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The return of Ally Pally and glass fairs helped to spread good cheer along with centres expanding

Surrey auction house Ewbank’s has completed the transition of the business following the death of founder Chris Ewbank in June this year, at the age of 78 (Obituary, ATG No 2600).

A bronze from Frederick Edward McWilliam’s (1909-92) Women of Belfast series of sculptures sold for £37,000 at Halls (24% buyer’s premium) on December 6.

Up in North Yorkshire, it was a view of a landscape down south that led Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) British, European & Sporting Art sale.

The Society of London Art Dealers’ Christmas Drinks took place on December 12 at Hauser & Wirth on Savile Row.

A dealer at Old Spitalfields Antiques Market was surprised by an early morning chance discovery.

An impressive result emerged at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood on December 5 when a travel album titled The Ramblings and Adventures of an Indian Officer was knocked down at £135,000.

It was around 1860 that the trained artist François Willème (1830-1905) began to experiment with photography as a way to create sculpture.

A recently rediscovered version of one of the best-known Guild of Handicraft designs is up for sale at Sworders.

Without doubt, the sensation of the German auction season was the emergence of a sketchbook belonging to the German romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich at Grisebach (32/27% buyer’s premium) in Berlin.

Duke’s Auctioneers of Dorchester is opening a consignment office on Hans Road in London’s Knightsbridge.

Trained at the Krakow School of Fine Arts as well as the Paris École des Beaux Arts, Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929) is credited for the rise in popularity of symbolism in late 19th and early 20th-century Poland.

Louis de Bayser of the Paris drawings dealership Galerie de Bayser is the president of FAB Paris, the fair organised by Agence d’Événements Culturels (AEC), which also runs the Salon du Dessin.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a 17th century stumpwork depicting King Charles II that sold for a six-figure sum to a collector from South Yorkshire.

Small is considered beautiful in many sectors but increasingly so when it comes to collecting traditional antiques with space often at a premium.

A wide range of eastern European works is increasingly attracting strong demand at auction

Simon Edsor, a much-loved and respected director of The Fine Art Society, died on October 19 after a long illness. He was a familiar figure in Bond Street for close on 40 years, as well as at New York’s Winter Antiques Fair and later at Maastricht.

Second edition of the event involving two combined fairs benefits from extra space at new venue

James Michael Finlay (of Thursby, Cumbria) passed away peacefully at Allan Court Care Home on November 15, aged 88. Michael was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Ann, who passed away two years ago.