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French specialist wins international battle for African headrest in the South Downs
Objects in Focus - 01 December 2008
TRIBAL Art seems to one area bucking the credit crunch at present. Witness this superbly-patinated Shona hardwood headrest that was unearthed by South Down Auctioneers of Midhurst, West Sussex in a local home.
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This  Shona hardwood headrest sold at South Down Auctioneers to a French tribal art specialist for £29,000.
ATG Comment: Government to decide on Resale Right extension
Art Market - 01 December 2008
IN the next week or so, the British Government must decide whether 2010 or 2012 is the right time for the Artist’s Resale Right to be extended to the heirs of artists who have been dead for less than 70 years.
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Chinese works of art sold in Dorset with a primary provenance
Auction Reports - 01 December 2008
THE discerning collection of Chinese jades, rhinoceros horn, furniture, textiles and paintings assembled 200 years ago by John Reeves has now gone under the hammer.
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The top lot at the sale of the Reeves collection at Duke’s was this jade scholar’s or altar set comprising a censer, vase and cushion shaped box which sold for £130,000.
Russian art falls victim to the downturn
Art Market - 01 December 2008
with buy-in rates exceeding 60 per cent at many sales, Russian Week in London proved this hitherto burgeoning market to be as vulnerable to the economic crisis as any other.
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Congestion Charge reversal pleases trade
Dealers Diary - 01 December 2008
DEALERS in West London were relieved at the decision by Mayor Boris Johnson to abolish the western extension zone of the congestion charge introduced last year by his predecessor Ken Livingstone.
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Spike Milligan collection brings strong bidding despite family disputes
Antiquarian Books - 01 December 2008
MEMENTOES of a national treasure – writer and poet, jazz musician and eco-warrior, but most memorably of all, the Goon and tormented comic genius that was Spike Milligan, KBE – brought strong bidding at Bonhams on November 25.
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Spike Milligan's poem <em>Auction Stations</em>, a take on the soaring art market, which made &pound;2500 at Bonhams.
Beware of unknown courier companies says dealer
- 01 December 2008
ANTIQUES dealers are being warned against using unfamiliar courier companies that they find through web directories.
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Volunteer jailed for stolen medals
Stolen - 01 December 2008
A VOLUNTEER at the Royal Signals Regiment Museum in Blandford, Dorset, has been jailed for 12 months for stealing £33,000 of medals and selling them on eBay.
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The $180,000 Beardsley that hung in a Boston bathroom
Art Market - 24 November 2008
FOUND hanging in a Boston bathroom, the whereabouts of this Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) illustration had been a mystery for more than 80 years. Entitled The Climax, and hanging in the lavatory alongside another Beardsley pen-and-ink drawing called A Platonic Lament, the owners had no idea of its significance.
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Making a record for an Aubrey Beardsley drawing, this illustration for Oscar Wilde's <em>Salome</em> made $180,000 at Skinner's sale in Boston.
Olympia feels the pinch but sees pockets of good business
Dealers Diary - 24 November 2008
AT the close of this month's Winter Fine Art & Antiques Fair at Olympia there was no doubt that the worldwide banking crisis and now the recession had taken their toll.
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