Latest News Articles by Noelle McElhatton
Trade warned to be prepared for card fee changes
06 November 2017Auctioneers and dealers should prepare for the end of credit card surcharges from January 2018, a business trade body has warned.
Hailwood joins Woolley & Wallis as watch expert to boost firm's coverage of 'increasingly important' market
01 November 2017Adrian Hailwood, former director at Fellows responsible for watches, has joined Woolley & Wallis as wristwatch specialist in the firm’s jewellery department.
BADA in bid to attract more auctioneers-turned-dealers
30 October 2017Dealer body BADA is to relax its length-of-service rules of membership to encourage applications from former auctioneers.
Trade bodies welcome progress in fight against modern elephant poaching
26 October 2017A new CITES report stating that elephant poaching in Africa declined in 2016 for the fifth year in a row has been welcomed by antiques industry trade body representatives.
Departing LAPADA chief: Why the game isn't up for antique ivory
23 October 2017As Rebecca Davies heads back to the contemporary art world, she gives ATG her perspective on the big issues affecting fine art and antiques dealers
Sworders seeks to boost its fine art auctions with appointment of former CSK and Sotheby's specialist
17 October 2017Sworders has appointed former Sotheby’s, Christie’s South Kensington and Bonhams picture specialist, Jane Oakley, to expand the scope and frequency of its fine art auctions.
LAPADA seeks chief to stand up for the trade
16 October 2017LAPADA has begun the search for a new chief executive after the resignation of Rebecca Davies, prioritising a candidate’s ability to represent the trade’s interests to government.
Ivory threat: how to respond…
16 October 2017The art market’s trade bodies have issued guidance to their members on how to respond to the government’s consultation on ivory, launched on October 6.
LAPADA seeks new chief executive as Davies returns to the contemporary art world
11 October 2017Rebecca Davies, chief executive officer of LAPADA, is to leave the trade body at the end of December after three and a half years in the role.
Editor’s comment: finally, a chance to have your say on ivory
09 October 2017It’s taken more than a year to materialise but at last, the long-awaited consultation on ivory has arrived.
Desk used by WB Yeats sells at five times top estimate at Sotheby’s sale but letters to lover fail to sell
27 September 2017The desk used by poet WB Yeats has sold for £150,000 (£187,000 inc premium) this morning, five times its top estimate of £30,000.
Rising stars in calmer waters
27 September 2017Welcome to Antiques Trade Gazette’s annual barometer of Asian art, in which we read the runes of this most fascinating of markets.
Irish cultural figures protest at sale of Yeats Collection by Sotheby's
26 September 2017Leading players in Irish arts and culture have protested at the sale of the Yeats Collection by Sotheby’s tomorrow (September 27), urging the Irish government to intervene and save it for the nation.
Christie’s shakes up its decorative arts strategy
18 September 2017Christie’s is repackaging its global decorative arts sales calendar, adopting a more selective approach to the lots it sells while seeking to broaden the appeal of English and European furniture and chattels.
Experts outline Brexit trade risk
11 September 2017Lawyers and accountants have drawn up documents laying out the issues facing the art and antiques trade to inform government as it negotiates the terms of Brexit.
Death of Artist’s Resale Right ‘is exaggerated’, lawyer says
11 September 2017Artist’s Resale Right, the royalty payable by a buyer to an artist or an artist’s estate for a painting resold for €1000 or more, is likely to be adopted by the UK along with other EU laws after Brexit.
Numismatists descend on London for the annual Coinex fair
11 September 2017Coin enthusiasts have plenty to think about as they arrive in London for the annual Coinex fair.
Omega Auctions re-catalogues Eleanor Rigby score lot after protest from Beatles producer’s family
03 September 2017Omega Auctions has revised its catalogue description of a score for the 1966 Beatles classic Eleanor Rigby, for sale on September 11, after a protest from the family of the group’s legendary producer, the late Sir George Martin, that they possessed the original score.
Editor’s comment: Sotheby’s serious intent in the silly season
28 August 2017It’s late August and the art market continues its summer slumber.
WB Yeats love letters among family collection for sale at Sotheby's
18 August 2017A unique collection of paintings and personal effects belonging to the family of Irish poet WB Yeats and his brother, artist Jack Yeats, will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in September. Several of the items, including the poet’s love letters, are fresh to market.