Soapbox

Two views on the big questions facing the trade… This week we ask whether promoting the foundation date of an auction house benefits the business' branding.

Two opposing views on the big questions facing the trade… This week we ask two auctioneers about the best strategy regarding the positioning of the best lots in a sale.

Two opposing views on the big questions facing the trade... This week ask whether ‘art and antiques towns’ are still viable in today’s market?

A precedent-setting legal dispute over a $10m (£7.2m) fee relating to the 2014 sale of a $210m Paul Gauguin painting was won by auctioneer-turned-art adviser Simon de Pury last week, despite him only having a gentleman’s agreement. We ask whether such agreements are still valid in today's art market?

Two opposing views on the big questions facing the trade. This week, ATG asks whether auction houses should open on Saturdays to accommodate more private buyers...

The question this week… should antiques centres include coffee shops?

We asked two auctioneers about a universally thorny issue: whether it's good business to charge buyers for leaving items they've bought beyond the stipulated deadline for collection.

Two opposing views on the big questions facing the trade… ATG asks whether galleries should display the prices of the works they exhibit at fairs?

The big question… Is it important to your business to have an established, historic brand name?

Two opposing views on the big questions facing the trade… Artist and restorer Amy Douglas recently unveiled 'The Unfortunate Souvenirs of Our Time' – an exhibition using broken Staffordshire figures to create new artworks. So this week we ask, is it ever okay to repurpose antiques to create new objects?

Two differing views on the big questions facing the trade… This week we ask should auctioneers need formal qualifications to work in the industry?

BADA has just unveiled plans for a smaller fair, BADA Collection at the Lanesborough, to launch in October (ATG No 2295). So here we ask: do smaller, more select fairs make better business sense?

Two opposing views on the big questions facing the trade - temporary vs fixed auction locations...

Two opposing views on the big questions facing the trade…

Two opposing views on the big questions facing the trade…