Bids under the microscope

Ram raiders hit Petworth fair

Police appeal after jewellery and cash worth £830,000 stolen in night heist

Still-life brings £300,000 in Wiltshire sale

A major price for an Old Master in the English regions

Qianlong throne tops Asian series as ‘Chenghua’ dragon dish takes flight

Qianlong throne tops Asian series as ‘Chenghua’ dragon

‘Integrity of a handshake deal in the art world has been upheld’

‘Integrity of a handshake deal in the art world has

Morphy stake in arms show

Morphy Auctions has taken a stake in the Antique Arms

Moorcroft charity shop donation delivers £9000

The recent art and design sale at Cheffins in Cambridge

Wilson and Thatcher – a week in political memorabilia sales

Wilson and Thatcher – a week in political memorabilia

Giant haystacks and a steel rabbit post art market landmarks

Giant haystacks and a steel rabbit post art market

Baseball ale poster is big hit with a US bidder

In US collecting circles the ‘Anson-Ewing Burke Ale

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Singer Sargent later watercolours emerge

The American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

Precious metals

On Friday, May 17, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was

News in Brief

Writers’ association English PEN has launched a GoFundMe

All aboard for bone ship models

Intricate representation labelled as a Royal Navy vessel has French prisoner-of-war origin

Foreign visitors go on a journey to Exeter

Topped by an eight-times estimate £19,500 Momoyama

Flutes are beauts

Target of a London silver specialist, this pair of

Tobacco taken with a conscience

Almost wholly reliant on slavery, the tobacco industry

Rhead looks to be right attribution

Catalogued as ‘Art Nouveau… manner of Charlotte Rhead’

Guano and a large country pile

Family collection based on imports for fertiliser produces a healthy farmhouse dispersal

Eyewitness view captures last action of the Indian Mutiny

Eyewitness view captures last action of the Indian

Ganymed prints boost Lowry value

When it comes to buying limited-edition prints by LS

‘Cornish Wonder’ work at £12,000

A portrait by John Opie (1761-1807) led nearly two

‘Early sat nav’ shows Plymouth

An oil in gilt frame by John Thomas Serres (1759-1825)

Dawson depicts a mystery race

A classic oil on canvas of yacht racing by renowned

Crying fowl pays off in saleroom

Scarce ‘Gentleman’s Recreation’ guide from 1704 is one of several curiosities on offer

Simple Houdini poster does the trick at auction

One of the more successful acts in a recent American

Printed edition of Islamic medical text is healthy seller

Printed edition of Islamic medical text is healthy

British and Irish book auctions

4 43 lots Books & Maps, Martel Maides - St Peter

Previews: Up to £500

A collection of nearly half-a-dozen pieces of 18th

Previews: £501 - £2000

Priced at £995, this large and scarce Archibald Knox

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This brass model of a soldier riding a camel is one

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

This picture is from a rare first edition in book form

Previews: £30,000 plus

Potato Harvest, a 2ft 6in x 3ft 4in (76cm x 1.01m)

Go Batty for an amateur artist

London gallery showcases rediscovered drawings thaty record an Italian journey in 1817

Cotswolds fair date change

Cooper Events’ Cotswolds Decorative Antiques &

Painting shows changing face of London

A watercolour by John Nixon (1755-1818) showing St

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers

5 Questions

Nick McConnell of McConnell Fine Books is among the

Gargoyles grimace in Suffolk

A highlight of Suffolk House Antiques’ summer selling

Alan Davie and all that jazz in London gallery

Scottish artist Alan Davie’s (1920- 2014) oil on canvas

The show goes on at Petworth Park

Spirits and sales were high at Petworth Park on May 10-12 – despite a ram-raid by jewellery thieves

Away from the screen

As Pom Harrington, chairman of Firsts: London’s Rare

A prosperous year

Welcome to the fourth annual supplement produced by

Four fairs will go into one

For the first time this year, the four fairs that make London a destination for bibliophiles in June will be held side-by-side across the space of just four days. Frances Allitt looks at the personality of each event

Faces from Firsts

A trio of exhibitors at London’s rare book fair Firsts ponder the market, their motivations – plus looded shops and heavy metal. Interviews by Frances Allitt, Roland Arkell and Tom Derbyshire

In her own write

After more than two centuries of collecting history, the market is once again changing how it evaluates – and values – rare books by women. Bonhams’ head of books Matthew Haley reports

Seen through modern eyes

Just being old is no longer enough. True, most of the

The proper title

In the wake of more high-profile book thefts, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers is tackling head-on the sometimes thorny issue of provenance. Roland Arkell reports.

21st century tastes

How the growing public and institutional interest in the history of food and drink is influencing the market for early recipe books. Laura Chesters reports.

Hammer highlights

Our pick of items sold recently at books and works on paper auctions

Unbreakable Enigma variations

Well-preserved example of the improved Second World War coding machine is up for sale

Russian sword owned by prince who died in action

A Russian battle sword is on offer at Morphy Auctions

Maine – Thomaston Place

This pair of half-length portraits by Sir Peter Lely

Pennsylvania – Pook & Pook

This intricately detailed model of an English butcher’s

Paris – Artcurial

A group of 15 works on paper by Salvador Dalí (1904-89)

Copenhagen – Bruun Rasmussen

Two impressive golden bowls presented by the king of

Buying at Auction - a general guide

Always read the auctioneer’s terms and conditions for full details.

Artist’s Resale Right

Advertisements in Antiques Trade Gazette may mention

Fawley fair bookings flourish

More than double the number of dealers sign up amid blooming international interest

Dealers at the centre of annual event

Organised by rugs and kilims dealer Malcolm Cannell

Beautiful backdrop to Herts fair

Sharon Blagrove of Bentleys Fairs will be heading to

Letters, Opinion & Obituary

Philatelist’s fight highlights the issue of authorative

Bellmans party marks 30 years in the business

In any ‘top 10’ list of 30th birthday party themes

Story of a derelict factory and a mystery super sign seller

Story of a derelict factory and a mystery super sign

‘Penny Farthing’ is just fine

MADAM – I take great issue with the recent letter on

Credit cards have drawbacks

MADAM – David Southwell (Letters, ATG No 2392) makes

White gloves: on the other hand

MADAM – In Letters, ATG No 2390 Nicholas Oddy raises

Obituary – George Floyd

It is with great sadness that I report the passing