Sale with lots of characters

ASA rebukes Christie’s over fees display

Auction house told it must improve the way it advertises extra sale charges and taxes

Tompion strikes a £200,000 note in Staffordshire

A portable table clock by Thomas Tompion sold for a

Piano keys ‘distort ivory statistics’

New figures obtained by the BADA reveal that piano

Stand rates reduced as Swallow’s Lincolnshire show becomes four one-day events in 2019

Stand rates reduced as Swallow’s Lincolnshire show

Rediscovered Iznik masterwork headlines Islamic Week series

Rediscovered Iznik masterwork headlines Islamic Week

‘Rodin’s’ Baptist bust found in Connecticut

Black Rock Galleries in Greenwich, Connecticut received

Audubon blast from the past

Was this the gun that John James Audubon (1785-1851)

Bid barometer

From thesaleroom.com

Armada Table sails to €360,000 result

A table created from wood and sculptural elements from

News In Brief

Auction house Roseberys has promoted Vicki Wonfor to

If I could tell you one thing

As the UK is about to hit its annual peak of Asian art selling events and auctions, Roland Arkell, Alex Capon and Noelle McElhatton asked dealers and auctioneers to pick a key market trend from the wide array of collecting areas on show

Asian Art in London Awards the shortlist

We present candidates for the 2018 AAL Awards, co-sponsored by ATG. From this list judges will pick two outstanding works of art, one from a dealer and the other from an auction house

Comment

ATG’s Anne Crane is one of the panel given the task

Hop to it for a gallery showcase

Asian Art in London is a chance to find outstanding examples of eastern art at galleries across the capital. Here, Frances Allitt spotlights some of what’s on offer

Asia on the rostrum

Thirteen auction houses take part in this year’s Asian Art in London, the number swollen by overseas as well as UK regional salerooms. Roland Arkell previews forthcoming highlights

Asia in the regions

Near and far beyond London, the UK regions offer an autumn calendar thronging with specialist auctions. Here Gabriel Berner previews some forthcoming highlights

Chairs sit pretty in salerooms

Sets of quality, attributable items with single country home provenance are performing well

Pleasant Georgian surprises

Modestly estimated staples of the once-booming Georgian

‘Conservatory’ Coalbrookdale

The 2ft 4in (70cm) wide tilt-top (shown above left)

Transit instruments measure up in sale

Probably a puzzle to all but experts in the field,

Terrific tazza

Nine centuries after it first became a thriving art

Chinese selection: from brooch to sword breakers

Chinese material beyond the headlining world of porcelain

Looking out for fresh Irish art

While demand is encouraging, a scarcity of high-quality work is hitting the supply side

Names to watch out for in Irish sculpture scene

Representing just a fraction of the international art

Saleroom selection:

Three modestly valued works in regional sales

Get the measure of the market

They may not have been the most photogenic lots in

Franklin crackles in saleroom

Private Collections, an October 3 sale at Bonhams (25/20/12.5%

’Love to dearest Bobsie’

The dust jacket is far from pristine, but this 1933

Posthumous Pulitzer winner

Eleven years after John Kennedy Toole committed suicide

British and Irish book auctions

Oct 23* 4 50-lot Book Section, Chiswick Auctions -

Aurora Australis update

In ATG No 2362 I made reference to a record of £60

Previews: Up to £500

Cornish-based painter Ken Symonds (1927-2010) embarked

Previews: £501 - £2000

A trio of lavishly dressed 18th century European dolls

Previews: £2001 - £5000

Bloomsbury Auctions will offer a single-owner sale

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

This Waring & Gillows secretaire was commissioned

Get into the spirit of buying

This year’s winter Olympia runs simultaneously with a festive fair on the level below

Tasty custard yellow vase to savour

Dealer Ted Few’s exhibition of Chinese pieces comprises

Sales in France: Paris – Binoche et Giquello

Tribal art is very much a strength of the Paris art

Sales in France: Paris – Artcurial

This little oil on canvas showing a seated lion watching

Sales in France: Paris – Tessier Sarrou

Fourteen unpublished paintings by Maurice Utrillo,

Angers

A newly discovered work by the 17th century French

Paris – Christie’s

The multi-talented Deco designer and artist Jean Dunand

Paris – Copages

This small-scale, 17th-18th century, Italian vanitas

Paris – Coutau-Bégarie

An ensemble of fans both Oriental and Occidental is

Paris – Sotheby’s/Pierre Bergé & Associés

A sale of contents of four homes belonging to the late

Reims

A classic Art Nouveau display cabinet by Emile Gallé

Buying at Auction - a general guide

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

So, should two become one?

Arthur Swallow Fairs is shifting to single-day events but other organisers are more cautious

Romsey event delay

Grandma’s Attic Fairs has had to postpone its fair

Fairs report full houses amid strong dealer demand

“The only downside to the fair is that we are having

Ivory and rhino horn view ‘does not make sense’

MADAM – It is with some interest and concern that I

Not all costs are the same

MADAM – At your recent round table on charging for

Banksy stunt: when a work is better shred than dead

The artist’s images have thrown up all kinds of legal