“The wonderful memories and the friendships will live long in the hearts of all who were touched by the magic of CSK.”
Speaking at the last ever auction at Christie’s South Kensington, chairman Nic McElhatton delivered a heartfelt farewell speech.
“I am in listening mode. You have a friend in me... I will do all I can to support you.”
John Glen MP, minister for arts, heritage and tourism, speaking at The British Art Market 2017 report launch at RICS headquarters.
“Definitely there were more visitors but it wasn’t so much about the quantity as the quality... Masterpiece is attracting more serious collectors than it used to and seems set to develop into something very important.”
Peter Osborne of Osborne Samuel speaking about the Masterpiece London fair.
“I bought the tile in good faith in the belief that it had a good German provenance. After Prof Allan’s discovery I felt it imperative that I should immediately return the tile to the monument from which it was removed. I am very happy that the tile will now return to its original home and I am grateful to Prof Allan for his identification of the tile and to the British Museum for their efforts in liaising with the Uzbekistan authorities for its repatriation.”
Islamic and Indian art dealer Simon Ray on the return of a stolen 13th century tile to Uzbekistan.
“I think the antiques trade should make their views known in no uncertain terms, or we are looking at the end of 700 years of UK hallmarking history.”
John Langford of the British Hallmarking Protection Alliance on the launch of a consultation into the controversial issue of the overseas stamping of precious metals with identical or similar marks to traditional UK Hallmarks.
