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Contemporary art week: some bumps on the record road

06 July 2015

The latest series of Contemporary art auctions in London posted a bumper total despite the failure of some big-ticket lots.

Members back plan for annual Paris Biennale

06 July 2015

Reaction to the news that the Paris ‘Biennale’ will become an annual event has been largely positive.

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The first Silver Cross pram returns home

03 July 2015

William Wilson’s patent for a perambulator was cheered by the infants of well-to-do-Victorians.

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Rare Franz Sedlacek oil blooms at £85,000

02 July 2015

An oil on panel by Franz Sedlacek (1891-1945), an Austrian artist prominent in the Vienna Secession group of painters, drew international bidding at Toovey’s of Washington, West Sussex.

Dealers vote to make leading Paris fair an annual event

01 July 2015

Members of French dealers’ association the Syndicat National des Antiquaires have voted to make the Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris an annual event.

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Lawyer slams DEFRA over CITES chaos

01 July 2015

A leading CITES lawyer has criticised DEFRA’s “wholesale failure” to alert the public to law changes, after a court fined a jeweller £2000 for selling antique tiger claw pendants.

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Bumper visitor numbers for London fair previews

30 June 2015

Last week in London, it was hard to know where to be or look as, alongside the major Impressionist and Modern art auctions, ‘Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair’ and ‘Masterpiece London’ at the Royal Hospital Chelsea coincided for the first time.