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The Man

Can’t you hear me bidding? Rolling Stones legend Charlie Watts’ former home has items going under the hammer in Gloucestershire

19 July 2018

You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find you get one of the objects from a former home of Charlie Watts, the legendary Rolling Stones drummer.

Carpathia gold medal

Liverpool hero’s gold medal from Titanic rescue offered at Buckinghamshire auction

18 July 2018

A gold medal awarded to the bursar on board the RMS Carpathia, the ship that famously rescued survivors from the Titanic in 1912, will be offered at Bourne End Auction Rooms this summer.

Houses of Parliament

Ivory bill's "kafkaesque process of registration" criticised in House of Lords

18 July 2018

Members of the House of Lords have called for amendments to the bill to ban the trade in objects made of or containing ivory.

‘Hungers Prevention...' by Augustine Mathewes

5 highlights from single-owner sale of early English books at Skinner in Boston

18 July 2018

US auction house Skinner is holding a single-owner sale devoted to early English books in their Boston rooms.

Judges in California shelve law for artist resale right

18 July 2018

The 1977 California Resale Royalties Act has effectively been shelved after panel of judges struck down the law – the US’s only ‘droit de suite’ law for visual artists.

Badr Khan

Auction Technology Group hires chief technology officer

18 July 2018

Auction Technology Group (ATG) - parent company of Antiques Trade Gazette and thesaleroom.com – has hired a new chief technology officer.

Blockchain conference Christies

Blockchain could be “subtle botox” for the art market but not a “facelift”

17 July 2018

Blockchain for the art world is a big opportunity but caution is needed. That was the verdict from Christie’s Art + Tech Summit.