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J.P. Humbert bring their two salerooms under one roof

23 March 2009

J.P. Humbert Auctioneers are to combine their two salerooms and focus their business in Towcester.

Salisbury book dealers turn auctioneers

23 March 2009

BOOK dealers are turning auctioneers and fair organisers in a bid to generate new income.

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Tiffany and Walters prove key links in the $350,000 chain

23 March 2009

AN impressive example of Renaissance revivalism seen at Boston-based auction house Skinner on March 17 combined blue chip-names in both provenance and maker.

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Sassoon's treasure chest makes £37,000 in Edinburgh

16 March 2009

THIS iron casket with gold and silver damascening decoration provided the high point of the sale conducted by Shapes of Edinburgh on March 7, selling at £37,000.

Legal challenge to limits of auction houses’ liability

16 March 2009

AUCTIONEERS’ liability for their catalogue descriptions may soon stretch far beyond the saleroom – even to third parties not involved in bidding – if plaintiffs win a pending New York test case.

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Dealer duped in fake Lowry case

16 March 2009

DAVID Smith of Neptune Fine Art, the dealer who was duped into buying a fake Lowry painting, has told ATG that potential buyers should be exceptionally careful when considering purchasing a Lowry painting.

EBay counterfeit case comes to UK

16 March 2009

COSMETICS giant L’Oréal took their multi-pronged legal tussle with online auction site eBay to the High Court in London last week.