Figurehead points way to £52,000 result

Getty snaps up ancient gems cache

The Getty Museum has emerged as the mystery buyer of

Figurehead full of canine quality

A carving of a deerhound which once adorned a 19th

Leadership changes across the Penman Fairs portfolio

Penman Fairs, the limited company behind four UK fairs

Consultation ahead of new anti-money laundering laws

The government is seeking views from the art and antiques

A First Folio at Firsts as book fairs pack early June

A near-complete copy of the First Folio forms part

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Precious metals

On Friday, May 10, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was

Classic special forces beret brings a very special price

Classic special forces beret brings a very special

News in Brief

Jonny Fowle has joined Sotheby’s as its first ever

Gem of a sale

A single-owner collection of cameos and intaglios in New York proved the highlight of ‘Classic Week’ producing a series of stellar results, as Gabriel Berner reports

Bust depicts a short-lived emperor

This over life-sized marble bust, right, depicts Emperor

Mars makes a multi-estimate sum

This gold ring mounted with an oval intaglio of the

Example of very early recycling

Although the antiquities market is more stringently

Trinket box

In the Classical world, the so-called pyxis – a small

Roman sports mask

Described as a “man of Moorish race and considered

Sales create a home from hone

Traditional country house contents auctions are now usually held at other premises

Advertising catches the eye at auctions

Troubling subjects to today’s society as they may be

A Swifte who failed to take flight

Family portraits in Irish auction include one of a would-be aviation trailblazer

Standards fly high in NY

Among the top lots at Christie’s (25/20/13.5% buyer’s

Nolan found in a cupboard

A monogram and faint signature to a botanical study

UNDER £1000

Good art at a great price in regional sales

Ballet holds court in a saleroom

Pioneering 16th century French work dances its way to a five-figure auction result

Le Corbusier designs a tour de force

The pictorial spread and designer binding shown here

Frankenstein meets the sleepwalker

An 1831, third (first illustrated) edition of Mary

New World music making

Billed as the first music to be both composed and printed

British and Irish book auctions

May 14 Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History

Previews: Up to £500

The 1970 World Cup in Mexico is regarded as one of

Previews: £501 - £2000

This mid-19th century carved alabaster marble figure

Previews: £2001 - £5000

It was on a trip to Venice in 1954 when the British

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

The large painted cloth hangings known as picchavai

Previews: £30,000 plus

Carriage and equestrian specialist Thimbleby &

New fair shows its sense of style

Fashion illustrations from self-taught artist are a major draw of the inaugural event

Get the visual low-down on Ludlow

This oil on canvas of A June Day, Ludlow by Beryl Maud

The web shop window

A rare poster by Edward Bawden (1903-89) advertising

Rembrandt stands out at print event

An etching by Rembrandt (1606-69) offered by CG Boerner

Tragic topics in text and images

This 1979 photograph by German artist Astrid Klein

5 Questions

Dr Ivan Bonchev is founder of Pax Romana in London

Hepworth bronze flows into auction

Aegean from 1956 on offer in Chicago saleroom leads a focus on American sale previews by Anne Crane and Noelle McElhatton.

Los Angeles – Andrew Jones

This 23in (58.5cm) diameter Art Deco table by the designer

Indiana – Strawser

Nineteenth century majolica ware is a speciality for

Boston & Philadelphia

These two 19th century micromosaic panels feature in

Colorado – Artemis Gallery

Artemis Gallery of Colorado holds a two-day online

New Jersey – Bertoia

This 9in (23cm) high tinplate toy, left, which comes

Chicago – Potter & Potter

Among the 700-plus lots of posters included in Potter

Pittsburgh – Old Toy Soldier Auctions

One of the highlights of Old Toy Soldier Auctions’

New York – Stair

On May 17 Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York, is selling

Buying at Auction - a general guide

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

Artist’s Resale Right

Advertisements in Antiques Trade Gazette may mention

Adams celebrates special birth

Thirty years ago organiser launched antiques fair held at the Royal Horticultural Halls

Vintage rugs brought from Belgium to Bath

Barry Fletcher specialises in vintage rugs and comes

Two brocantes coming up: in Rutland and Suffolk

Dealers Neil Honor and Jonathon Pegg run Catesbys,

Background story to the Canning Jewel auction

MADAM – I was interested to see the reference to the

Short-sighted on credit cards

MADAM – As a collector, not a dealer, of fine-quality

Why Penny Farthing is the wheel deal when it comes to practicality

Why Penny Farthing is the wheel deal when it comes

Derek Billings

Derek Billings has died at the age of 86. For half

Peter ‘Mick’ Willet

Peter Willet (1941-2019), known affectionately to all