Interviews

Seventeen-year-old auctioneer with familiar surname tells us about his first sales

After 20 years as director general of The Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD) Christopher Battiscombe is retiring. Former Christie’s director Paul Hewitt will take over the post from September. Here, Battiscombe looks back over his time at SLAD

New reference work details an illuminating form of gift that took off in the Victorian era

In the latest of our occasional series of collector interviews, ATG talks to a young collector who not only buys clocks and watches but is also a horological apprentice.

Auctioneer Jeremy Lamond looks forward to a packed sale schedule at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury.

One year into lockdown and ahead of a select Sotheby’s sale of sculpture and bronzes, Dino Tomasso tells ATG how having the time to reflect has forged a new path – and name – for Tomasso Brothers Fine Art

A flexible attitude and eclectic tastes have kept William Thuillier dealing in pictures for 40 years

Richard Sheaf, 44, is a collector and daily blogger on British comics.

In the latest in ATG's occasional series of collector interviews, researcher, archivist, gemmologist, specialist and collector Georgina Izzard describes her fascination

Devon artist’s first buy is still his most precious – but joined by tables, militaria and much more

Jeremy Carson’s passion for collecting a very appropriate sub-genre of crime fiction – bibliomysteries – led to a career as an antiquarian book dealer.

Alan Hewer of Seaford, Sussex, is a book collector who has turned a personal collection into a resource for others.

Shirley Mueller is a US neuroscientist, author and Asian art collector focused on Chinese export porcelain. Her book 'Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play' has recently been published.

Cutting up examples for new artworks can be controversial – but here is a case for the defence

Collector turned dealer is writing an in-depth series on this often overlooked aspect of books.

Peter Tompa, cultural property lawyer and coin collector, on the US rules around three key collecting areas

Woolley & Wallis chairman Paul Viney is stepping down from the role after nearly 20 years building up the firm to be a regional powerhouse in UK auctions. Here he reflects on his experiences.

In the latest of our occasional series of collector interviews, we talk to entrepreneur Algy Cluff, a former army officer and oil and mining business supremo, about his collecting tastes

In the latest of our occasional series of collector interviews, we talk to Musa Igrek, who won the ABA Book Collecting Prize 2018 for his assemblage of secretly funded government-sponsored works during the Cold War.

We ask ATG’s Richard Lewis why thesaleroom.com is changing its commission fee.