Shedding light on Swan’s first bulb

Trade lobbying wins reprieve on US imports

Chinese works of art dropped from list of items subject to Trump’s 25% tax

Indo-Portuguese exports shine in British salerooms

Two early examples of Indo- Portuguese furniture sold

Fair sales for Saatchi and LAPADA

The relaunched British Art Fair opened with a flurry

Lee’s pots thrown into new territory

Proof of a burgeoning market, a series of stellar results

Bid barometer

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News In Brief

A silver teapot that belonged to the last colonial

Coinex grows into new venue for 40th year

Numismatic showpiece moves to County Hall

Bidding big at four season openers

Five-figure sums for sculpture, furniture and bronze politicians across early September sales

Multi-estimate ways to improve the figure

Figurative art was the other big seller in early September

Portraits of women in the art world

Self portrait by Lucia Casalini Torelli tops trio of female faces at £400,000 Salisbury sale

The calm before and after the bidding storm

Two contrasting marine scenes, encapsulating the unpredictable

Airfix helps Cross fires

For most enthusiasts of Airfix’s plastic construction

Cotes’ archer on target in Essex

A standout portrait entry to Essex saleroom Sworders

UNDER £1000

Saleroom selection:

Marking three decades of Winter

Founder remembered as anniversary sale sheds light on evolution of the Narnia Chronicles

Record catch for a Compleat Angler

Containing the original watercolour seen below right

Dangerous and hard to find

This linocut, right, comes from one of just 30 copies

Caesar and ‘the excellencye and value of woman kynde’

Following on from last week’s 19th and 20th century

British and Irish book auctions

Sep 25* 4 12-lot Book Section, Aldridges - Bath 01225

Previews: Up to £500

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships

Previews: £501 - £2000

This large 12in (31cm) wide earthenware teapot, with

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This dressing table by Gillows is guided at £2000-3000

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

Two film props from Gerry Anderson’s The Investigator

Previews: £30,000 plus

Gracing the catalogue cover of Whyte’s Irish &

A touch of glass for Harrogate

Venerable Northern Antiques Fair returns with a full house for October

Why Henk’s hens are majolica masterworks

This rare pair of Minton majolica hen and rooster vases

Japonism recalled at Battersea

Japonisme, western art inspired by Japanese art and

5 Questions

Persian rug dealer John AW Briggs from Scotland is

Previews: New York

This poster, above, for the LMS and LNER railways promoting

Previews: Madrid

Portraiture was not the preferred genre of the Valencian

Previews: New York

The Old Masters section of Doyle’s auction in New York

Previews: Chicago

Les Arrancheurs de pommes de terre by French artist

Previews: Troyes

This large panel painting, right, by the Flemish artist

Kempton antique arms fair going great guns

There is a full load of arms fairs this month including

Discover Vintage, and an Ercol commission, in Leeds

Trading as Discover Vintage, Keeley Harris runs shows

Rebranded from antiques to an upmarket flea

Based just outside Norwich, Holly Graham, pictured

Young writers wanted for Bloomsbury fair

The annual London Writing Equipment Show at the Holiday

Trade position on ivory ‘misunderstood’

MADAM – The views expressed by your correspondents

‘Buyers are still surprised by the premium they must pay’

‘Buyers are still surprised by the premium they must