Antiques Trade Gazette
Wednesday - 19 June 2013

General News

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£440,000 Russian record set in South London

18 June 2013

Setting a major house record at South London auctioneers Rosebery’s, this oil painting by Léon Bakst (1866-1924) drew eight interested parties at the West Norwood saleroom last week.

Alert raised over Croydon ceramics sell-off

17 June 2013

The Museums Association is seeking urgent talks with Croydon Council to question them about a plan to sell 24 items from their 230-piece antique Chinese ceramics collection.

Gang guilty in £5m antiques theft

10 June 2013

Three men who hid a £5m antiques haul taken from three country homes will be sentenced in a month’s time after the last of the gang admitted his guilt.

Free valuation templates online ahead of second Oxford Conference

10 June 2013

The Oxford Conference for auctioneers and valuers launched last autumn by Rupert Toovey and Jeremy Lamond will be repeated this year on Friday and Saturday, September 13-14, based at the Ashmolean Museum with lectures in the Taylor Institute adjacent to the museum campus.

Dickenson to the rescue

10 June 2013

Two items of silver stolen from a Worcestershire house have been returned to the owner after a dealer recognised one of them from an alert in ATG.

Auction credit card fraudsters jailed

10 June 2013

Three men who were responsible for a sophisticated credit card fraud which targeted auction houses across the country have now been sentenced.

 

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