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Eric Turquin and Christophe Joron-Derem

“A museum-worthy piece and a powerful painting”: auctioneer on record-breaking Artemesia Gentileschi painting

03 January 2018

Establishing an auction record for Artemesia Gentileschi (1593-1652), a rediscovered self-portrait that sold for €1.85m (£1.63m) in Paris was described as “a museum-worthy piece and a powerful painting” by Eric Turquin, appraiser and expert in Old Master paintings.

Qing vase

House record for Leicestershire auctioneer after Chinese vase sells for thousands

03 January 2018

Melton Mowbray auctioneer Shouler & Son set a new house record with the sale of a Qing blue and white vase for £40,000 (plus buyer’s premium).

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Stamp and coin dealership Stanley Gibbons Group considers further sell-offs as it seeks £5m to prosper

02 January 2018

Troubled stamp-dealing company Stanley Gibbons Group reported losses in the half year to the end of September reduced to £3.1m, from £6.4m in the previous year, but sales fell 4% to £16.6m.

Mossgreen

Mossgreen to restructure after going into administration

02 January 2018

Australian auction house Mossgreen is in administration and a creditors’ meeting will be held this week.

Gove

Consultation on the ban on the ivory trade in the UK receives massive response

02 January 2018

The government received more than 60,000 responses to the public consultation on the banning of the ivory trade in the UK - making it one of Defra’s most popular ever.

Kensington

Two C’s Antiques Fairs takes on and expands London Ceramics Fair

02 January 2018

Two C’s Antiques Fairs has taken over the management of the January London Ceramics Fair, which has been renamed the Kensington Glass and Ceramics Fair.

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Notable vesta case collection to light up Somerset saleroom a second time

02 January 2018

On January 15 Lawrences of Crewkerne will sell the second half of a remarkable collection of vesta cases or match safes pieced together over a 50 year period by the late John and Patricia McKenzie.