Print issue 2331 (03 March 2018)
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News
- UK regional salerooms take 26% of auction sales
- Axing import VAT is ‘achievable’
- Brunel Museum to use Thames Tunnel archive bought at Bonhams as centrepiece of its expansion plans
- TEFAF Art Symposium focuses on 'Collecting in the 21st century'
- ATG acquires German online sales platform
- Ivory response ‘before Easter’
- The story behind the Met’s epic £460,000 auction battle for ‘America’s first china teapot’
News Digest
- Pick of the Week: German ark’s animal magic
- Bid barometer
- Gertrude Bell furnishings on offer at Tennants
- News In Brief - including Frieze launching a Los Angeles fair
TEFAF 2018
- Foreword: the dealer’s tale
- Selected highlights of the TEFAF Maastricht 2018 fair
- Dear diary: dealers reveal the ups and downs of preparations for TEFAF Maastricht
- Exhibitor opinion: view from the floor
- The importance of TEFAF Maastricht and my star item this year – images and video
- Spotlight on the TEFAF Showtime initiative to encourage fresh dealers
UK Auctions 2018: A report by thesaleroom.com
Auction Reports
- Furniture boosts bonnie start to Scottish sales
- Communist drummer boy sparks red alert in London
- Rug roughs it out to sell at £19,500
- Escritoire with a touch of ooh-la-la to excite bidders
- Buyers hooked by classic salmon lures
- Coffee cup not a has-bean at sale
- ART MARKET: Fish dish tickles bidder tastebuds in Salisbury
- Topographical art elevates Essex sale
- BOOKS AND WORKS AND PAPER: In search of Franklin relics
- Go wild in the Antarctic
- Early tee time: golf rules from 1839
- Top picks from Pasadena auction
Previews
- Previews: Up to £500
- Previews: £501 - £2000
- Previews: £2001 - £5000
- Previews: £5001 - £30,000
- Previews: £30,000 plus
Dealers’ Diary
- Bath Decorative Antiques Fair welcomes the new and treasures the tradition in 29th edition
- Surrealist exhibition in London brings together giants of the movement
- Galloway Antiques Fair stages next event at Scone Palace
- 5 Questions: Michael Todd
- Marino Marini starts at Robilant + Voena exhibition
Auction Calendar
Fairs & Markets
- Stylish venue Wilton House is setting for March antiques fair
- Eastern Pen Show to include Art Deco Conklin Nozac fountain pen
- On the scent of antique perfume bottle Mother's Day gifts at IACF Shepton Mallett
- Brighton fair in time for Mother's Day
Letters to the editor
- Museum quality tag is at odds with education aim
- Poaching battle needs real action
- Corruption allows poaching to thrive
- Antique ivory owners should expect compensation
- Read more about the cross-dresser soldier Snell
The Back Page
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