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Latest news from Antiques Trade Gazette, the leading specialist publication for the art and antiques market


BADA appoint new chairman

25 July 2011

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

PayPal alert over eBay buyer scam

25 July 2011

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

Suffolk auctioneers move to larger premises

25 July 2011

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

Yet more Rhino horn thefts

25 July 2011

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

Cheque payments win a reprieve

18 July 2011

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.

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National Gallery approves new Leonardo discovery

18 July 2011

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.

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Salvator Mundi: condition and provenance

18 July 2011

LONG before this picture came to light, Salvator Mundi was a known work by Leonardo recorded as either lost or destroyed.