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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

Taxidermy is far from a dying art, says London specialist

02 May 2013

“An armadillo for you, from Jonathan Ross,” says the courier as he returns a box midway through my interview with Alexis Turner.

Dealer News

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.

News

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

News

Appeal Court ruling deems Reynolds masterpiece a wasting asset after long-term loan

04 April 2013

How do you convert a £9.4m Old Master painting into a capital gains tax-exempted “wasting asset”?

News

TEFAF unveil plans for a new fair in China

26 March 2013

TEFAF have announced that they are in discussions with Sotheby’s about the possibility of launching a high-end art fair in mainland China next year.

News

International

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

Global art market valued at €43bn

15 March 2013

The latest TEFAF market report values the global art market at €43 billion for the last year. The figure was 7% down the previous year, but the fall is wholly explained by a €3.5bn decline in sales in China.

News

International

Christie’s bid to squeeze more out of premiums

27 February 2013

Christie’s have announced a new buyer’s premium structure that points to a period of heightened competition.

News

International

Over supply hits all but the best in Dublin

10 January 2013

The traditional pre-Christmas auctions in Dublin often see some of the best Irish art of the year on the market and, despite the sector still being tough going, a good number of works by leading names appeared this time round.

Art Market