Precious metals

Dealer uncovers Countess of Carnarvon in Portugal

Found covered in grime in a Portuguese auction house

Bumper sales totals reveal Dreweatts now takes top spot

Auction figures show a shake-up of the status quo

TEFAF to clash with Masterpiece

The June calendar for art and antiques fairs is filling

Art dealer launches auctions to be staged in Chelsea

Fine art dealer Daniel Hunt has launched an auction

Arundel Lion ready to roar again in a new home

The so-called Arundel Lions were once a well-known

Challenges and opportunities of an ever-changing world

Seismic changes in bidder behaviour are causing the

Pick of the week: Meiji 10 yen pattern coin takes £260,000

Toovey’s Coins, Medals & Banknotes auction

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Hardy of Alnwick memento to reel in

Angling and fishing fans will be familiar with the

News In Brief

A group of coins was stolen from the London &

Worldwide call to arms

International highlights including an impressive weapon on every level offered in a German saleroom and a record year at a US auction house lead a wider look at recent stand-out results. Mark Bridge reports

Eye-catching armour

The most unusual armour lot to emerge in recent sales

Swords of honour: a presentation trio

A Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund sword of £100 value took the

Weapon was owned by tragic 1912 Antarctic explorer

A sword sold at Kent auction house C&T (22%

How to accessorise

Arms and amour sales often throw out interesting talking

Buyer chases down Russian dagger

The surprise lot at the sale held on December 11 by

Stand-out lots from treen scene

Selection of these functional but fascinating objects that have appeared at recent sales

Distinctive Wood miniatures emerge

Estimated at just £60-100, a pair of Georgian portrait

Tokens provide a rich seam of lots

Handed in by miners at the start of a shift in exchange

Labels mark a sign of approval

Francis Towne watercolour was one of his many works to have gone through Agnews

Large Bissill group provides mine of information

A significant collection of works by George Bissill

Pickwick parts add up to £40,000

Superb set of the Dickens classic was painstakingly assembled as originally issued

It’s a Harry shocker

Bidding on an exceptionally fine, virtually mint first

A Rackham wonderland

Offered at Sotheby’s (26/20/13.9% buyer’s premium)

British and Irish book auctions

Sales marked with an * are those in which books and

Previews

Our weekly selection from salerooms

Cambridge? It’s Silicon Fen-tastic

New fair organiser says the area is now a huge market thanks to high-tech developments

Airy force

Organiser Charles Hart of Skymeadow Gallery brings

News in brief

London Gallery Weekend has announced that it returns

5 Questions

A 1960s Longines gents dress watch with diamond inset dial, priced £350.

Tatton Park now February

Furniture dealer Malcolm Eglin Antiques from Northumberland

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

French sales firmly on the mend

Auction totals for 2021 underline the strong recovery since the start of the pandemic

Dufy’s double value from British sporting events

£1 = $1.35/€1.19

Mickey challenges pirate to a duel

A rare black and white Disney production image of Mickey

Milestone motors in with bike toys

Milestone Auctions recorded some buoyant prices for

Latest appointments

Phillips has appointed Jean-Paul Engelen to the newly

International Sales

Every care is taken in compiling this calendar.

The original and authoritative sales listing

This is a calendar of art, antiques and general auctions

Handy if you have time to spare

Horology dealer who will stand at Lingfield says buyers are keen to do repairs themselves

Chorus of approval for Woking event

Stall numbers are looking good at around 160 for Grandma’s

News in brief

Returning after a five-year absence is the 200-pitch

Obituary – John Gregory

On December 13, 2021, the art village of St James’s

Answers to the winter edition of the ATG giant crossword - Issue 2523

The winner - our congratulations and a bottle of Fortnum & Mason prosecco go to Marc Oxley of Uppingham, Rutland