Antiques

Themed shows in the Paris antique shops during the Biennale

Renaissance jewels (and a master faker revealed), maiolica, Empire and eighteenth-century French lacquer furniture, the life of women between Orient and Europe, Art Deco, Finnish painting, the Brueghels and art from Oceania

Art fairsarchive

A marked improvement at Grosvenor House and Olympia

Collectors from all over the world turned up with lots of money and confidence—and so did the British

The life of Goro Sakamoto part IV

The distinguished antique dealer recounts how he became a black marketeer

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Edo-period art at the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum

From the ukiyo-e prints popular culture to the armour of the Shogun, this exhibition delves into the many strands of Edo period art and culture

TEFAF Basel proves a strong venue for antiquities dealers

Second fair surpasses first in sales for certain subjects

Art marketarchive

Results were mixed at the Czech Republic's first international sale of art and antiques

Dorotheum held its first sale there on 11 November. Results were mixed

German electronics engineer opens fakes museum in Milan

Gottfried Matthaes explains that his family fakes gave him the idea