Paris – Digard

New BADA boutique fair for October

‘Curated collectors’ event to run alongside Frieze at Lanesborough

South Ken to hold final sale on July 19

Christie’s UK chairman says the closure of Christie’s

Contract changes after CMA ruling

Auction Technology Group, parent of Antiques Trade

Dora Carrington’s saleroom flowering

Estimated at £15,000-25,000, a still-life by Dora Carrington

Finder disputes PAS committee’s valuation of Anglo-Saxon treasure

Finder disputes PAS committee’s valuation of Anglo-Saxon

Stuck on how to vote? Help is at hand…

What the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems pledge on key issues affecting art andantiques

CSK closure: ‘For the long-term health of the business it is right’

CSK closure: ‘For the long-term health of the business

Christie’s restructuring: a case study

Christie’s Chinese art department – shorn of the experience

Pick of the Week: Silver box that is not to be sniffed at

Pick of the Week: Silver box that is not to be sniffed

Bid Barometer – issue 2295

White pottery vessel with grey speckled bands, 1991

Bountiful Burmantofts

Earlier this year Woolley & Wallis decorative arts

News In Brief

Stamp and coins dealership Stanley Gibbons Group has

The £13m boon for London as Silk Road begins to run dry

The £13m boon for London as Silk Road begins to run

London Asian art sales at a glance

Textiles: the uncut market for court dress

For the most important ceremonies and rituals, high-ranking

Jades: any colour as long as it’s white

By definition ruyi sceptres are highly auspicious objects

Japanese Art: Tomatada shines in Katchen collection

The centrepiece of Bonhams’ Japanese offering on May

Imperial inksticks add welcome six-figure footnote to regional series

Imperial inksticks add welcome six-figure footnote

Bidders on hunt for field sports

Traditional country pursuits pictures experience a revival as private buyers supersede trade

Sussex buyer follows the plough

A painting by equine artist Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869-1958)

Daubigny goes with the flow

A Charles-Francois Daubigny (1817-78) painting that

My lord: £200,000 for Siena scene

This depiction of a 16th century bullfight in Siena’s

Music sale performs strongly

London auction with Mahler as lead produces many sound results from 53 lots

Anne Frank’s diary in Dutch and English form

In recent times a few examples of the 1947, Dutch text

Gambling and Houdini are safe bets in Chicago saleroom

A ‘gambling’ sale held on May 5-6 by Potter & Potter

Cruikshank cartoons count

A rare and complete set of The Scourge…, a monthly

Fritz cosies up to Charlene

“Artworks from Underground Comix – especially from

Previews: Up to £500

This brass ship’s bell from the sunken sea tug Empire

Previews: £501 - £2000

A miniature Victorian safe formerly in the collection

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This George Medal for acts of bravery was awarded to

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

A first edition of Ian Fleming’s (1908-64) first James

Previews: £30,000 plus

This ivory and bronze Semiramis figure of a dancing

A London June, July and Auguste

Mayfair gallery exhibition shows that Rodin sculpture is readily available to start a collection

Austrian dealer moves into former Mallett premises

White walls, harsh lighting, edgy urban location: this

Shop talk

Bow Windows Bookshop

5Questions

Mark Skipper of Cheltenham Rare Books talks about opening

Gallery gains Barns-Graham estate artworks

More than 35 works by the artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Castle looms over local Ludlow show

This view of Ludlow Castle is one of the works included

Furniture collectors make quality count

Andrew Singleton’s first of two annual exhibitions

Paris – Millon

A clutch of photograph sales is coming up this month

Basel

Bailly et Beuret’s next auction series takes place

Nantes

This drawing of a young girl by the Dutch-born artist

Paris – Piasa

A small but select sale of a collection of carpets

Pop goes the easel

A selection of vibrant prints, artist’s proofs and

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Jun 6*@ 57-lot Book Section, Cotswold Auction Company

Salvage with a homing instinct

Latest annual Salvo fair in Oxfordshire includes vintage kitchenware among the reused gems

Go to church and go shopping

The 18th century Église St Sulpice in Paris’ 6th arrondissement

3 country house car boot sales

1 The country house car boot season, mostly held to

Rising to the Portobello challenge

Antiques dealers of Portobello Road must jostle for space with souvenir traders. But a new breed of seller is determined to maintain the area’s antiques heritage, writes Laura Chesters

Single trade body has more force

MADAM – My compliments on an excellent round table

Susanna opinion was vindicated by price

MADAM – I believe the Susanna and the Elders (above

Great to see the UK scene so lively and buoyant

MADAM – I am writing to say how much I greatly enjoyed

Touching letter, happy memories

MADAM – Following your recent article about Bill Neal’s

Then & now

News as reported from the ATG Archive