Pope’s gun sells at Italian auction 02 April 2013 This exceptional Spanish flintlock sporting gun is dated 1739, but both the gun and case bear the arms of Pope Pius VII, whose papacy was dominated by the Vatican’s troubled relationship with France during the Napoleonic period nearly a century later. Auction Reports
Customs figures reinforce UK’s status in international art market 25 March 2013 The annual cross-border customs figures have reinforced the United Kingdom’s status as one of the world’s two leading entrepot markets for art and antiques. News
TEFAF Maastricht gets ready for its latest outing 08 March 2013 Showing up at TEFAF Maastricht in the southern Netherlands with a stand cobbled together from stale, lacklustre stock is tantamount to professional suicide, the sort of nightmare that has dealers waking up in a cold sweat. Dealer News
Asia Week in New York: full of Eastern promise 01 March 2013 For the art and antiques world, New York in the spring increasingly means turning attention to the East. InternationalDealer News
Bidders log on and phone in from the slopes 21 February 2013 Started by Nicolette Tomkinson, head of the posters department at Christie’s South Kensington, 15 years ago, the only dedicated ski poster sale in the UK has successfully mastered a small but lucrative field. Auction Reports
A real case of cash in the attic 18 February 2013 It’s usually the stuff of fairy tales, but a collection of $20 gold coins and medals valued at around $1m for sale at Bonhams in Los Angeles in June is real enough. Previews
Ohly pieces underline burgeoning interest in tribal art 25 January 2013 The name of the late London dealer Ernest Ohly, who enjoyed international renown during his lifetime, was on everyone’s mind at one of 2013’s first major provincial sales. Auction Reports
Private sales prove a rising feature of French results 21 January 2013 After a tough economic year, several French auction firms have now released their sales figures for 2012. International
1stdibs scoop another $42m in investment 17 December 2012 1stdibs, the global online marketplace for high-end art, antiques and decorative objects, have announced a further injection of capital, giving them a total $102m fund over the past year for expansion. News
American fairs scene gears up for this winter’s continental drift 13 December 2012 The global art market moves firmly to North America in the New Year – first to New York for the series of events that have grown up around the venerable ‘Winter Antiques Show’ (January 25-February 3) and then to Florida for warmer climes and the ‘Original Miami Beach Show’ (January 31-February 4). Dealer NewsInternational
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