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Christopher Lee’s collection of pens to be auctioned at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury

03 April 2017

A consignment of 16 pens from the collection of Christopher Lee, the distinguished British actor who played Dracula in nine films, is to go under the hammer at Dreweatts and Bloomsbury.

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A modern look at traditional India

01 April 2017

Crane Kalman’s upcoming exhibition Jethro Buck – Axis Mundi features recent work by a contemporary artist interested in Indian miniature painting.

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‘Amazingly positive’ after six-figure sale at BADA fair

01 April 2017

An imposing sight on the stand of London furniture dealer Godson & Coles, this early 18th century japanned bureau cabinet sold for a six-figure sum at the BADA 2017 fair.

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New and familiar faces for Masterpiece

01 April 2017

Masterpiece London has revealed the list of 149 dealers to stand at its eighth annual fair taking place this summer, a similar number to 2016.

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Antiques for Everyone – and that includes the interior decorators

01 April 2017

First Birmingham NEC fair of 2017 courts the interior design trade with welcome BIID tie-up

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5 Questions

01 April 2017

West Sussex dealer Joe Chaffer started Vagabond Antiques & Décor in October 2015.

Exhibitors call for change at TEFAF flagship

01 April 2017

Established dealers are calling for a “shake up” at the venerable TEFAF Maastricht in the wake of its 30th showing last month. Proposals include moving the fair to Amsterdam, making it shorter and including fewer exhibitors.

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Sculpture in the Sixties

01 April 2017

Among the pieces available at Pangolin London’s ongoing exhibition Sculpture in the Sixties is Tower, a painted fibreglass and aluminium work by Nigel Hall (b.1943).

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‘The good old days’ at Chelsea

01 April 2017

This unusual Staffordshire figure of Billy Walters, c.1820, by Enoch Wood was among the pieces sold at the recent Chelsea Antiques, Art & Design Fair (March 15-19).

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Evolution of the spring Battersea Decorative fair

01 April 2017

The next Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair runs from April 4-9 in London’s Battersea Park. The second of three fairs to take place in the Battersea Evolution Marquee, it follows a successful January edition.

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Victorian printmakers Charles and George Hunt celebrated with the launch of first full-length book on the artists

31 March 2017

A new book on two prolific Victorian printmakers launched last night.

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Massive Duke of York centrepiece leads Christie’s Robert de Balkany auction with sale to Koopman

28 March 2017

A large, striking George IV silver-gilt centrepiece led Christie’s sale of the Robert de Balkany collection after it was hammered down to London silver dealer Koopman Rare Art.

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Furniture dealer Rolleston sells William and Mary marquetry cabinet to international museum

27 March 2017

Kensington Church Street dealer Rolleston recently sold a William and Mary cabinet to an international museum for a mid-six-figure sum.

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Should TEFAF move from Maastricht?

27 March 2017

While dealers are always discussing ways a fair can be improved, one issue raised at this year’s TEFAF Maastricht by a number of exhibitors was whether the fair should move to Amsterdam.

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They said what?! The week (20 - 26 March) in quotes from the art and antiques world

26 March 2017

It's another edition of ATG's weekly quotes round up. Take a look at what dealers, auctioneers and other members of the trade had to say about the art and antiques world last week.

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Why the best things in life are three

25 March 2017

The Cotswolds Antiques, Decorative & Art Fair takes place from March 31-April 2, the first of three editions to run in 2017. Organiser Cooper Events added the third last year, and it was greeted with enough enthusiasm to keep the model going this year.

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Bath tipped as a smart selection

25 March 2017

The 28th annual Bath Decorative Antiques Fair closed on March 5 after a four-day run which included its busiest opening trade day on record.

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5 Questions - Robert Eagle

25 March 2017

Robert Eagle started his business specialising in less well-known Modern British artists over three years ago. He will appear at his first fair, the Cotswolds Antiques, Decorative & Art Fair, at the end of March. He started dealing when he bought a David Rolt landscape for £250 and then acquired the whole estate of the artist.

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Piper plays an East Anglian tune

25 March 2017

Mod Brit artist who produced many local scenes is subject of Suffolk gallery show

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London gallery stages theatre design showcase

25 March 2017

Caspar Neher, the focus of Abbott and Holder’s upcoming exhibition, was a long-time collaborator with the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. Neher designed the stage sets for a number of his theatre productions in the 1920s and ‘30s.