Dealers

A showcase of French couple whose work combined humour and fantasy with the natural world.

It was a white-glove result for the sale of works from the collection of André Mourgues at Sotheby’s Paris (25/20/10.9% buyer’s premium plus 1% overhead premium) where the 79 lots raised a premium-inclusive total that was just a shade under €10m.

A porcelain cabbage, its leaves edged in pale orange, is a highlight among 72 vegetables, animals and fruits featured in Albert Amor’s next exhibition – its first foray into Contemporary artwork.

Paul Fitzsimmons of Marhamchurch Antiques specialises in early English furniture and works of art pre- 1700, with a focus on 1500-1650.

A 19th century French bronze of a woman in a hat was among the highlight sales at the recent Art & Antiques for Everyone fair at Birmingham’s NEC.

A round-up of news and events from around the trade.

Contemporary African art was a topic of discussion at last month’s The Art Business Conference in London.

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

Several dealerships have completed sales to institutions after the winter showing of London Art Week (LAW).

Mary Hossack Decorative Antiques was among the many exhibitors enjoying a successful trade day at the recent Bath Decorative Antiques Fair, selling a 20th birdcage modelled on the Sacré Coeur for £1300 among many other items.

This original poster design for a Mediterranean travel poster by British artist Frank Newbould (1887-1951) was among the highlight sales at the recent Connect Art Fair.

York vintage event returns as first to be staged for three years

New York dealer’s show includes an attribution challenge with a cash prize on offer

A pair of George III period carved giltwood salon armchairs in neoclassical taste, c.1775, are among the highlights at The Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair.

Taking away a toy car for possible restoration for a young driver is this buyer at one of the biannual Beccles Antiques Markets.

This wooden Nagaland pipe from north-east India is offered at this month’s Tribal Art Fair online. Available from Shropshire dealership Handbury Tribal Art, it comes from a UK private collection and is priced at €750.

Dave Woodger deals primarily on the fairs circuit, particularly the IACF events, specialising in Whitefriars, Worcester and Doulton porcelain.

Ripley Castle’s website describes a history of persecution, plague, loyalty, social turbulence and recklessness.

Sunny Bank Mills at Farsley near Leeds has been in the Gaunt family for six generations.