Dreweatts

Artist’s record broken by trademark highly detailed study of natural objects painted in tempera

Castings on Charles I era lantern clock suggests the work of William Bowyer

It’s wise to keep a lid on estimates for traditional pictures where condition and market freshness is lacking

Two prominent single-owner collections put together into a single Town & Country sale at Dreweatts generated some decent if selective bidding when it came to the pictures on offer.

The high-flyer in Dreweatts’ (26/25/20/15% buyer’s premium) sale of the contents of Collections from Cairness House and a Wimpole Street townhouse was the set of six Chippendale chairs made for Brocket Hall that sold for £95,000 (see News, ATG No 2629).

It is a good time to be selling works by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840).

A set of six George III giltwood side chairs made by Thomas Chippendale for Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire sold at Dreweatts on January 31.

Regional firms report that while big buyers remain active the middle level is challenging

Jade censer modified by the architect-designer for his own enjoyment returns to auction in Edinburgh

This 18th century Korean eight-panel screen depicts a subject borrowed from Ming prototypes: a banquet honouring the famed Tang dynasty general Guo Ziyi.

Chairs and sofas by Howard & Sons are a pricey niche market these days, largely immune to the varying fortunes of the wider market for Victorian and Edwardian furniture.

Pictures were a prominent part of the Robert Kime (1946-2022) aesthetic.

Focus on three days of dispersing the collection of renowned interior designer and antiques dealer