Antiques Trade Gazette 25-12-16

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Tuesday 16 December 2025
Morning briefing for buyers and sellers of art & antiques

Asian art
Green shoots: Cloisonné imperial vases star as Japanese art excels at Kent sale
A pair of imperial presentation vases set an artist’s record for Nagoya master Hattori Tadasaburo and made the highest sum in 2025 for a Japanese three-dimensional artwork in the UK and Europe. READ MORE

Watches
Nelson mania: Watches consulted by three heroes of Trafalgar sell at Spink
Pocket watches owned by Horatio Nelson, Thomas Hardy and Cuthbert Collingwood and consulted throughout the Battle of Trafalgar were offered together as a single lot. READ MORE

Glass
Pick of the week: Whitefriars Banjo vase hits the right note in a yellow version
While the market for post-war Whitefriars has waxed and waned in the past three decades, it has been a strong year for the Geoffrey Baxter Textured range. READ MORE

Fairs
Birmingham beauty: Autumn staging at NEC falls into place
The November edition of the Classic event produces encouraging results after the summer date was cancelled. READ MORE

International
Fairground fancies: Two-seater dragons from a carrousel catch the eye
Ranging from classic Chinese porcelain and fairground artefacts to a collection of firemen’s uniforms, a round up of recent sales through the Ivoire group of salerooms across France. READ MORE

ALSO TODAY:

Bid Barometer: top prices and most in-demand lots online READ MORE
News in brief including the launch of a new auction house in Cheshire READ MORE
ATG Letter: Anti-Money Laundering figures would worry me more READ MORE
Full contents of ATG's latest issue BROWSE HERE

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