Bizarre patterns across the UK

Online sales hit ‘new high’ as market grows

Study shows growth after decline but mid-market remains under pressure

Webb’s survives Mossgreen debacle

Two businessmen from Auckland have rescued New Zealand

Core allegations dropped in Russian ‘fakes’ case

An investigation in Germany into an Israeli art dealer

Ivory debated on the breakfast sofa

Leaders of four African countries have called on the

‘Auctioneers against ivory’

William George, an online-only auctioneer which ceased

Art lending trend continues as auctioneers sign to finance firm

Art lending trend continues as auctioneers sign to

Write stuff at BADA fair

Among the first sales of BADA 2018 was this modernist

Pick of the Week: Closing the shutter at a record €2m

A new record for a camera sold at auction was set by

Bid Barometer – issue 2334

From thesaleroom.com

Anyone for real tennis – at £13,000

An unexpected highlight of a recent sale at Sworders

News In Brief

Salisbury saleroom Woolley & Wallis says it will

Taking a double lesson in current collecting fashion

Polarised market for English ceramics highlighted by single-owner sales in Exeter and Derby

Downloading the details of a world-class collection

“I hesitated to share my collection in this way lest

Coysh blue and white collection sparks Winchester transfer talk

Coysh blue and white collection sparks Winchester transfer

On the scent of china ‘toys’

Multi-estimate results greeted the Joyce Paretti collection

Pinxton en camaieu takes a bough

The contents of a country house near Tetbury yielded

Bidding for a rare Belgian

The ceramics and glass offering at Chiswick Auctions

Lowestoft cat gets the cream

Despite their small size and often unsophisticated

More reasons for Salisbury rooms to bless America

It was in keeping with a Salisbury sale dominated by

Wily bids for Dolly Varden

As a general rule late Victorian ceramics are at a

Bidders warm to an unnamed face

Tudor portrait of unknown court beauty catches the eye at record-breaking Cambridge sale

Every dog has its day

Led by the portrait of an Italian mastiff by il Guercino

Inscription adds to status

The sale topper at Wilkinson’s Auctioneers (20% buyer’s

Fedden demand across UK

A pair of trademark gouaches by Mary Fedden (1915-2012)

Marvellous moments in March

Robert Morden’s county ‘playing cards’ lead catalogue of notable sales in the UK and US

Comic book news flashes

A previously unknown copy of the Golden Age comic that

Krusenstern goes round again in Sussex

A first English edition of Charlotte Bernhardi’s translation

Rudiments of reading and other tales of childhood

Early children’s books, many from a single collection

Bond first – second time around

An 80-lot James Bond collection seen in a recent Lincolnshire

Previews: Up to £500

The steady stream of Suffragette material onto the

Previews: £501 - £2000

Harry Moore-Gwyn’s British and Continental pictures

Previews: £2001 - £5000

Guernsey saleroom Martel Maides has estimated this

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

A clock made by one of Thomas Tompion’s closest assistants

Previews: £30,000 plus

This mammoth tusk with 19th century carving goes under

Crowd control is just the ticket

A change to TEFAF Maastricht’s opening day policy has been better for business, exhibitors tell Frances Allitt and Laura Chesters as ATG checks the mood in the early days of the 2018 fair

Five sales at TEFAF

As ATG toured the floor of TEFAF Maastricht 2018, dealers reported early sales taking place

Pennsylvania

Pata are a type of edged weapon used in the 17th and

Paris

A second tranche from a single-owner collection of

Zurich

The still life was a speciality of the Flemish artist

Paris

A suite of bedroom furniture by Emile Gallé features

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Mar 20*@ Antiquarian & Collectable Books Section

Go underground in vintage style

Former railway tunnel and air raid shelter in Ramsgate provides novel venue for Sunday fair

Mix business and pleasure at Snape

About 500,000 people a year visit Snape Maltings, on

Turning from collector to dealer at Bowman

Graham Beech will be one of the new standholders among

Pen a positive response to the Yorkshire Fleamarket

Helen Bowman and Ben Wray of Bowman Antiques Fairs

First marks made at Charing Cross

Meet David, a young collector pictured below with his

BADA fair looks forward, not back

As TEFAF Maastricht hit fifth gear (see p37), it was

Thirsty work down the King’s Road

1. One of four coveted BADA fair awards is that given