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Bravo for BRAFA’s 70th birthday

20 January 2025

For this year’s edition, the Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts Fair (BRAFA) will be celebrating its 70th outing.

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Art fair offers capital ideas for buying both emerging and established names

20 January 2025

London Art Fair (LAF) returns to the Business Design Centre in Islington from January 22-26.

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Old Master sales produce stand-out results despite slim pickings in terms of supply

20 January 2025

Consignments have been thin on the ground but various lots attracted significant sums at the recent London series

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Master mariner Muddle’s mix of intriguing items reflects worldwide travels

20 January 2025

Alabaster fragments from old Alexandria, a small box of gold from Australia, dried seaweed from the Gulf of Florida and Oceanic tribal artefacts.

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Battersea Dec becomes first big hitter of the new year

20 January 2025

Mayfair cancellation leaves Battersea to spearhead 2025 in-person events

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Klimt brothers creep into ‘Old Master’ sale category

20 January 2025

These days it’s not unusual to see works that are not technically Old Masters appearing in Old Master auctions.

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Join the club: Fine Art Golfing Society going strong

20 January 2025

The Fine Art Golfing Society finished the 2024 season at Woking Golf Club last month.

Books and works on paper auction calendar, January 22 to February 4, 2025

20 January 2025

Our regular listing of books and works on paper sales

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No 1 Barbie in swimsuit bidder takes the plunge at £7000

20 January 2025

The highlight of an extensive selection of Barbie dolls offered at Wessex Auction Rooms (19% buyer’s premium) proved to be, as predicted, an example of the very earliest produced.

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European discovery of Australia and the Pacific documented in detail

20 January 2025

Peter Arnold’s (20% buyer’s premium) auction of the first part of the Alexander Collection held in Melbourne, Australia, achieved a selling rate of 80% with 15 lots sold in the following days, all at the reserves, to several buyers.

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News in brief including the return of the Winter Show

20 January 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including build up to the Winter Show in New York

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Bid Barometer: issue 2677

20 January 2025

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online

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Disused stations: an alternative sales platform

20 January 2025

Former railway stations – plus one still active – can be ideal sites to locate antiques businesses

Joshua Reynolds portrait

Joshua Reynolds portrait leads sale of banker Bernard Kelly’s collection

17 January 2025

Lyon & Turnbull sold the collection of the banker and financier Bernard Kelly (1930-2022) at The Mall Galleries in London on January 15.

Andre Previn Lithograph

Our pick of 10 items that sold at Hansons' Eric Morecambe sale

16 January 2025

A lifetime collection of showbiz memorabilia brought sunshine to Morecambe & Wise collectors on January 10 as 807 lots from Eric Morecambe’s personal archive were offered by Hansons.

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Bonnie Brennan replaces Guillaume Cerutti as CEO of Christie’s

16 January 2025

Christie’s has appointed Bonnie Brennan as Chief Executive Officer with current CEO Guillaume Cerutti becoming chairman as well as taking on a new role within Artémis, the holding company of the auction house’s owner François Pinault.

Cartier Egyptian revival jewel

Long-lost Cartier Egyptian revival jewel emerges at Salisbury auction

15 January 2025

A long-lost Cartier Egyptian revival jewel, previously known from an advert in ‘The Illustrated London News’, has been rediscovered.

Three Mason's pottery jugs

White glove sale for collection of Mason’s pottery

13 January 2025

With estimates set at modest levels, Bourne End Auction Rooms notched up a 100% sold roster for its offering of the Velma Young collection on January 7.

EBay brings in buyer’s fees on all sales

13 January 2025

EBay has effectively placed a buyer’s premium on sales from private vendors with the introduction of its Buyer Protection scheme.

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Old Master flagship sale to be Sotheby’s last with ‘simplified’ fee

13 January 2025

The upcoming Old Master sales in New York in early February will be the last flagship auction series to take place with Sotheby’s ‘simplified’ buyer’s premium structure in place.

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