British and Irish book auctions

The time to take a stand

Surprise bid highlights demand for vintage Rolex accessories

Early BADA 2019 sales augur well

A pair of early George III carved walnut Gainsborough

A £6800 judgment for Solomon drawing

London Judaica dealer Joseph Landau travelled to Sworders

Two auction houses launch in London this spring

Newly established auction houses Tate Ward and Kings

LMS railway posters rescued from cellar prove ‘flavour of the month’ at Mallams

LMS railway posters rescued from cellar prove ‘flavour

Roadshow garage sale find brings $1.7m during New York Asia Week

Roadshow garage sale find brings $1.7m during New York

Tunnard tops £444,000 Hertfordshire council collection

A surrealist work by John Tunnard (1900-1971) led a

German cathedral returns looted picture sold by state to Nazi heir in 1962

German cathedral returns looted picture sold by state

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

One of the 57 varieties – the solid gold bean

Food manufacturer Heinz has paid a hammer price of

Precious metals

On Friday, March 22, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in Brief

A new record for any item sold in an online-only sale

raise a glass

In the wake of record auction prices – the first £1m bottle of whisky and a $500,000 bottle of wine – four auction specialists discuss the lively market for fine and rare wines and whisky. A potted history of wine-related antiques follows on pages 20-21.

Liquid gold ‘the smartest place to put your money’

There is no question that the landscape of the whisky

At the peak of the market – two years later

When a single dram of whisky costs the equivalent of

Drinking the profits – a brief history of wine antiques

Pouring wine at the table from a standardised machine-made

The right time to pull the cork

Wiltshire auction house Henry Aldridge & Son is

Pedestal steps up to new level

Dealer’s collection makes up first single-owner sale run by former Christie’s expert

Glass and ceramics greats star in saleroom

Iconic names in the worlds of glass and ceramics starred

Pub slot machine finds new home

Having stood in the George IV pub in Workington since

A superb selection of sentimental samplers

Among the most desirable of all needlework samplers

Silver with rare Marks

Having produced only 700-800 works in his short-lived

Bidders with lots of bottle

Whatever it may be, someone, somewhere will be avidly

Ancient market a ‘thriving niche’

Cache of etchings by the Shoreham group of artists and followers emerges in Cirencester

’Noble’ blind stamp fires bids for Old Master drawing

The Old Master section of Dominic Winter’s sale on

A portrait with bonus – the sitter’s waistcoat

Old portraits will typically long outlast the garments

UNDER £2000

This 3½ x 5½in (9 x 14cm) mixed media and collage on

Many mysteries solved and sold

Heritage begins mammoth dispersal of Otto Penzler’s holdings of detective fiction

Players, poets, printers and pedallers

A table game published by John Wallis called The Mirror

A pharmacist’s passion for print

The first of four sales scheduled by Morphets of Harrogate

Previews: Up to £500

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships

Previews: £501 - £2000

This bronze death mask of the executed Irish Republican

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This Lowestoft pug goes under the hammer as part of

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

Adam Partridge will offer this engraved pin head by

Previews: £30,000 plus

A medieval royal marriage contract described as a “potent

NEC’s aristocratic credentials

Recalling the Marchioness of Townsend and Lady Stanhope at the Antiques for Everyone fair

How Baxter made an impression

In 1835, artist George Baxter (1804-67) patented his

Turn the spotlight on the the Gold Anchor period

Offered for £18,000, a pair of Chelsea baluster shaped

Please sir, it was the Eton boys

A piece of recycled wood used to make an Arts &

A further history of dealing

Historic artefacts from leading antiques dealers feature

5 Questions

Sarah Delves of Bags of Glamour is an exhibitor at

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers

Portrait of an art dealer

This 1937 portrait of art dealer Ambroise Vollard,

Bust stands proud in saleroom

Early 20th century Italian sculpture attracts six-figure result in German auction house

Big money emerges for Hamburg coin

A very rare gold coin took top honours at the auction

Padlocks secure high prices

Two iron padlocks caught the eye of numerous bidders

Freiburg – Peege

Through his numerous inventions, the Parisian craftsman

Cologne - Auction Team Breker

Contrary to popular opinion, the name of the Rock-Ola

Ohio - Treadway Gallery

European Art glass by Gallé, Daum and Lalique from

Auckland - Art and Object

A collection of Antarctic books from the library of

Vienna – Dorotheum

Almost 140 carpets and weaves which illustrate the

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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Glossary

If you are new to the art market you may find this

Buzzing with 2000 stallholders

Biannual event in Peterborough is set for a busy Easter as dealers rush to sign up

Buttons from French fairs head to auction

Since she moved to France two decades ago Rebecca Lloyd

Jaguar ready for Derby days

Jaguar Fairs is launching a new biannual two-day antiques

Midcentury Modern is ageing well

Launched in 2003, the one-day fairs remain a big draw for lovers of 20th century design

Trade and politicians out in force at BADA fair preview party

Trade and politicians out in force at BADA fair preview

Obituary – John Green

We regret to announce the death on March 15 of John

Obituary – Martin Woolf Orskey

Book dealer Martin Woolf Orskey, who died in December