Antiques: How to put a post-lockdown world in the frame

A whiff of new normality is in the air, writes Des O'Sullivan

This pencil sketch by John Butler Yeats comes up at Aidan Foley's online sale today.

This pencil sketch by John Butler Yeats comes up at Aidan Foley's online sale today.

A bank holiday weekend on lockdown is never on anyone's agenda. Take heart. The new post-Covid-19 world of antiques and fine art  (though not yet fully on us) is gathering steam. As lockdowns ease in Europe and the US galleries are beginning to open up. There is even talk of real as distinct from virtual auction viewings, though socially distanced. Online sales are powering ahead, More than a whiff of new normality is in the air