Latest News Articles by Noelle McElhatton
NAVA novice auctioneers hear how 'the ability to inspire bidders' is key to their careers
11 October 2019Mastery of the challenging but essential art of engaging with bidders helped one young auctioneer win the coveted NAVA ‘Novice Auctioneer of the Year’ award this week.
Putting the ‘f’ into Peterborough’s antiques festival
07 October 2019For the first Peterborough Festival of Antiques under IACF ownership, continuity was the order of the day. In future, however, the fair organiser will look to extend the appeal of this public-oriented event.
Why we came to IACF Peterborough
07 October 2019Taiwanese couple Haiwei Shao (left) and Daniel Hong travel regularly to the UK to buy antique jewellery at fairs and auctions as stock for their business in the South China Sea island state. The pair sell period jewellery online, at a local Taiwanese fair and by appointment.
Peterborough festival: from £1 to five figures – and everything in between
07 October 2019“We encompass the whole antiques market at Peterborough. We’ve got house clearance specialists selling quality stuff alongside BADA and LAPADA dealers stalling out too.”
BADA makes better communication pledge
07 October 2019The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) has committed to greater transparency and more consultation with its 300-plus members before key decisions affecting the trade body’s future are made.
Missing painting by John Lavery discovered by Dublin auctioneer Whyte's
04 October 2019A painting by Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) consigned to Irish auctioneer Whyte’s by a man in Lancashire, has been identified as having been stolen 25 years ago from a British public school.
Irish dealers pitch environmental credentials to win VAT-free status ahead of Brexit
17 September 2019The Irish Antique Dealers Association has written to Ireland’s finance minister to press for VAT-free status as a green retail business, to relieve them of the 13.5% value-added tax they currently pay.
Why BADA sold its flagship fair event
16 September 2019‘The fair needs to develop. It was time to bring in a broader range of expertise and knowledge’ says BADA chief Marco Forgione
Freeman’s new premises underlines vision for firm's future in Philadelphia says chairman
16 September 2019After more than 210 years in business, Freeman’s of Philadelphia can claim a long and distinguished history in a changing US market. Its latest move – a physical one – underscores the firm’s future, chairman Alasdair Nichol tells ATG
The international dimension and Scottish connections at Freeman's
16 September 2019Freeman’s enjoys a strong Scottish connection, embodied in the firm’s current chairman, Edinburgh-born Alasdair Nichol, whose accent has diluted not one jot in the 25 years he has lived and worked in the US.
Interview: The lawyer and coin collector in the eye of a storm over trading tariffs
16 September 2019Peter Tompa, cultural property lawyer and coin collector, on the US rules around three key collecting areas
Freeman’s of Philadelphia moves to modern salerooms
14 September 2019America’s venerable auction house is relocating to contemporary gallery and auction room space.
Dealers taking part in downsized Masterpiece Pavilion at Fine Art Asia revealed
12 September 2019The management of Masterpiece has unveiled the dealers who will participate in a showcase that replaces the planned 24 stands at Fine Art Asia (October 4-7) in Hong Kong because of continuing public unrest in the city.
BADA chief Marco Forgione: ‘We’ve sold the fair to ensure its future. Change was essential.’
11 September 2019In a controversial move, the British Antique Dealers' Association has sold a majority stake in its annual fair to external investors, who will relaunch it as The Open Art Fair.
BADA sells its London fair
09 September 2019The British Antique Dealers’ Association has sold a majority stake in its annual fair to “make it sustainable for the future”.
Hong Kong fair will be ‘held as scheduled’ with pared-back Masterpiece presence
09 September 2019The organisers of Fine Art Asia in Hong Kong have confirmed the event will proceed as planned, despite the ongoing anti-government protests in the city.
Fine Art Asia, with Masterpiece Pavilion, to go ahead in Hong Kong despite city’s political protests
04 September 2019The organisers of Fine Art Asia and Masterpiece have confirmed the event, featuring Masterpiece's debut presence in the Far East, will proceed in Hong Kong in October, despite the city's anti-government protests in recent weeks.
Antiques firms urged to register for EU trade permit as potential no-deal Brexit looms
03 September 2019Trade associations are urging their members to apply for the required permit to continue importing and exporting with EU countries following Brexit on October 31.
US tariffs on Chinese art widened to include books and increased to 15%
02 September 2019A tax on imports into the US of art, antiques and objects made in China took effect today.
Bid to list the extinct mammoth as a protected species withdrawn from CITES summit
02 September 2019A proposal to class the long-extinct woolly mammoth as ‘endangered’ in order to regulate trade in its ivory was withdrawn at the global CITES summit, pending further research.