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Legal threat to trade in documents

21 May 2013

A demand from the National Archives for lots to be withdrawn from auction at Tennants of Leyburn could have wider implications for the trade in historical documents.

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New York law change aims to protect artists when galleries go bust

20 May 2013

Dealers in New York can no longer use works consigned to them for sale by artists – or monies raised from their sale, beyond their own commissions – as debt collateral.

Dealer News

International

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

International bidders compete for pearls and coloured stones

07 May 2013

A single pearl-drop earring worn by Charles I at his execution in 1649, a maharaja’s coat richly embroidered with pearls c.1870, and a necklace of cultured pearls given to Marilyn Monroe by Joe DiMaggio in 1954 – all part of an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum this autumn.

Auction Reports

Pinault’s gift helps to end Chinese spat with Christie’s

07 May 2013

The Pinault family, owners of Christie’s and the luxury goods group PPR, are to hand back to China the two Qianlong bronzes that caused great upset when offered for sale in Paris four years ago.

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International

Mixed results but ground-breaking sale finds a market for some Western antiques in China

03 May 2013

Twenty-something UK regional auctioneers and four container loads of Western antiques en route to south-east China. What could possibly go wrong?

Auction Reports

International

Trade remains firm as gold price falls

22 April 2013

Fear that the dramatic fall in scrap gold and silver prices last week would hit the antiques market appear to have been allayed.

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UK’s £8m consignment for China arrives safely

19 April 2013

Fine art, antiques and collectables worth £8m, consigned from the UK by a consortium of regional auctioneers, arrived safely and without incident in China in time for a ground-breaking sale at the Xiamen Free Port in Fujian Province.

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Poll reveals secrets to online success for galleries

16 April 2013

Trust and reputation more than technology or pricing are the secret to online success for galleries, reveals a new study carried out for art insurers Hiscox by analysts ArtTactic.

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Christie’s to hold sales in Shanghai

15 April 2013

Christie’s are to hold auctions in Shanghai from this autumn, making them the first international fine art auction company to win a licence to operate independently in mainland China.

International

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