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Classic horse style rocks up in Dorset

14 October 2024

The maker was not indicated in the cataloguing but a “late 19th/early 20th century dapple grey rocking horse, with leather tack” galloped away from a £200-300 estimate.

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Packing and shipping: Meeting the challenges

14 October 2024

Brexit, global conflicts and climate change have served shipping companies with a series of tricky problems. ATG reports on how they are adapting

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Teddy bears from Ian Pout's pioneering shop now up for sale at auction

14 October 2024

It may be a “small” collection according to Daniel Agnew, but the array of teddy bears coming up at Special Auction Services on December 3 is also “perfectly curated” and “by far the finest and most exciting collection of teddy bears ever to come to auction”.

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ATG letter: Ownership disputes now involve not just legal but ethical questions

14 October 2024

Many thanks to Roger Hollest for his raising the question for Milton Silverman to answer in ATG No 2263 and his positive mention of the Art Loss Register’s role, which was referred to by the Judge Lady Justice Arden in the case “de Preval v Alan” quoted.

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Hours of fun and buying opportunity

14 October 2024

The ritual of clock-changing is upon us again when British summer time ends on Sunday October 27 and we all get an extra hour in bed.

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Frieze frenzy begins with a Gorky success

14 October 2024

'Frieze London' and 'Frieze Masters' opened in Regent’s Park with the former featuring over 160 galleries from 43 countries, and the latter – the 12th edition of Masters – showing more than 130 galleries from 26 countries.

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Dolls in demand: a selection of recent highlights

14 October 2024

An Adelaide Huret bisque shoulder head fashion doll with accessories hammered for £16,000 at Cheffins’ (25% buyer’s premium) teddy dolls and bears timed online sale on September 5, four times the high estimate.

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Dresser design did not descend to the masses

14 October 2024

Despite his pioneering aesthetic, many of Christopher Dresser’s designs were too complex and costly to be easily mass-produced.

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Five questions with Karl Kemp gallery manager Crawford Bray

14 October 2024

Crawford Bray is gallery manager for Karl Kemp which is exhibiting at the 13th Salon Art + Design in New York from November 7-11

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Unusual art and antique items tackled by delivery firms

14 October 2024

ATG asked three shippers what was the most unusual items they were asked to transport

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Heyde Antarctic toy set in pole position

14 October 2024

The Heyde Ernest Shackleton 1908 Antarctic Exploration Set is one of the rarest and sought-after productions from the German toy maker.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, October 15-30, 2024

14 October 2024

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

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Work of art in itself: Duchamp Dada poster impresses at auction

14 October 2024

When Marcel Duchamp was recruited in 1953 by New York gallerist Sidney Janis to create a retrospective of the Dada art movement, he rose to the challenge.

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Visitor book includes four entries for a certain Elizabeth R

14 October 2024

Michael Ramsey (1904-88) who served as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961-74, curated his own personal visitor book that tracked his career from 1942-87.

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News in brief including Fellows to auction the entire collection of an Edinburgh jeweller

14 October 2024

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of auction house Fellows selling the collection from Joseph Bonnar Jewellers in Edinburgh

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Munnings focus moves from the east to south west of UK

14 October 2024

Views of Exmoor form a notable niche in the market for works by Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959).

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Fascinating sitters help works in a family group to stand out

14 October 2024

Portraits consigned from the family of two artists feature intriguing stories of those depicted

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Last of the Portobello ‘scientists’

14 October 2024

Specialist dealer evicted from arcade stays optimistic about a return – and will be at the ‘Horti’ fair

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Raise a cup to LAPADA’s 50th

14 October 2024

Silver coffee pot with royal connection is just one of the many highlights at the Berkeley Square fair

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It’s good to get plenty of stick

14 October 2024

Derwen Fairs is back among the flora and fauna at the National Botanic Garden of Wales outside Carmarthen for its biannual weekend antiques fair on Saturday and Sunday, November 9-10.

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