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Lawyers believe auction houses face growing legal risk over premium

28 August 2007

Sotheby’s match Christie’s with 25% premium on lots sold below £10,000

Design Art London sees Frieze Week expand into decorative arts

28 August 2007

The Frieze art fair (October 11-14) at Regents Park has already spawned two ‘tailgate’ events in the form of Scope and Zoo, but this year’s new addition is a little different.

Changes at JS Auctions

28 August 2007

JS Auctions are having to cease operations at their Cotefield Farm premises in Bodicote near Banbury.

Worthing to merge with Scarborough

28 August 2007

West Sussex auctioneers Worthing Auction Galleries and Scarborough Fine Art are to merge.

€3.5m deal struck for Easter Rising documents

28 August 2007

DUBLIN auctioneers James Adam have negotiated a €3.5m (£2.4m) sale of remarkable papers setting a record for a single transaction of documents relating to the 1916 Easter Rising.

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Australia’s blueprint sells for over £100,000

20 August 2007

In the same way that Americans hold any material relating to the Pilgrim Fathers in the highest esteem, so anything associated with Australia’s earliest European settlers carries a huge premium for its domestic market.

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Contemporary furniture in the Dales

20 August 2007

A two-week exhibition of contemporary furniture featuring the work of some of the north of England’s top makers and designers is to be held at The Auction Centre in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, from August 21-31.