1) Easter’s Festival of Antiques at Peterborough to be the last
The East of England Showground is to close and will no longer be able to host large-scale outdoor events, forcing International Antiques and Collectors Fairs (IACF) to stop running the long-standing Peterborough Festival of Antiques.
Peterborough Festival of Antiques. A fair has run at the venue since 1972 and has existed in its current two-day format since 1999.
2) New faces and promotions at galleries and auction houses
A new appointment at art gallery Saatchi Yates is among the recent hires in the world of art and antiques.
Joseph Friedman has joined gallery Saatchi Yates to launch Saatchi Yates Masters.
3) Fabergé elephant table lighter stars in our pick of six auction highlights
ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes included a sought after Fabergé silver elephant table lighter that more than doubled estimate in Yorkshire.
Fabergé silver elephant table lighter, £21,000 at Tennants.
4) Easter Weekend options for a fair visit
The long Easter Weekend this April is packed with art and antiques fairs taking place around the country. Here we pick out a few highlights from the calendar.
Pots and more pots on a sunny day at the Shepton Flea.
5) Elegant sitter ‘from the Fairfaxes’ catches the attention
A flurry of bids emerged at Mallams in Oxford for a particularly fine 17th century portrait of a young woman.
Portrait of a lady wearing a brown dress and blue cape in a landscape setting, circle of Mary Beale (1632-1697/99), £31,000 at Mallams.
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