Print issue 2273 (07 January 2017)

News

• Sotheby’s
• Bhandl
• Auctioneers ‘should be clearer on fees’
• The ASA guidelines
• 1stdibs shut dealer site over emails
• Del Sarto discovery chalks up €3.2m French record

News Digest

• Top story: Paris fair formula sprouts up in Brussels
• Pick of the Week: Raise a glass to pair of rare Welsh whisky bottles
• Bid Barometer
• Export stop aims to keep First Day’s vase in UK
• News In Brief
• 17 PREDICTIONS for 2017

The Back Page

• Then & Now
• Soapbox
• Obituaries

PREDICTIONS FOR 2017

• 17 for ’17
• Your views: what will 2017 bring?

Auction Reports

• Just like the old saleroom days
• Letter gives provenance
• Wide-ranging sale
• Scientific record-breakers
• Buyer’s Premiums
• Battered but worth $140,000
• BRITISH AND IRISH BOOK AUCTIONS

Dealer’s Diary

• Fresh London fair aims to excel
• BUY TO LEND
• Head north for London art showcase
• Media guru and art buyer of note

International

• Buyers express their wider taste
• Goblet and stained-glass window light up Cologne

Auction Calendar

• South Kensington sale pole position

Fairs & Markets

• Vauxhall vintage gets into gear
• Former Tesco man has lots in store
• Richard E Grant has a racecourse market tip for Twitterati
• Back-to-back fairs bring a bonanza to antiques fans

Letters to the editor

• Why we need to take pricing seriously
• TV deals are not the real world
• Reserve prices need a fix
• Taxing ivory is surely an admission of guilt
• Matters of proportion
• Zealotry beyond reason

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