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Although auction house premises in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland can (under restrictions) be open to the public, the official green light is yet to be received in Wales. /print-edition/2020/july/2452/news/welsh-auction-houses-must-wait-to-fully-reopen-but-online-trading-continues/

Winter 2024 turned out to be the wettest ever in the UK - which inevitably threw up significant challenges for fair organisers. /print-edition/2024/march/2636/fairs-markets-shops-centres/nottinghamshire-organiser-reconfigures-event-set-up-as-heavy-rain-causes-problems/

PARTRIDGE Fine Art chairman Mark Law has told ATG that the firm’s bank called in administrators after giving him only 90 minutes notice to pay off their £3m loan facility. /news/2009/mark-law-aims-to-buy-back-partridge-fine-art-as-he-blames-bankers/

Below we present further highlights from the busy summer season that we didn’t have space for in earlier editions. /print-edition/2017/august/2304/auction-reports/early-auction-starters-catch-up/

UK: INVESTIGATIONS by a Surrey antiques dealer have uncovered a crime spree by what appears to be a single gang right across the South East of England. /news/2000/dealer-turns-detective-to-uncover-crime-spree/

In the US (the world’s single biggest art market) just like in the UK (the world’s second largest), positives have been taken from the much-documented changing focus of the international auction houses. /print-edition/2019/september/2409/us-feature/big-in-america-regional-auction-houses-latest-moves-lead-our-market-review/

In what appears to be a deliberate attempt to eliminate me from history I draw your attention to an error and lacunae in your 50th anniversary edition (ATG No 2509). /print-edition/2021/october/2511/letters/i-m-still-here-and-happy-to-fill-you-in-about-the-works-i-have-bought-and-sold/

Ceramics by the Omega Workshops rose to unprecedented heights on March 17. The Design sale at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury included a small collection of pottery by Roger Fry that came for sale from the former Fulham Road dealer Andrew Harriss. /print-edition/2022/april/2536/news/pick-of-the-week-primary-reasons-for-appeal-of-omega-workshop-pots/

A bronze heron by French sculptor Auguste Cain was among the sales made at 'The Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair', the first major London antiques fair of the year. /print-edition/2024/february/2629/dealers-diary/buyers-slow-to-commit-but-sales-continue-at-mayfair-antiques-event/

ATG Editor Ivan Macquisten reports on the experts’ advice to the trade at this year’s LAPADA conference /news/2014/retail-therapy-from-the-experts/

Twelve years after their first online collaboration, Sotheby’s and eBay have formed a second partnership to stream Sotheby’s sales worldwide. /news/2014/right-time-right-place-this-time-around-say-sothebys-and-ebay/

DC Silver is a Washington, DC based e-commerce business specialising in antiques. ATG spoke to its proprietor, Nate Ivey /print-edition/2024/september/2659/dealers-diary/five-questions-with-nate-ivey-of-dc-silver/

Auctioneers have told ATG the preparations they are making for sweeping new rules that will affect how they store and use personal data, due to be implemented in the EU on May 25. /print-edition/2018/may/2340/news/how-christies-bonhams-fellows-sworders-and-sothebys-are-preparing-for-gdprs-new-data-protection-rules/

SPECIAL Auction Services, the West Berkshire auctioneers best known for regular sales of commemoratives and pot lids, are themselves on the market. /news/2005/three-auctioneers-look-to-the-future/

British banks have warned UK dealers and auctioneers trading in Persian works of art that their accounts could be closed amid US sanctions against Iran. /news/2017/high-street-banks-warn-of-account-closures-over-trade-in-persian-objects/

Ian Grutchfield is venue director of Hadleigh Old School, a new art space in Suffolk. /print-edition/2021/october/2511/dealers-diary/5-questions-ian-grutchfield/

EBAY’S latest bid to tackle fraud – by insisting UK sellers accept payment via PayPal – has come under attack. Due to come into force on July 9, the online giant says it will help block fraudulent transactions and data theft. /news/2008/trade-backlash-at-ebays-paypal-only-policy/

Darren Hudson is the proprietor of Hudson Antiques. For the last eight years he has been organiser of the thrice-yearly Decorative Fair in Battersea Park. The next starts on October 1. /print-edition/2024/august/2656/dealers-diary/five-questions-with-dealer-and-fair-organiser-darren-hudson/