Gloves fit the bill as best of the fair objects

Chiswick shows its ambition

West London saleroom takes on host of new starters and launches departments

House of Lords rejects ivory bill changes

No amendments accepted on behalf of the trade as controversial legislation moves to next stage

Tributes paid to influential Islamic art dealer

Islamic art’s ‘most influential’ dealer Oliver Hoare

Robert Barley collection up at auction

More than 500 lots of pictures, sculpture, furniture

Chinese art consigned from outside US shines in NY

Ahead of a threatened import tax, overseas consignments

Assyrian relief is one of the first to appear in decades

One of the earliest pieces of ancient art in the US

Heavyweight paperweight price

It was of early manufacture, looked beautiful and the

Bid barometer

From thesaleroom.com

Specimen banknotes set house record

A book of specimen banknotes printed for locations

News In Brief

An imperial blue and white Chinese Yongzheng dish has

Bang for your buck

Following more than a century of art market activity, opportunities now abound to buy traditional European art and antiques in the US, Roland Arkell reports

Boston

Evening Prayer, a recently discovered painting by one

Indiana

This example of the well-known Minton majolica revolving

Minnesota

This William Scott (1913-89) gouache on paper titled

New Jersey

This 9½in (24cm) amber glass Serpent vase, a design

Old treasures return from

From antiquities to Chinese works of art and 20th century

Fair creates cultural exchange

Dutch East India Company Kangxi vases from US collection underline TEFAF appeal

Previews: New York

This bronze Winged Figure by Dame Elizabeth Frink (1930-93)

Previews: Massachusetts

This signed Gabriel Argy-Rousseau pate-de-verre lotus

Previews: Boston

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak produced about 200 of

Previews: Pennsylvania

Dan Morphy Auctions includes this Met Toy Dan Dare

Previews: New York

A number of original watercolours by the English botanical

Previews: New York

This pair of late 18th century grey-painted and parcel-gilt

Previews: New Jersey

This rare clockwork strongman weightlifting toy, L’Hercule

Previews: Chicago

This c.2nd century AD Roman marble f‍igure of Diana

Previews: New York & Chicago

Bonhams’ September 25 Exploration and Travel sale in

Previews: New York

Several works by Christo (b.1935) and Jeanne-Claude

Previews: California

The Robert Slawinski auction house of Scotts Valley

Previews: Chicago

This Andy Warhol 1984 screenprint on canvas, 20 × 16in

Previews: New Jersey

Tribal art was one of just many passions of the prolific

God bless American bidders

Lyon & Turnbull auctioneer hails encouraging return of transatlantic interest in furniture

Early photos of Penang are pick of the auction

An album of 40 albumen images by pioneering photographer

Fine chalice choice

Two Worcester ‘Limoges’ chalices were the star lots

Vases head to Hong Kong

This pair of Qing vases, right, caught the eye of Hertfordshire

The count’s tailor saddles up again

A scarce Meissen figure, but no stranger to these pages

Not so bleak for Brook and Braaq

Wintry scenes by two local artists create a brighter picture when it comes to auction prices

Squirrell away at his highest price

Described by one of his biographers as ‘The Last of

Cornish strolls into Newcastle sale

This view of a Tyneside street, left, by Spennymoor

Buyer splashes out on a classic Hockney

Among the most iconic works of David Hockney’s (b.1937)

UNDER £500

The Russian artist and critic Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)

Several sales of the centuries

Nineteenth and 20th century highlights from auctions in London, the regions and the US

‘Under the influence of chloroform they took off my hand’

‘Under the influence of chloroform they took off my

British and Irish book auctions

Sep 18* 4 17-lot Book Section, Chorley’s - Cheltenham

Previews: Up to £500

This Etruscan bronze figure of a warrior is among the

Previews: £501 - £2000

A Suffragette ‘Freedom Award’ lithograph scroll, signed

Previews: £2001 - £5000

On September 25 in Colwyn Bay, Welsh auction house

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

A collection of Victorian medals relating to the Crimean

Previews: £30,000 plus

A painting by the Victorian Neo-classicist painter

Great Britons are celebrated

Fair moves to new venue but spotlight on excellent British art remains the focus

Ronins find a UK refuge

A series of woodblock prints by the Japanese artist

Dealers take up arms in London

A Maori quarterstaff and an Indian suit of armour are

5 Questions

Nicholas Bagshawe of Bagshawe Fine Art founded his

Visitors get a Friday feeling

More buyers taking time off for Peterborough

New glass fair is fully booked

In ATG No 2354, we previewed Christina and Paul Bishop’s

Fairs support textile talent

Funds from the Textile Society’s textiles fairs held

West Country showcase

Organised by the well-known Somerset textiles dealers

Set sail for tiles

Organised by specialist dealer Mark van Veen for the

Why should dealers have to justify their retail pricing?

MADAM – In your round table report on charging for

If the trade cares about elephants, it must support this ban

If the trade cares about elephants, it must support