Dealer who thinks outside the box

Sotheby’s tears up online-only pricing model

Auction house boss has eye on boosting consignments and a wider audience

Chinese auctioneers hope British advice on non-payment fits the bill

Chinese auctioneers hope British advice on non-payment

Brush washer on offer in HK sale

This Song dynasty brush washer above, one of the few

Medieval brooch much loved by bidders

Seven phone bidders competed for this 15th century

Reaction to Sotheby’s online-only changes:

“It’s a really positive development for the auction

Mark Hill returns to rostrum at Dawson’s

TV collectables expert, author and specialist Mark

Editor’s comment

Sotheby’s serious intent in the silly season

Scam listings guides resurface

Dealers and auctioneers are again being targeted by

Criminal assets targeted

The new Criminal Finances Act, which is expected to

Pick of the Week: Chinese bustle and calm in one view

Large-scale paintings of intimate domestic scenes are

Bid Barometer – issue 2306

From thesaleroom.com

Matthews contracts score at auction

Sir Stanley Matthews’ first football contract showing

News In Brief

A painting by Canaletto’s nephew Bernardo Bellotto

Cup of tea trumps champagne

With corks yet to pop ahead of Chiswick South Ken, silver service is the toast of the saleroom

Scroll on a roll in Roseberys selection

Provincial sales throughout the summer were enlivened

Cricket cages catch the eye at Cambridge sale

Catching the eye at the Oriental Sale at Cheffins (22.5%

Darlington brush with sale success

Made in various materials across the centuries, brush

Cups and bowl serve up £10,500

Offered as a job lot, these 2¾in (7cm) tall Chinese

Isle of Wight auction houses join forces in a shipshape format

Isle of Wight auction houses join forces in a shipshape

Toy names steam in on right lines

Three names prized by collectors helped this 19th century

Surprise remedy

Tentatively catalogued as ‘18th-19th century German

Not so top brass

Militaria has the advantage of a wide price range for

Frost is hot in a volatile climate

Artist’s vibrant oil is £65,000 star as sales test temperature of unpredictable Scottish market

Watercolour master Cotman displays his drawing talents

Fine examples of John Sell Cotman’s (1782-1842) draftsmanship

Musical marvels impress in Paris

Wagner annotated copy leads highlights from the third part of huge Pierre Bergé library

Austen colourful life

Fanny was obliged to introduce him to Mr Crawford’

Catalogue clues to library riches

A blaze which tore through Norwich Central Library

Fine bindings from Spain and England

The report on the music section of the latest of the

Previews: Up to £500

German railway history officially began in 1835 with

Previews: £501 - £2000

The value of this torn first issue of Beano Comic from

Previews: £2001 - £5000

The Order of St Patrick was founded in 1783 by King

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

This Emile Gallé cameo glass three-branch chandelier

Previews: £30,000 plus

It was the 18th century Dutch silversmith John Schuppe

Fair shows 20/21 vision

Modern British art event returns at new venue after two-year break

Record number of dealers in the London fair tribe

Tribal Art London, the annual UK fair, seeks to raise

5 Questions

Joss Graham specialises in ethnographic textiles and

Vienna

The second, and final, instalment of the collection

Madrid

After a summer break, the next auction session at Duran

Pennsylvania

More than 100 lots of robots and space toys feature

Meet the Firmstones

The Grade II-listed Wordsley Manor has an unusual aspect

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Aug 30*@ 109-lot Book & Ephemera Section, James

Plenty of bong for your bucks

British Horological Institute launches a clocks and watches fair at its Notts headquarters

Mid-century gives musician much to chew on

This is the story of how James Watkins went from being

Vic is among big-name ticks

The Vauxhall Art Car Boot will hit the south-east Kent

Tower of strength

Possibly the most memorable press exposure the Folkestone

Kimonos are a stand-out style

The great flowering of the kimono was in the Edo period

Colourists hint at a bright future

Scottish art exhibition launches Edinburgh firm’s London gallery and showroom

Auction house opens a new chapter

Dawson’s Auctioneers is a relatively fresh-faced newcomer

Wigan saleroom boss feels he is a lucky man

Some auctioneers believe they are rock stars when they

I love the twists and turns

MADAM – I read with dismay your correspondent’s letter

Bangle wrangle: it’s not a bracelet

MADAM – On reading ATG’s London Summer Capital of Art

Obituaries Leonard Sutton (1946-2017)

Leonard started his antiques career in 1968, working

David Wheatley

David Wheatley of Wheatley Antiques, who specialised

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