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Concerns are mounting that a new government money laundering watchdog will lead to further red tape for dealers and auctioneers in the UK.

We regret to announce the death on March 11 of Cotswolds dealer Stephen Jarrett of Witney Antiques.

Munich coin fair raided by 30 police as Nagel moves Asian sale to Austria

As the market evolves, auction rooms will inevitably come and go. But few will leave their mark like Christie’s South Kensington.

250 jobs threatened as venerable rooms fall victim to global review

Reaction from ex-CSK specialists to the announcement that the saleroom will be closing.

Much will depend on what the plan is for King Street and for the firm’s online-only sales (a growing but small fragment of the Christie’s business totalling £49.8m last year).

European CITES management authorities published a nine-page guidance report last week following a decision to protect all species of rosewood.

Bonhams will conduct the first of a new format flagship sale next month.

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions is to hold the first sale in its new Pall Mall home in April.

London Auctions in Chiswick has hired a handful of new staff and is launching its first specialist sale this month.

A previously unknown work by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi (1587-1625) was snapped up within minutes of the opening of TEFAF in Maastricht.

The antiques trade has expressed disappointment following the Spring Budget, after its reform of business rates fell short of the wholesale changes requested by industry bodies.

Latest TEFAF market report says uncertainty drives confidentiality

Trade bodies are lobbying the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, about a planned hike in business rates, ahead of his first Budget speech on March 8.

Estimated at £50-100, this Maori flute sold for £140,000 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) at John Nicholson’s of Haslemere on February 23.