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Antiquarian Books Art Market Auction Previews Auction Reports Book Reviews Coins and Medals Comment Dealers Diary Decoration and Design Exhibitions & Dealers Fairs News International Letters London Selection Museum News Objects in Focus Overseas Events Stolen Technology Wine records 6 to 10 of 728   [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10] Next Last    £14,500 price puts bottle among greats Auction Reports - 19 July 2010 IT may be a specialised collecting area, but antique bottles have plenty of enthusiasts at all levels. In the sub-sector of antique wine bottles, this 7in (18cm) high example ticked many of the boxes when it came up for sale in Exeter at Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood last week. read more >> Bonhams appoint Jon Baddeley as new boss of their Knightsbridge operation - 19 July 2010 BONHAMS have promoted Jon Baddeley, their head of collectors’ sales worldwide, to be managing director of their Knightsbridge operation in London with immediate effect. A new head is also expected to be appointed for the Bond Street operation. read more >> Concern grows over council’s vision for Portobello as another market is lost to developers - 12 July 2010 THE antiques trade in Portobello Road has suffered another blow, with the demise of The Good Fairy market now confirmed. Added to what has gone before, it calls into question Kensington and Chelsea Council’s entire vision for the borough as set out in its Core Strategy, currently being reviewed by the Planning Inspectorate, which talks time and again about how Portobello should be protected as a Special District Centre. read more >> A £2.2m record for English silver Auction Reports - 12 July 2010 AT 11 1/2 stone and 4ft 3in (1.3m) wide, it is big enough to bathe in. Baron Raby’s wine cistern was ordered from the workshops of goldsmith Philip Rollos in 1705 as part of his ambassadorial plate in his capacity as Ambassador Extraordinary to the King of Prussia in Berlin. read more >> Chinese set new standards for their auction houses International - 12 July 2010 A SERIES of guidelines designed to encourage standard and proper practice in the fine art auction industry in China were unveiled on June 31. They are the first measures of their type since sales by auction were permitted to resume in the People’s Republic 23 years ago. read more >> Turner the £26.5m toast of London’s Old Master sales Art Market - 12 July 2010 HAD it not been for the headline-grabbing and record-breaking J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), the latest Old Master auctions in London would have seemed a bit flat. read more >> ‘Resale Right 2012 extension risks thousands of jobs’ - 05 July 2010 EXTENDING the Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) to the estates of dead artists after 2012 poses a serious threat to the 60,000 jobs the UK art industry supports. That is the view of the view of the British Art Market Federation (BAMF), which is calling on Brussels to delay the move and allow all member states to adopt the derogation until ARR is accepted globally. read more >> Directive may prove to be the key - 05 July 2010 KEY to BAMF’s cause is the European Commission’s (EC) failure to follow the terms of its own Directive. read more >> British works set records in flatter Contemporary market Art Market - 05 July 2010 THE latest Contemporary art sales in London were a little flatter than expected, but Modern British art generated a batch of stand-out prices. read more >> Godden sale nets £500,000 Auction Reports - 05 July 2010 TO many people, Geoffrey Godden is indivisible from English porcelain. The scholar and author is a name on every ceramic enthusiast’s bookshelves through the many books on English ceramics written during the course of his 60 years of collecting and study. read more >> records 6 to 10 of 728   [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10] Next Last

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