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Penlee House Museum buys evocative photograph archive
07 July 2016An eleventh-hour private treaty deal has secured a photographic archive for the Penlee House Museum and Gallery.
Sotheby’s Old Master sale led by Liotard’s breakfast scene, selling to a museum at £3.8m
07 July 2016A rare interior scene by Swiss painter Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1789) was the top lot at Sotheby’s Old Masters evening sale last night, selling at £3.8m.
Early William Dobson self-portrait takes £920,000 at Bonhams
06 July 2016An early 17th century self-portrait by the English court painter William Dobson (1611-46) was knocked down at £920,000 at Bonhams’ Old Masters sale today.
Dear (future) Prime Minister: a wish list from the art and antiques trade
06 July 2016As our next Prime Minister negotiates our exit from the EU from September, she/he will have many pressing priorities. In this 'letter' the industry sets out its own priorities in the hope of relief from the red tape that bedevils our sector
Keverne: trade should seize Brexit moment
06 July 2016Roger Keverne, London dealer in Chinese ceramics and works of art and chairman of Asian Art in London, believes the Leave vote is the moment for the art market to re-examine some of its more onerous laws.
Beverly Hills gallerist and auctioneer Joseph Chait sentenced to jail for ivory offences
05 July 2016Joseph Chait, 38, of the IM Chait gallery and auction house in Beverly Hills, has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison after admitting he conspired to smuggle items of rhino horn, ivory and coral.
Echoes of William Beckford as silver-gilt teaset triples estimate at Stansted sale
05 July 2016Among the works sold over estimate at today’s silver and jewellery auction at Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet was a rare silver-gilt three-piece teaset that tripled expectations when it was knocked down at £4100.
Sidney Barnsley furniture from maker’s family sells for over £30,000 at Salisbury auction
05 July 2016Five pieces of furniture consigned from direct descendants of architect and craftsman Sidney Barnsley (1865-1926) drew bidders’ attention at Woolley & Wallis’ latest Arts and Crafts sale in Salisbury.
Board changes and new appointments at Strauss & Co following death of Stephan Welz
05 July 2016South African auction house Strauss & Co have made a number of appointments to its board in the wake of the death of founding managing director, Stephan Welz at the end of last year.
Fair play: Key numbers and sales at the Art & Antiques Fair, Olympia 2016
04 July 2016More than 25,160 visitors attended the 44th annual Art & Antiques Fair, Olympia which concluded its seven day run yesterday.
In numbers: London’s Contemporary art sales
04 July 2016The Contemporary art sales in London last week saw a reduced supply of major works affect the overall totals which came in at their lowest levels since 2013. However, the material on offer generally met with decent demand and fears of a Brexit meltdown in the market did not materialise.
CINOA ‘needs to be leader on ivory’
04 July 2016The rising tide of regulation against ivory, and the consequent threat to the trade in antiques, was a principal subject of debate at last month’s CINOA conference in Paris.
Watch Charles Hanson selling Qianlong vase for £650,000 at Derbyshire auction
01 July 2016A fine Chinese blue and white vase with a Qianlong seal mark sold for £650,000 at the auction held today at Hansons of Etwall.
10 highlights and key statistics from Christie’s ‘Defining British Art’ sale
01 July 2016The latest themed auction held by Christie’s was their ‘Defining British Art’ evening sale in London. View ATG’s selection of 10 highlights here.
New York museum buys medieval medal at London auction
01 July 2016This late medieval repoussé medal depicting ‘The Emperor Heraclius’s Return of the True Cross to Jerusalem’ proved the highlight of the Sir Timothy Clifford collection of Renaissance and Baroque medals sold by Morton & Eden in London.
Christie’s British art auction survives Brexit and sets £22m record for Henry Moore sculpture
01 July 2016A series of blue-chip consignments from different sectors of the market helped Christie’s ‘Defining British Art’ evening sale in London last night to a £99.5m total including premium. The auction offered paintings by major names including Joshua Reynolds, John Constable, Stanley Spencer, Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon but it was a Henry Moore sculpture that led proceedings, selling at £22m.
Japanese woodblock wonder sets record in Paris auction
30 June 2016Crowning the white-glove success of Japanese works from the Portier collection in Paris was the sale of this signature portrait print by Kitagawa Utamaro for €600,000 (£500,000).
BADA join FSB to research rate relief
30 June 2016BADA have joined with the Federation of Small Business (FSB) to research how much art and antique dealers are helped by the government’s proposed rate relief on properties – if at all.
Wellers Fine Art continue trading despite liquidation of commercial operation
30 June 2016Wellers Fine Art Ltd will continue to hold monthly sales of jewellery and watches in Guildford, despite the liquidation of a separate commercial operation.
Johnny Depp’s Basquiat paintings fetch £7.6m at Christie’s
30 June 2016Two paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) consigned to auction by the actor Johnny Depp sold for a combined £7.6m at Christie’s evening sale of post-war and Contemporary art last night.
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