2017

Gin, jewels and gems were the order of the night at the first Killik & Co and LAPADA event this week.

A recently rediscovered Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) painting has been bought by the Fitzwilliam Museum from dealer Daniel Katz.

Sumptuous jewelled bindings produced by London bookbinders Sangorski & Sutcliffe in the early years of the 20th century rarely emerge for sale nowadays.

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles will be able to take a Parmigianino oil painting to the US after no UK buyer could be found to match the £24.5m price tag.

A rare watercolour by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) took £52,000 at last night’s sale at Lyon & Turnbull.

A painting of Hove by Algernon Newton (1880-1968) drew keen bidding at Bonhams’ sale of Modern British and Irish art yesterday.

Calling all James Bond fans: Bonhams is offering nine scripts, screenplays and storyboards from Bond movies at its Entertainment Memorabilia sale later this month.

A London folk art dealer will stage a show about the artist Albrecht Durer (1471 – 1528) at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August.

What could be the most valuable personal art collection ever to come to auction will be offered at Christie’s New York next spring.

A quintessentially British scene by William Roberts (1895-1980) sparked lively bidding at Sotheby’s yesterday. ‘The Tea Garden’ from 1928 was estimated at £250,000-350,000 but was knocked down at £700,000, the second-highest price at auction for the artist.

Michael Gove MP has said he would reconsider introducing a pledge for a total ivory ban.

William de Morgan (1839-1917) Sands End Pottery tiles sold at Cuttlestones Auctioneers recently for £13,000, well over their £300-500 estimate.

The LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair hosts 11 first-time exhibitors this year.

Stamps and coin dealership Stanley Gibbons Group, parent of book auctioneers Bloomsbury, has put the company up for sale following discussions with a private equity firm.

Art and antiques trade associations are preparing to “forge new relationships” with the incoming government, in particular relating to the trade of antiques containing ivory.

Autograph albums, pocket watches and vases are the more usual fare for a valuer who gives a talk to a local group and asks people to bring along interesting items. A superb late 16th century gun is a very different matter.

The 11th edition of PAD London hosts 67 galleries including 11 newcomers.

In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week we cover fair size, Terry Frost and the result of the General Election.

Victoria Borwick, Conservative candidate for Kensington and president of the British Antiques Dealers’ Association, has lost her seat to Labour after a third recount by a margin of just 20 votes.