutch artist Lucas van Leyden (1494- 1533)

‘Partner to the Canning Jewel’ surfaces in Salisbury

A Renaissance revival jewel perhaps from the same workshop

Summer Olympia takes to the floor

The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia will take place

Box pushes sentimentality aside for a siege celebration

Although catalogued as 19th century, this horn, fruitwood

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Precious metals

On Friday, April 26, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in Brief

The National Galleries of Scotland and the Victoria

Fork out for spoons

The £48,000 sale of the ‘Mambury Set’ of 10 James I apostle spoons in Salisbury tops the regional spring sales of antique silver. Terence Ryle reports.

Good taste in culinary devices

An Elkington electroplated duck press outsold silver

Devlin extras

Two cased Stuart Devlin silver gilt surprise eggs of

Kinsale marrow scoop is a cut above in Crewkerne

On account of its relative scarcity, all Irish silver

Smallwork but perfectly formed

Offered as a sale within a sale, 34 silver snuff boxes

Pieces on offer with intriguing histories

After almost 50 years on public display in the silver

Continental silver finds its place in provinces

Underpinned by bids from the internet, silver from

Go east for a great collecting field

Biannual auctions centred on the local region bring good results for Colchester saleroom

Seago trio takes £44,000

Three oils by the popular East Anglian artist Edward

Glasgow Girl in Edinburgh

An early illustration by the ‘Glasgow Girl’ Jessie

UNDER £1700

Good art at a great price in regional sales

Lot offers something of the night

Guide to the prostitutes and brothels of London tempts bidders at Staffordshire sale

Works show how to stay sharp at cards

Tightly bound, clean and crisp, and “about the nicest

Ferns book at auction

Offered as a part of the natural history section of

A good hair day in the saleroom

A 1782 first of James Stewart’s Plocacosmos: or, the

Gould volume rises high

Some 150 lots of books formed part of a recent Irish

British and Irish book auctions

4 85-lot Book Section, Wotton Auction Rooms - Wotton-under-Edge

Taking a view beyond the £90,000 London panorama

A very rare panorama of London that made £90,000 in

Previews: Up to £500

This Edwardian necklace, contained in its original

Previews: £501 - £2000

Measuring 18in (46cm) in diameter, this unusually large

Previews: £2001 - £5000

A collection of medals relating to the Yeomen of The

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

On May 3, London auction house Roseberys will auction

Previews: £30,000 plus

A vast collection of British and Commonwealth stamp

Discovered in a shed 32 years ago

Artist’s long-hidden commercial illustrations are at long last offered for sale

Garden antiques set to bloom

This cast-metal figure of a young girl with a bird

Phillips makes a move

Elaine Phillips Antiques has moved into new premises

5 Questions

Dr Stewart Abbott is partner at S&J Abbott Ceramics

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers

Piper’s castle in triplicate

In The Countryside Through Art, mid-century specialist

Raise a glass to a Mozart note

Short message to a ‘true friend’ after opera debut appearance sells at Berlin auction house

Blunt portrayals bring sharp bidding

The German artist Heinrich Zille (1858-1929) was known

Madonna and Minerva stand out in sale

Two highly different examples of sculptural art caused

Bidders suspect a well-known hand at work

As a rule, Lempertz (24/20% buyer’s premium) in Cologne

Stamp denotes Parisian origin

This highly elaborate chest of drawers decorated in

Casket was born in Bethlehem

The extensive spring sale at Schuler (20/18.6/16.6%

Napoleon commands high price

The biggest surprise at the sale of works of art at

Munich – Hermann Historica

The inscription London on the barrels of this pair

Frankfurt – Dr Crott

The chain of artistic influences that led to the decoration

Heilbronn – Dr Fischer

Russian works of art are coming up for sale at Dr Fischer

Cologne – Van Ham

The painter Franz Roubaud (1856-1928) was born in Odessa

Heidelberg – Metz

It is thought that the prestigious Meissen designer

Cologne – Lempertz

On May 17, Cologne auction house Lempertz is selling

Krefeld – Schops Turowski

Modern British ceramics are rarely offered by German

Buying at Auction - a general guide

Always read the auctioneer’s terms and conditions for full details.

Artist’s Resale Right

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May turns up the stereos

Queen star is also a huge Victorian photo fan

Fair is question time for veteran dealer

One of the attractions at this month’s Decorative Living

Extra visitors expected

One of the largest boat jumbles in the UK is likely

Go upmarket in Norwich

Holly Graham holds her monthly Upmarket Fleamarket

Herman cabinet must stay in UK

Copy of a letter sent to Jeremy Wright MP, secretary

But why is it ‘white glove sale’?

MADAM – In the ‘Glossary’ in ATG No 2583, a ‘white

This has got my aerated waters going

MADAM – Having collected advertising for over 50 years

Duty calls for traders on money laundering

A lawyer writes: Stupidity is no defence if suspicious transactions are a serious possibility