Christie’s toast ‘highest total in auction history’ 16 May 2013 Christie’s evening sale of Contemporary art in New York last night posted a hammer total of $435.5m (£294.2m). News
Silver snail – the ‘trump piece’ bid to £8200 13 May 2013 Holding a major silver sale days after the melt price has plummeted by about £3 an ounce is hardly ideal timing. Auction Reports
Benson light show at Lyon & Turnbull 13 May 2013 The highlight of Lyon & Turnbull’s sale of Decorative Arts was this copper and brass electrolier made in the workshops of the designer and architect William Arthur Smith Benson c.1900. Auction Reports
Glass dealer, fish farmer and builder? Perfectly normal... 13 May 2013 Maybe I’m biased, but I find it hard to think of a more diverse, passionate, interesting and occasionally downright bonkers bunch of people than antiques dealers. Dealer News
Sotheby’s take short-term hit as business develops and lot values rise 13 May 2013 Sotheby’s lost $22.3m from January to March 2013, more than twice the amount for the same period in 2012. News
Trade bid for rise in ARR threshold 13 May 2013 Art dealer Niall Fairhead is leading a new campaign to persuade the Government to raise the Artist’s Resale Right threshold from €1000 to the €3000 stipulated by the European Commission. News
Soutine’s pastry chefs leads Christie’s sale 09 May 2013 A painting by Chaim Soutine (1893-1943) entitled ‘Le petit pâtissier’ was the top lot of Christie’s latest evening sale of Impressionist & Modern art in New York. Art Market
Birmingham Group jeweller emerges from the shadows 09 May 2013 Although taught by Bernard Cuzner at the St Margaret School of Art and a contemporary of both Dorrie Nossiter and Katie Eadie, George Edward Hunt (1892-1960) is not the best-known jeweller of the Birmingham Group. Auction Reports
The £11,500 amber beads 09 May 2013 Pearls and coloured stones remain strong – but, fuelled by interest from China (and, to a lesser, extent, the Middle East), so does amber. Auction Reports
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