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Home Office reloads firearm consultation

Fresh views sought over legal definition of ‘antique’ as police voice gun crime fears

Auction houses probed in report by elephant ivory pressure group

Auction houses probed in report by elephant ivory pressure

Trade wins clarification over California law

A coalition of auction houses and book dealers has

Camille Claudel family collection comes to auction

Paris saleroom Artcurial will offer a group of 20 works

LAPADA chief takes her leave

As Rebecca Davies heads to the gallery world, she gives ATG her perspective on dealer issues

Pick of the Week: Ottoman beads beat ‘Bakelite’ pitch but no Turkish bid delight

Pick of the Week: Ottoman beads beat ‘Bakelite’ pitch

Bid Barometer – issue 2314

From thesaleroom.com

Japanese arms come via Holland to Cheltenham

Mallams will sell a significant Dutch collection of

News In Brief

Bomb alerts disrupted two separate northern auction

Best of Asia

The Asian Art in London festival of exhibitions and

20 years and growing

The success of the Asian Art in London initiative lies in collective marketing. Kate Quill and Roland Arkell report

Early exhibitor

“Twenty years ago I was dealing from my home in South

Asian Art in London Awards the shortlist

We present the candidates for the 2017 AAL Awards, co-sponsored by ATG. Two honours are given for outstanding works of art: to a dealer and an auction house

Address to impress

Dealers in Mayfair, St James’s and Kensington Church Street use Asian Art in London as a chance to bring out their showstoppers in exhibitions at their home or temporary spaces

Simon Pilling

Animals have long provided motifs for prayers and wishes

Jorge Welsh

Jorge Welsh’s exhibition Turn of the Sea: Art from

Rosemary Bandini

Japanese art specialist Rosemary Bandini offers a variety

Jacqueline Simcox

Jacqueline Simcox specialises in silk textiles from

Nicholas Pitcher

The highlight of Nick Pitcher’s exhibition is a pair

Prahlad Bubbar

Artists and Patrons: India 1600-1935 takes place at

Runjeet Singh

To mark the 20th anniversary of AAL, Runjeet Singh

Eskenazi

The Six Dynasties (220-581AD) represent a turbulent

Asia on the rostrum

There are 10 auction house participants in AAL this

Asia in the regions

A dozen years since the first designated Asian art sale in the UK regions, the calendar throngs with specialist events

Ivory carves a market test

All but one lot sells from 30-strong consignment offered with ‘sensible’ estimates

Owen once, Owen twice...

Dominated by two lots of Chinese porcelain, the September

Garden theme fresh two centuries later

Appearing to be as vividly coloured as when it was

Timely reminder of Bombay

A gift from the founder of the Tata global business

Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘n’ Ryedale: Bill Haley gold disc stars

Back at No 1, 60 years after driving teenagers wild

Nelson sinks to shop sign

When the vendor consigned a 3ft 2in (97cm) tall carved

Rolf skis into Bucks auction

A collection of 28 German tinplate clockwork toys all

Irish art scene: not so easy, Tiger

Shortage of top works coming to auction to meet demand dismays discerning bidders

Artist Jack figures highly in Yeats family collection

The Emerald Isle was not the only place selling Irish

Barret makes rare appearance at hall

Adam’s mammoth annual Country House Collections auction

Early printed works measure up

Pioneering Dürer studies feature techniques of perspective and mathematical proportion

Sims’ Psalmes answer saleroom prayers

Printed in 1606 by Valentine Sims of London and in

Virginia and Vanessa joint production is dust the thing

A copy of the 1925, Hogarth Press first of Virginia

Sale surprises spring up in the north and south

Sales held on consecutive days in Edinburgh and London

Previews: Up to £500

A pair of scarce English polychrome delft plates decorated

Previews: £501 - £2000

This pair of George III silver and silver gilt goblets

Previews: £2001 - £5000

For more than half a year after the first film in the

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

In 1906, the artist Alfred Munnings (1878-1959) painted

Winter Olympia aims for a broader appeal

Dealers head for London looking for some pre-Christmas cheer

Olympia dealer happy to be a time-traveller

“Winter Olympia falls at a time of year when it isn’t

James D Julia

Among the more than 2000 lots of firearms and related

Dorotheum

Next year marks the 100th anniversary of Egon Schiele’s

Duran Subastas

This wool, silk and woven thread tapestry battle scene

Anteo Subastas

Anteo Subastas in San Sebastián will offer a large

Swann Galleries

Swann Galleries’ auction of Autographs in New York

Ansorena

Cornelis Van Cleve (Antwerp, 1520- 69) was the son

Postcards live on in the saleroom world

Last month, Britain’s oldest postcard publisher, J

BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Oct 24*@ 290-lot Book & Maps Section, Eldreds -

Our ATG Twitter winner

Online message comes up trumps as threatened centre is saved

Firebacks feed the collecting flames

The earliest firebacks date from the 15th century,

Country living suits print dealer

Utterly English and with features including ‘seven

Frome event generates vroom

The Frome Independent is a well-supported monthly street

It’s all part of the Ealing process

As Sugar and Spice, vintage dealer Emma Newman sells

Wilfred leaves his stamp on it

MADAM – I have for some years owned an oil by Dorothea

The CITES mammoth tusk task

MADAM – Re: the proposed ban on the UK ivory trade

Soapbox

The question this week…

Obituary – Ben Everett (1950-2017)

Antiques dealers, as a breed, do not make very good