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Dismissed a generation ago as decorative export wares, Qing and later silver is today the focus of lively academic and commercial attention.

MADAM – You very kindly published a letter from me last year (ATG No 2339) regarding my search for the whereabouts of the three remaining Troika pottery bowls of fruit.

For 22 years Asian Art in London has promoted the wide range of specialist auctions, dealer exhibitions, symposia and lectures held in the capital and further afield across 10 autumnal days. Together they spotlight the UK as a repository and a centre of expertise for the finest Asian art.

Stephanie Castell and Ben Cooper of Two Cs Antiques Fairs organise events in Oxfordshire and Worcestershire as well as their long-running event at Ludlow Racecourse.

ATG’s selection of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com from the period October 10-16, 2019. This includes both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an export block for a Joseph Wright of Derby.

Cubist work by often-overlooked artist fuels keen bidding before heading to California.

A selection of UK and international auction highs and milestones from the past year.

Two modestly estimated watercolours by the Victorian ornithological painter Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) emerged as the star sellers in an auction in South Yorkshire.

A first portion of the library of the late Eric Gerald Stanley, a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, featured in a recent auction at Mallams.

“From our dealers’ viewpoint the important factor is that the kind of people now attracted to our antiques fair are serious collectors and it’s rare that anyone leaves without making some significant purchases.”

‘Grolieresque’ cover on 1527 edition of key Italian Renaissance work boosts auction value.

Our weekly selection from salerooms.

The history of Satsuma wares, among the most recognised and profitable export products of the Meiji period, is interwoven with the opening up of Japan after centuries of isolation.

Renovations at hotel venue mean Etc Fairs will have a smaller space but only for a short while.

Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales for £3000 or under, including a Francis Bacon lithograph.

Every year Asian Art in London presents two awards for the most outstanding work of art: one for an item offered by a dealer, the other for a work offered by an auction house. The awards are co-sponsored by Antiques Trade Gazette and Apollo magazine.

Organiser Colin Caygill’s antiques and vintage fairs portfolio, established in 1981, now covers an impressive list running regularly at 12 long-standing venues across Northumberland, Durham, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire and Cumbria.

Our regular listing of British and Irish book auctions.

Our weekly selection from salerooms.