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ENCOURAGING words from Downing Street and Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt in the past year gave us hope that finally something would be done about the impending threat to the British art market of the extension of the Artists’ Resale Right to the estates of artists who have been dead for less than 70 years.

THE British Antique Dealers’ Association council have appointed Jonathan Coulborn as their new chairman.

EBAY users are being warned of a new scam that targets sellers who allow buyers to collect items in person.

MANDER Auctioneers of Clare in Suffolk have moved to new larger premises three miles down the road at Lower Road, Glemsford, CO10 7QU.

THEFTS of old rhino horn trophies, wanted for their value in Chinese medicine, are continuing.

THE threat to the art and antiques industry posed by the proposed ending of cheques has been lifted after it was announced that the banking industry will not scrap them after all.

THE National Gallery has confirmed that a previously unattributed painting spotted by an American dealer will feature in its forthcoming Leonardo da Vinci exhibition as an original work by the artist.