11 March 2014
Leading specialists in the trade are actively seeking a solution that supports the ban on ivory without destroying valuable artefacts created often hundreds of years ago. ....
10 March 2014
Just over a year since closing its Albemarle Street gallery, the long-established London art dealership Agnew’s has been acquired by new owners. ....
10 March 2014
Recent reports suggest the number of copied Lowry prints in circulation is increasing. ....
10 March 2014
Following the success of last year’s Oxford conference for art and antiques professionals, Jeremy Lamond of Halls and Rupert Toovey of Toovey’s have announced the 2014 event will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 12-13. ....
10 March 2014
In 2013 NAVA ran its first course for Valuers & Auctioneers of Chattels and its fourth competition for Young Auctioneer of the Year. ....
10 March 2014
A digital edition of Antiques Trade Gazette has been launched for all tablet users. ....
10 March 2014
One of two men who robbed an antiques dealer of a rhino horn in an attack which left the victim in hospital for weeks has been jailed. ....
07 March 2014
A small contingent of dealers from the UK are currently travelling to Paris for the launch of Cipolat SA’s new biannual antiques fair. ....
06 March 2014
Following his severe cycling accident last August, Ben Janssens has regretfully resigned as chairman of the executive committee of TEFAF Maastricht. ....
05 March 2014
Sotheby’s have reported $6.3bn (£3.99bn) in consolidated sales for 2013, a 17% rise on the previous year. ....
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Auction Previews
06 March 2014
This picture by CRW Nevinson (1889-1946) is being offered at the Spring Fine Art Sale being held by Tennants in Leyburn, North Yorkshire on March 28-29. ....
27 February 2014
Christie’s has announced a major consignment of Old Master drawings which will be offered over the next two years in a series of sales in London, Amsterdam and Paris. ....
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Auction Reports
11 March 2014
This Worcester mug c.1754-55 proved the highlight of the Raymond Dennis collection of early English porcelain sold by Woolley & Wallis of Salisbury. ....
04 March 2014
The commercial fortunes of Victorian silver ‘castle top’ card cases, engraved or embossed with views of British landmarks, depend primarily on the scarcity of the scene depicted. ....
25 February 2014
Estimated at just £200-300, a set of four early 20th century Chinese famille rose porcelain plaques depicting the four seasons in mountainous settings were bought by a phone bidder from Shanghai for £420,000 at Charterhouse of Sherborne in Dorset. ....
19 February 2014
The first stand-alone tribal art sale held by Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury was topped at £44,000 by this 19th or early 20th century Yombe seated figure from the Democratic Republic of Congo. ....
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