News


Categories

News

Latest news from Antiques Trade Gazette, the leading specialist publication for the art and antiques market


eBay bans international ivory sales

11 June 2007

ONLINE auction giant eBay is banning cross-border sales of ivory on all their websites. The company announced that from the end of this month sellers will only be allowed to list ivory items for sale in their own country.

Aqueduct get set for a steady flow of lots

11 June 2007

NEW auctioneers Aqueduct Auctions are holding their first sale on Saturday, June 16 at the Methodist Chapel, Froncysyllte, near Llangollen.

1793AR09A.jpg

Will Poole prices rise as kilns cool?

09 June 2007

FOR more than a decade, Dorset saleroom Cottees have held biannual sales dedicated to Poole pottery. The most latest event had the sad distinction of being the first since the closure of the Poole Pottery just before Christmas.

1793NE01A.jpg

Qianlong copper-red flask at £110,000

04 June 2007

The highlight of the Oriental sale conducted by Salisbury auctioneers Woolley & Wallis on May 22 was this underglaze copper-red Qianlong (1736-1795) mark and period moonflask standing 11in (27cm) high.

China to ban export of Qing artefacts

04 June 2007

But move will fail to curtail smuggling of pre-1911 objects via Hong Kong

1793NE02A.jpg

Hong Kong series expands

04 June 2007

Not one but two international auction houses conducted sales series in Hong Kong in May.

NAVA to merge with NAEA

04 June 2007

THE National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers (NAVA) has voted to merge with the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA).