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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 9 to 10 of 728   [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10] Next Last    Failing to return art as market fell cost Christie’s dear International - 14 June 2010 THE troubled internet entrepreneur and art collector Halsey Minor, who in March was ordered to hand over $6.6m for unpaid items ‘bought’ at Sotheby’s, has won a parallel legal battle with Christie’s. read more >> Market-defining auction for English pottery Auction Reports - 14 June 2010 THE first slice of the Longridge collection of early British pottery and European vernacular works of art, formed over 30 years by American Syd Levethan, was sold in two sessions for £2.93m by Christie's in King Street on June 10-11. read more >> Russian art sales see some return to form Art Market - 14 June 2010 THE latest Russian art sales in the capital saw the continuing recovery of an important sector for London’s auctioneers. The market may lack the free spending seen before the downturn in October 2008 but the June sales were significantly up on the equivalent series last year. read more >> Scroll sets record for Chinese work of art International - 14 June 2010 BEIJING auctioneers Poly established a new milestone for Chinese art on June 3 selling a 38ft (15m) long calligraphic hand scroll by a Song Dynasty master for RMB390m ($57.4m) plus 12 per cent buyer's premium. read more >> Hausburg cabinet wins object of the year Objects in Focus - 14 June 2010 WINNER of the Country Life-LAPADA Object of the Year, announced last week at the London International Fine Art Fair at Olympia, was the so-called Hausburg cabinet belonging to Kensington Church Street dealers Butchoff Antiques. read more >> De Gaulle’s original call to arms revived Auction Previews - 14 June 2010 WITH the retreat from Dunkirk so much in the news at the moment, Aguttes have a particularly topical offering in their June 18 sale of manuscripts, postcards and historical documents. read more >> Earl Howe leaves Lapada after gaining government post Dealers Diary - 14 June 2010 LAPADA chairman, the Earl Howe, 59, pictured here, has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health in the Coalition Government, so under parliamentary rules has resigned his post with the antiques trade’s largest trade association. read more >> Fabergé in demand at London auctions Auction Reports - 14 June 2010 This jewelled and gold mounted hardstone model of a turkey by Fabergé was among the highlights of Christie's Russian art sale in London on June 8. read more >> Unique Napoleon archive surfaces in New Zealand Auction Previews - 07 June 2010 PRIMARY source material relating to the last days of Napoleon’s life has emerged at a charity valuation event in New Zealand and will be offered for sale on June 29. The consignment of more than 40 items includes a lock of Napoleon’s hair and a sketch of the former emperor on his deathbed drawn from life. read more >> Desk proves a draw at £18,500 Auction Reports - 07 June 2010 THIS Regency mahogany Carlton House desk, embellished with barber's pole stringing and marquetry fleur-de-lys medallions, was consigned for sale at Moore Allen & Innocent of Cirencester and attracted seven phone lines and others in the room. read more >> records 9 to 10 of 728   [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10] Next Last

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