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Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

Previously unseen paintings by Caziel (1906-88) go on show at Whitford Fine Art this week.

Pierre-Yves Guillemet recently opened PY Rare Books.

The Cotswolds Art and Antiques’ Dealers Association celebrated its 40th anniversary at its annual Blenheim Palace fair last month.

Unusual in the post-internet age, Freeman’s first-floor gallery in downtown Philadelphia was standing room-only for the April 29 auction of the collection of Dorrance ‘Dodo’ Hill Hamilton (1928-2017).

Dealer Chris Martin-Zakheim is selling his stock after closing Iconastas of Piccadilly due to ill health.

ATG’s selection of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com from the period May 3-9, 2018. This includes both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

If pictures provided the backbone of the Dodo Hamilton collection, then there was no denying the sale’s most popular entries: a large selection of polychrome painted rattan and wicker conservatory furniture, perfect for the Florida beach house.

MADAM – Sir William McAlpine (Obituary, ATG No 2340) often engaged the services of my father, John Pryke, a specialist structural and contracting engineer, and was very supportive to him when our family business went the unfortunate way of so many (as opposed to McAlpine’s).

A look at the latest saleroom appointments, including Roseberys appointing a former director and works of art specialist at Christie’s.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Man Ray’s promotional poster for the London Underground selling at Swann Auction Galleries.

An early German whaling scene took top honours at marine specialist Charles Miller’s (20% buyer’s premium) May Day sale in West Kensington.

Sculptor Patrick Seaman loves wood, most specifically the reclaimed sort. He has worked on installations in Sicily and Abu Dhabi as well as creating a giant wooden staircase in London’s Wandsworth Park.

The honours of the last Duke of Cambridge (before Prince William) will be in the spotlight at a London auction this summer.

Another spring sale, another impressive total. But perhaps what distinguished the silver sale held at Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’s premium) was that the £750,000 total was mainly built up by affordable collectors’ items.

Estimated at £400-600, a Satsuma censer by Kinkozan provided more evidence that there is considerable life in the market for top-quality Meiji works of art when offered by Surrey auctioneer Catherine Southon (18% buyer’s premium).

The belief that porcelain dolls are somehow sinister has taken hold in recent years – and doubtless the appearance of the rare bebe pictured below rather reinforced the bias of some who viewed the Heliers (18% buyer’s premium) sale at Blackburn.

Three sessions devoted to antique and vintage toys over two days take place at RSL Auctions in New Jersey on June 2-3.

MADAM – May I please offer three cheers to your correspondent, Edric van Vredenburgh, who has put his finger firmly on a fundamental flaw in our government’s proposed new legislation on ivory (ATG No 2337).

Two fine Dutch pieces quadrupled estimates at Woolley & Wallis on April 24-25: a c.1637 wine cup by an unidentified Middelburg smith and a table bell.