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The near-total ban on the trade in antique ivory in the UK promised three years ago is just a matter of weeks away from enforcement.

A rare opportunity to gauge the market for a major Newlyn School painting came at David Lay’s latest auction in Penzance when a lively and clamorous scene by Stanhope Forbes (1857-1947) was offered with a £120,000-180,000 estimate.

Graham Budd Auctions is under new ownership, with its founder becoming chairman.

Among the top sales at the winter edition of The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair last month was this 1963 Arne Jacobsen leather egg chair and ottoman.

The search for doomed explorer John Franklin grips collectors almost as much as expeditions of discovery themselves.

A collection of works by the Victorian woodcarver Thomas Henry Kendall has been consigned for sale next month.

The Winter Show and The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) have both announced April dates for their events this year.

This Bank of England £1000 note dated October 15, 1935, was issued under chief cashier Kenneth Oswald Peppiatt (1934-49).

I refer to the letter from Stephen Ferder printed in ATG No 2529 on the puzzle of the ‘two’ miniatures by William Wood (sold at auction on January 6 and reviewed in ATG No 2527).

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a merger between to major fairs in Paris.

Specialist auctions staged in Stowmarket with expert input show encouraging signs

Henry Saywell deals in mid to late 20th century to Contemporary works of art and furniture with an emphasis on paintings and sculpture.

Very much the highest price in the sale of American Works of Art held by Skinner (25/20/12 % buyer’s premium) in Marlborough, Massachusetts, on January 28 was this bronze figure of Abraham Lincoln.

The Antique Scientific Instruments Fair ran for 30-plus years but sadly is no more, with its last outing taking place under the banner of the Scientific Instrument Society held as part of the Antique Arms Fair in London in September 2019.

This 18ct gold and enamel medal was awarded to Reginald Arthur Whitcombe (1898-1957) for winning the 1936 Open Golf Championship of Ireland.

Organisers put control into fresh hands after nearly 30 years of organising the fleamarket

The sales figures and market share of the top London auction houses in 2021

The most cherished coin from the reign of Victoria is the 1839 gold £5 piece by William Wyon.