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French rediscovery of a German artist’s work leads a look at the Old Masters market

A lively 17th century painting showing people in a Flemish tavern, drinking, smoking and playing cards with a man playing the bagpipes will be among the lots at Bellmans’ Old Master & 19th Century Paintings auction in Wisborough Green, West Sussex, on March 29.

Buy low, sell high: one of the most basic rules of dealing. For young dealers breaking into the Old Masters market, however, it can be a challenge, writes Frances Allitt.

If a full-size Victoria Cross medal group is beyond your price range, a lot sold at Adam Partridge (20% buyer’s premium inc VAT) is perhaps the next best thing.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

A selection of 15 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.

A roundup of news and events from around the trade

Although the French inventor Charles-Xavier Thomas de Colmar introduced the first model of his calculating machine Arithmomètre in 1820, he waited some 30 years before he started producing them in series.

Cornish event hosted in historic house and grounds will now be staged twice a year.

Mid-century and modern pieces will feature at Wyke House this month

Despite a general lack of provenance, Tudor house owner had clearly been well advised

Formed by a local man, the late Brian Ferguson, a collection of over 40 books issued by the Golden Cockerel Press featured in an auction held by Thomson Roddick (18% buyer’s premium) of Carlisle.

Among the Old Masters in Roseberys’ sale on March 22 is this painting depicting a view of Venice by Jacopo Fabris (1689-1761). It shows the Fondaco dei Turchi, a palazzo on the Grand Canal.

Traders look forward to fairs such as Bath after numerous challenges of sourcing new items

After training at the Art Academy in Königsberg, the German painter Theo von Brockhusen moved to Berlin in 1905.

Launching on Sunday, April 3, in the West Sussex town of Midhurst is Phoenix Fairs’ vintage, antique and militaria fair.

A number of UK auction houses have stopped taking bids from buyers in Russia in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

This early 17th century English carved and inlaid oak court cupboard or buffet was the highlight of a sale in Doncaster.

A Surrealist painting by René Magritte (1898-1967) led the latest round of Modern and Contemporary art sales in London.

The organiser of The Open Art Fair (TOAF) in Chelsea vows the event will return next year.