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Porcelain specialist retires after more than 50 years of trade
15 November 2018Well-known English porcelain specialist Simon Spero is retiring after a professional career lasting 54 years.
Movers and shakers: the latest moves including a new face at Robert Young Antiques, a new home for Plowden & Smith and a new role for dealer John Bly
14 November 2018Our latest look at appointments and moves across the art and antiques trade.
Movers and shakers: the latest trade appointments including an automobilia specialist at Lawrences and a new CEO at Mall Galleries
03 November 2018Our latest look at new moves across auction houses and art dealerships.
Auction house Roseberys promotes Vicki Wonfor to joint management role
22 October 2018Auction house Roseberys has promoted Vicki Wonfor to joint managing director, working alongside chairman and joint MD Ian Cadzow.
Tributes paid to actor Dudley Sutton - Lovejoy’s ‘Tinker’
17 September 2018Actor Dudley Sutton, whose acting career on stage and screen spanned more than 60 years, has died aged 85.
Collection of dealer Robert Barley up at auction
17 September 2018More than 500 lots of pictures, sculpture, furniture, textiles, architectural features and artefacts spanning 2000 years from the collection of the late Robert Barley, will come to auction at TW Gaze later this month.
Management team replaces Pratt at Bellmans
10 September 2018West Sussex auction house Bellmans has reshuffled its top team following the departure of managing director Jonathan Pratt, who left to join Dreweatts last month.
Line up for NAVA’s Novice Auctioneer of the Year competition revealed
05 September 2018Auctioneers from Christie’s, Chiswick Auctions, Dreweatts and Brettells will take part in this year’s NAVA Propertymark Novice Auctioneer of the Year competition.
Movers and shakers: new hires at auction houses Sotheby’s, Sworders and Kingham & Orme
03 September 2018Our latest look at new faces across the art and antiques trade.
Hansons Auctioneers open office in London's Notting Hill
03 September 2018Derbyshire’s Hansons Auctioneers is opening a second London location.
Movers and shakers: new faces at Roseberys and Bristol Auction Rooms among the latest arts and antiques appointments
22 August 2018Our latest look at new roles across the art and antiques trade reveals Roseberys, Bristol Auction Rooms and Bonhams have all made new hires this summer.
Ex-Bonhams specialists launch new saleroom in Los Angeles
20 August 2018Downtown Los Angeles has a new mid-market fine art auction house, formed by a group of ex-Bonhams specialists.
Simon Berti steps down as ATG’s chairman of Art & Antiques
17 August 2018Simon Berti, chairman of the Art & Antiques division at Antiques Trade Gazette parent Auction Technology Group, has announced that he is stepping down from his role after 20 years “to explore life beyond auctions”.
Auction Technology Group hires chief technology officer
18 July 2018Auction Technology Group (ATG) - parent company of Antiques Trade Gazette and thesaleroom.com – has hired a new chief technology officer.
Paul Whitfield tribute
16 July 2018The family of the late Paul Whitfield are holding an event in London on the evening of September 26 to celebrate his life. Contact paulwhitfieldmemorial@gmail.com for details.
Former foreign secretary and Christie’s chairman Lord Carrington dies aged 99
10 July 2018The former Christie’s chairman and the last surviving member of Sir Winston Churchill's post-war government, Lord Carrington, has died aged 99.
Veteran New York dealer Otto Naumann joins Sotheby’s
05 July 2018Old Master dealer Otto Naumann has joined auction house Sotheby’s as senior vice president and client development director in its Old Master paintings division.
Christie’s marketing chief leaves after four years at the auction house
28 June 2018Marc Sands, who joined as chief marketing officer in April 2014, is leaving to “pursue other creative opportunities”.
LAPADA hires fair manager
18 June 2018The LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair in Berkeley Square, Mayfair, has hired a new fair manager.
New LAPADA chief Freya Simms outlines what dealer members can expect during her tenure
18 June 2018Public relations and fairs specialist Freya Simms is a mere two weeks into the job as chief executive of dealer body LAPADA but has hit the ground running.
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