Online portals

A French online marketplace for vintage furniture and home decorating items has launched a UK website.

The growth of the global online art market slowed in 2017 as price transparency remains a key issue for new buyers.

Auction Technology Group (ATG) - parent company of Antiques Trade Gazette and thesaleroom.com - has merged with German art and antiques portal Lot-tissimo.com.

Sotheby’s has bought Viyet, a website for interior design, vintage and antique furniture.

A site where collectors can buy and sell artwork with no commission or intermediary has launched online.

A new platform for antiques and design dealers has launched online.

The British Museum’s Collection Online database is back up and running after a technical glitch forced it out of action this month.

Professional eBay sellers in the UK with turnover of more than £85,000 will be asked to pay VAT on their fees when the online marketplace restructures later this year.

ATG delves into the data of its sister brand, online platform thesaleroom.com, to uncover this year's top prices for items bought online at auction.

James Podger, founder of Great Grooms Antiques Centre, has taken the ethos of his bricks-and-mortar dealer hubs online with the launch of a new dealer portal.

A new antiques sourcing website, Looking for Antiques, has been launched after a construction period of nine years.

Competition among online art trade start-ups is mounting judging by the number of new platforms launched during the past few months.

Fine Art Exchange (FAX), an online peer-to-peer marketplace for pictures, has launched with Cork Street dealer Johnny Messum as a partner.

A Scottish dealer whose stock and business went up in smoke has vowed to carry on with an online venture