News in Brief

Topping a recent sale at Boulton & Cooper in Malton, near York was this unusual Georgian miniature elbow chair with shell-carved knees and cresting rail.

‘Bring back brown furniture’ is the cry championed particularly by Jeremy Lamond of Shrewsbury saleroom Halls – and the latest retail sales figures support signs that it is indeed making a comeback.

A memorial service for former ATG colleague Christopher Jukes will take place on Saturday, December 9, at 3pm at St Emmanuel Church, Lyncroft Gardens, London NW6.

Small businesses were given a mini reprieve in Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement with an update on business rates in England.

An original sketch by JMW Turner is expected to achieve £15,000-20,000 at Moore Allen & Innocent’s selected antiques sale in Cirencester on November 24.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days...

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days...

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days.

A round-up of appointments in art and antiques industry from the previous seven days.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days.

The football international break can be a bit of a bore, but after watching England toil against mighty Malta you could have been soaking up the action a day later at the annual Fine Art Auctioneers v Dealers tournament.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days.