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UK art trade with overseas countries shrinks by a quarter

IMPORTS and exports of art and antiques for the UK shrank by around a quarter in 2009. In what proved to be one of the most difficult trading years since the early 1990s, exports across the globe fell by 24.3% to just over £2bn, while imports dropped by 26.2% to £1.86bn.
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Rare species sighted in Cheshire

OF all the many subjects painted by Harry Davis during his long tenure at the Royal Worcester factory, among the rarest and most desirable are polar bears in an Arctic landscape.
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The Royal Worcester vase and cover that made £8600 at Patrick Cheyne’s sale in Hale.

Portobello protest steps up

THE public protest over the replacement of antiques shops in Portobello by fashion stores and other chains is gathering pace.
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Stanley Matthews’ boots bring epic £32,000 bid

THE 1953 FA Cup Final will forever be known as the Matthews Final. It was while playing for Blackpool against Bolton Wanderers that the legendary winger Sir Stanley Matthews (1915-2000) gave his career-defining performance and won the only major honour of a long career.
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The boots worn by Sir Stanley Matthews in the 1953 FA Cup Final plus associated ephemera including a match programme signed by 10 of the winning Blackpool team, sold by Bonhams Chester for £32,000.

Sotheby’s results paint healthier picture as James Murdoch lines up to join the board

RUNNING a tighter ship and targeting commissions to bring a better yield have helped Sotheby’s achieve the second biggest quarterly profits in the company’s history.
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B2B win Detling contract

B2B Events have won a three-year contract to run four or five antiques and collectors’ fairs annually at the Detling showground.
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Export ban for £26m Raphael drawing

CULTURE minister Margaret Hodge has placed a temporary export ban on Raphael's Head of a Muse after ruling that an attempt should be made to keep the £26m drawing in the UK.
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Raphael's <em>Head of a Muse</em> which was the subject of a temporary export ban announced last week.

Organisers cancel Trentham fair due to marquee damage

SEVERE weather conditions have badly damaged the marquee which Antique Forum use for their six annual weekend fairs held at Trentham Gardens, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
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New TV show to bolster antiques

A FORTHCOMING BBC series aims to highlight the attractions of scouring auction rooms and antique shops.
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Original superman issue becomes first $1m comic

ACTION Comics ushered in the age of superheroes when its first issue hit the news stands in June 1938. On its cover was a curious character dressed in skintight blue and red lifting a green Chevrolet above his head, and the course of American pop culture was changed forever.
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