Tiny Japanese ivory takes £13,000 11 March 2013 This 1½in (3.5cm) Japanese ivory okimono stole the show at Tamylns’ in Bridgwater, Somerset when it sold to a telephone bidder for £13,000. Auction Reports
Will Olympia fair be this year’s winter warmer? 09 November 2012 It seems only yesterday that the June Olympia fair closed its doors at the West London venue, but its wintry cousin is almost upon us. Dealer News
Tokyo treasure at £25,000 30 July 2012 This intricate ivory okimono group from c.1880 took £25,000 at the most recent sale held by Nicholson’s of Fernhurst. Auction Reports
Bainbridge’s £3m return to China 21 May 2012 For the second time in three years Middlesex saleroom Bainbridge’s turned up the most talked-about consignment of the recent Asian art sales. Auction Reports
New blood benefits the Maastricht showcase 02 April 2008 Everyone knows about the legendary TEFAF waiting list. The pre-eminence of Maastricht among international art fairs means spaces at the town’s congress and exhibition centre in March are as rare as hens’ teeth.
Fraudster poses as buyer to get away with auction find 10 March 2008 A FRAUDSTER has tricked a US auction house into handing over a valuable Japanese artwork by posing as the representative of the buyer, an English dealer. It is thought they targeted the piece after realising that it was worth a great deal more than it sold for.
Barry Davies remembered 02 November 2005 A memorial service for Barry Davies, the well-known dealer in Japanese works of art who died in September, will be held on Monday, December 12.
Two Japanese swords that have the edge 11 January 2005 IN CONTRAST to Sotheby’s and Christie’s, who usually offer Japanese arms and armour in Japanese works of art sales, Bonhams (19.5/10% buyers premium) include theirs as a section in militaria auctions.
The castle re-occupied 29 June 2004 AFTER four years, from July 9 to 11, Harrogate-based Galloway Antiques Fairs return to Alnwick Castle, Northumberland to revive their Alnwick Castle Antiques Fair.
Sheer quality helps scroll unroll bids from around the globe 11 May 2004 THERE may be a long-established tradition of collecting Chinese ceramics and works of art in the West, but the highly specialist knowledge of the language and culture required to appreciate Chinese painting from anything more than a decorative point of view means most serious collectors and dealers are based in the Far East.
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