Furniture

How better to start a review of sales at the dog-friendly Decorative Fair than a quick canine picture selection?

James Brett was an antiques dealer of international repute specialising in the finest English and European antique furniture, sculpture and metal work.

One day in early 1975 a dealer from Norwich came into my shop in Harrogate for the first time and, although he did not buy on that occasion, that introduction would lead to a 50-year friendship that has been ended by the death of James Brett from Alzheimer’s Disease.

Brenda Nassarian recounts her career in the antiques trade.

It’s no exaggeration to describe James as a legend of the antiques trade.

Example made in Gujarat or Goa goes to a Portuguese buyer

“Whoever made this thought of everything.”

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of William "Bill" Buckley, a respected antiques dealer who built his reputation on integrity and an eye for quality furniture.

A classic early 1930s Mouseman recliner came for sale at a recent event held at Clevedon Auctions (22% buyer’s premium) near Bristol.

Any association fair has the unenviable task of attempting to be all things to all members, of attracting bigger name galleries while remaining accessible to sole operators, of maintaining the quality aesthetic that visitors expect while keeping stand costs affordable.

A pair of 7in (17cm) Sèvres porcelain bottle coolers (seau à bouteille) sold for £6000 as part of Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) recent Country House Sale.

Having missed its usual August event while the venue was refurbished, The Cotswolds Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair returns for the second time this year to Westonbirt School.

This English mahogany hall bench dating from the first quarter of the 19th century sailed well above estimate at a sale in New Milford, Connecticut.

So-called no’oanga stools from Rurutu Island, the northernmost island of the Austral archipelago in Polynesia, are distinct in their deep seats and solid curving legs terminating in button-like feet.