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EU art market post-Brexit

Customs delays after Brexit could be major blow for art market

06 September 2017

Brexit could give the opportunity for advantageous changes to the VAT system for the UK art and antiques trade, delegates of The Art Business Conference heard today. But any benefits could be outweighed by huge customs delays.

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Flute carved from policeman’s truncheon attracts buyers in Leyburn

06 September 2017

A flute made from a wooden police truncheon surpassed expectations at Tennants Auctioneers last week.

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Former Met art crime boss pleas for art and antiques unit to re-form

06 September 2017

Richard Ellis, a former Metropolitan Police officer, used the platform of The Art Business Conference to call for the restatement of the art and antiques crime unit today.

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Three centuries of English works on paper to draw bidders at Freeman’s latest auction

06 September 2017

A sale packed with English works on paper spanning the early 19th to early 21st centuries takes place at Freeman’s in Philadelphia on September 18.

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Tapestry gallery S Franses appeals to Supreme Court to stay in London home

05 September 2017

Antique textile and tapestry specialist S Franses is taking its fight to stay in its St James’s gallery to the UK Supreme Court.

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Christie’s brings home the Bacon with auction of rediscovered painting

05 September 2017

A rediscovered Francis Bacon is to be offered at Christie’s next month with a £7m-10m estimate.

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Rare pre-fire map of Chicago heads to local auction complete with view of red light district

05 September 2017

One of only four known copies a 19th century map of Chicago goes under the hammer at a local auction house next week.