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Article Object lessons from dealers at Art and Antiques for Everyone

Hiscock & Shepherd specialises in needlework samplers, pottery and folk art. For Erna Hiscock and John Shepherd, samplers are a particular passion for their social, educational and occupational back stories. /print-edition/2019/december/2422/dealers-diary/object-lessons-from-dealers-at-art-and-antiques-for-everyone/

Article Watches: Swiss and German highlights from a busy time for specialist auctions

Early November is always a busy time for pocket watch collectors. In the space of a few days, specialist sales are traditionally held in Switzerland and Germany which offer a broad selection of historical watches for all tastes and most budgets. /print-edition/2025/november/2720/feature/watches-swiss-and-german-highlights-from-a-busy-time-for-specialist-auctions/

Article Antiques are Green Campaign is launched

“Our product is sustainable, re-usable and re-saleable. We must all work to make people aware that antiques are green.” So says Beaconsfield dealer Nigel Worboys, who this week launches a campaign to change the public perception. Click Here to register your vote on the Antiques are Green logo. /news/2009/antiques-are-green-campaign-is-launched/

Article BADA dispels the gloom as the right, rich folk flock in

LAST year’s BADA Antiques and Fine Art Fair was by consensus considered not just the best looking of the association’s ventures so far but it was also, by quite a distance, the most profitable to date for the exhibitors. /news/2001/bada-dispels-the-gloom-as-the-right-rich-folk-flock-in/

Article Morris family buy Earls Court and Olympia

UK: Future as exhibition venues safe, say owners. /news/1999/morris-family-buy-earls-court-and-olympia/

Article Art Loss Register launch stolen watch database

The Art Loss Register has launched a database dedicated to stolen watches, one they say can help anyone buying, selling or providing loans against second-hand wristwatches. /news/2015/art-loss-register-launch-stolen-watch-database/

Article Marine themes: more means moor at Keys

Keys is holding two specialist sales next year to whet the appetite. Not only does the Norfolk auction house have a shipshape selection dedicated to ‘local hero’ Nelson, but it has also secured the diploma collection of the Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA), Tom Derbyshire writes. /print-edition/2017/october/2313/around-the-auction-houses/marine-themes-more-means-moor-at-keys/

Article Contemporary art from British Airways collection heads to Sotheby’s

Seventeen works from the collection of British Airways will be offered across two Sotheby’s auctions in London this month as the embattled airline seeks to raise cash after its business was badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. /news/2020/contemporary-art-from-british-airways-collection-heads-to-sotheby-s/

Article IACF switches to compostable bags at fairs in green push

The UK’s largest antiques fair organiser, International Antiques & Collectors Fairs (IACF), is switching from plastic to recyclable bags handed out at its 40 fairs around the country, starting this week at Newark. /news/2019/iacf-switch-to-compostable-bags-in-green-push/

Article Star decorators from Desire Leroy to Joseph Bailey

The talented Sèvres factory decorator Desire Leroy (1840-1908) came to the United Kingdom in 1878 to take up an appointment at Minton in Staffordshire. However, he is perhaps best known for his work at the Royal Crown Derby where he worked from 1890, aged 50, until his death in 1908. /print-edition/2019/november/2418/auction-reports/star-decorators-from-desire-leroy-to-joseph-bailey/

Article Suffolk village’s charms include two fairs and three antiques shops

Two popular fairs are running in November and December in the Suffolk village of Long Melford which also offers three antiques businesses as an extra draw for buyers to part with their cash in a pre-Christmas splash. /print-edition/2023/november/2617/fairs-markets-shops-cen/suffolk-village-s-charms-include-two-fairs-and-three-antiques-shops/

Article Anthony Meyer: 35 years of pursuing my favourite type of art

The tribal art dealer Anthony JP Meyer, who specialises in Oceanic art, has a gallery on the rue des Beaux Arts in the heart of Paris’ Left Bank dealer district. He is a regular at ‘TEFAF Maastricht’ and at the Paris tribal trail known as the ‘Parcours des Mondes’, which takes place in September. Here he discusses with Anne Crane of Antiques Trade Gazette how his interest in the field started, his views on collecting and the tribal market. /news/2015/anthony-meyer-35-years-of-pursuing-my-favourite-type-of-art/

Article News In Brief – including a council's decision to sell-off works from its collection

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Hertfordshire County Council's consignment of Mod Brit pictures to Cheffins. /print-edition/2019/february/2378/news-digest/news-in-brief-including-a-councils-decision-to-sell-off-works-from-its-collection/

Article Shipping and delivery: rising expectations of the moving experience

How can art and antique buyers ensure their purchases arrive in the same condition as when they were bought, at a competitive price? ATG explores some options... /print-edition/2018/june/2348/feature/shipping-and-delivery-rising-expectations-of-the-moving-experience/

Article Luxury travel: Christie's sells largest private collection of Louis Vuitton trunks

The largest private collection of Louis Vuitton trunks ever to come to auction was sold by Christie’s Paris (26% buyer’s premium) earlier this year. /print-edition/2024/september/2659/feature/luxury-travel-christies-sells-largest-private-collection-of-louis-vuitton-trunks/

ROYAL Mail have lost another court case over their promise to cover losses under their special delivery services, and face further legal action. Yet they will still not change the terms and conditions that landed them in court. /news/2009/dealer-defeats-royal-mail-over-compensation-policy/

Article Bidders target ‘exceptionally rare’ gun by an innovative provincial maker

While London gun-makers featured heavily – and lucratively – at Gavin Gardiner’s (25% buyer’s premium) auction of Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns on December 14, provincial makers also got a look in. /print-edition/2023/january/2577/feature/bidders-target-exceptionally-rare-gun-by-an-innovative-provincial-maker/