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Art London moves down the road for autumn slot

24 April 2006

Art London moves from its summer slot to autumn and also changes location for its eighth staging.

Silver rallies after 14% fall overnight

24 April 2006

AS ATG went to press, the price of silver appeared to be steadying following the dramatic fall seen late last week.

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The bowl that proves it can pack a punch at £28,000

24 April 2006

A Bedford woman who was downsizing homes decided to enter this piece of family silver into her local auction house. It proved to be the stellar entry in W&H Peacock’s April 7 antiques sale when, after generating considerable pre-sale attention from the London silver trade, it far outstripped the saleroom’s unpublished expectations of around £3000-5000, selling to one of their number for £28,000 (plus 12.5% premium).

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Double Dux – the gaze and the glaze

24 April 2006

MUSSOLINI’s son-in-law and foreign minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano, would have done well to heed the imagery of this black glazed terracotta head when another version of it came into his possession.

Trade remove 1m books in online protest

24 April 2006

...but Web provider still won’t budge on credit card charges

Australia launch probe into Aboriginal art trade

18 April 2006

THE Australian government has acted to protect indigenous artists following media reports that exposed exploitation and corruption in the Aboriginal art world.

Second new saleroom in South East

18 April 2006

Essex centre to be environmentally friendly