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Mall dealers triumph over developers
Dealers Diary - 06 May 2008
DEALERS and supporters of the antiques trade in Camden Passage are celebrating after Islington Council threw out the proposals to redevelop The Mall.
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Campaigners gather on the steps of Islington Town Hall before the planning meeting at which they were victorious.
New auction record for any Scottish work of art
Auction Reports - 06 May 2008
There was high drama at Christie's latest decorative arts sale in London, when half the £3.1m total came from this Glasgow school panel by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, which sold to an American collector for £1.5m (plus premium).
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Glasgow school panel by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh – £1.5m at Christie’s.
Dispute over terms for online sales contract
- 06 May 2008
Auctioneer unhappy about need to opt out at short notice
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Two-faced and treble-estimate
Objects in Focus - 06 May 2008
All eyes were on this 3ft 3in (99cm) high Roman marble double bust of Bacchus and his lover Ariadne at Bonhams Antiquities sale on May 1.
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This double bust of Bacchus and his lover Ariadne sold at Bonhams to an English collector for £200,000.
Specialist’s guide to spotting Leach and Rie fakes after court case
- 06 May 2008
Ceramics specialist Ben Williams, who exposed studio pottery forger Jeremy Broadway, has drawn up a guide of how to spot fakes that have still not been traced.
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Bonhams to offer presentation copy of Jane Austen’s Emma
Antiquarian Books - 06 May 2008
READERS who watched the recent BBC drama Miss Austen Regrets will recall the scene in which a startled, bemused but not overly enthusiastic Jane is told by the Prince Regent’s librarian that his royal master is a great admirer and that she should feel quite at liberty to dedicate any new novel to the Prince.
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The presentation copy of Emma that Jane Austen sent to her close friend Anne Sharp. It will be offered at Bonhams on June 24 with an estimate of £50,000-70,000.
First RICS survey paints a positive picture for antiques trade
- 29 April 2008
The art and antiques business received some welcome positive publicity last week as a raft of national newspapers picked up on the headline findings of the first RICS Art & Antiques Market Survey.
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Louvre acquire ‘withdrawn’ royal French jewel
Museum News - 29 April 2008
The Louvre have secured the return of a French Crown Jewel after 121 years, through a private sale with Christie’s New York.
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Due to be auctioned with a $4m-6m estimate by Christie’s New York on April 15, this diamond bow brooch was created in 1855 by François Kramer for Empress Eugénie (1826-1920), wife of Napoléon III was sold by private treaty to the the Louvre.
Experiment underway for virtual bidder technology
Technology - 29 April 2008
Cheshire auctioneers Robert Stones and Nick Allsopp of Peter Wilson, in Nantwich, have taken part in an experiment at King’s College, London, test-driving the so-called ‘intelligent gavel’.
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The virtual gavel system in action at the Kings College, London test auction.
Partridge open Sundays as aquisition is complete
Dealers Diary - 29 April 2008
MARK Law and his fellow directors of Amor Holdings have completed their acquisition of Partridge of Bond Street about 18 months ahead of schedule.
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