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Article Scam guides target trade yet again

Scam guides have reared their head again, targeting dealers in a bid to extort large sums of money for useless advertising. /news/2013/scam-guides-target-trade-yet-again/

Article Big provincial auction houses do well in 2003

Despite a year that saw substantial declines in brown furniture prices and a tailing off in the demand for general silver, most of the UK’s top provincial auctioneers held steady in a difficult market. /news/2004/big-provincial-auction-houses-do-well-in-2003/

Article German legal fight over Internet sales

GERMANY: COMPANIES advertising public auctions or sales on the Internet in Germany are breaking the law and should be stopped, say the German Society of Auctioneers and Fine Arts, Der Bundesverband Deutscher Kunstversteigerer. /news/1999/german-legal-fight-over-internet-sales/

Article The Howe-to antiques guide

Christopher Howe has been dealing from the Pimlico Road area for the past 30 years but he likes to shake things up. /print-edition/2018/february/2328/dealers-diary/the-howe-to-antiques-guide/

Article French auctions prepare to return as Drouot aims to reopen on May 25

The Paris auction centre Hôtel Drouot intends to reopen on May 25, pending “any government counter-argument”. /print-edition/2020/may/2441/news/french-auctions-prepare-to-return-as-drouot-aims-to-reopen-on-may-25/

Article New faces at auction houses across the UK and US

The latest update on auction house moves including at Dawsons, Auction Antiques and Heritage Auctions. /news/2021/new-faces-at-auction-houses-across-the-uk-and-us/

Article Purple patch – Arts & Crafts collection of dealer duo comes to auction

Collection of dealers who founded a shop and popular brand is up for sale next month in Sussex, offering more than 600 lots in a dedicated sale /print-edition/2024/march/2633/feature/jewellery-purple-patch-arts-crafts-collection-of-dealer-duo-comes-to-auction/

Article New indoor IACF fair marks a return to Stoneleigh Park

International and Collectors’ Fairs are going under cover – to launch a new fair to run four times next year. /news/2013/new-indoor-iacf-fair-marks-a-return-to-stoneleigh-park/

Article Ensure card terminal is up to date, says victim

WHILE auction houses are becoming more aware of the threat from credit card fraud, dealers should also take care over payments, a victim from Crawley, West Sussex has warned. /news/2012/ensure-card-terminal-is-up-to-date-says-victim/

Article Dealers told ‘modernise and keep it simple’

How can you bring your business in line with the latest best practices and generate more sales without investing a fortune? /news/2016/dealers-told-modernise-and-keep-it-simple/

Article Auction group want to return power to the English provinces

A NEW auctions group have unveiled plans to establish a UK network of salerooms, but say their ambitions remain strictly provincial. /news/2002/auction-group-want-to-return-power-to-the-english-provinces/

Article NEC to stage August fair at Earls Court

CENTRE Exhibitions, the organising arm of Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, are launching a new Antiques For Everyone fair at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in West London next August. /news/2002/nec-to-stage-august-fair-at-earls-court/

Article ATG letter: Client accounts - transparency and integrity

MADAM – I’ve been reading ATG’s coverage of Mossgreen’s issues with interest, not least regarding client accounts, or lack of (ATG No 2327). /print-edition/2018/february/2328/letters-to-the-editor/client-accounts-transparency-and-integrity/

Article Campaign furniture exhibition keeps trade on the move during lockdown

Virtual exhibition showcases more than 80 items designed to be portable and flexible /print-edition/2020/may/2442/dealers-diary/campaign-furniture-exhibition-keeps-trade-on-the-move-during-lockdown/

Article Hemswell Antique Centres in Lincolnshire gives its dealers a helping hand to go digital

On first appearance, Hemswell Antique Centres is your traditional dealer collective, only with more space and dealers than any other centre in Europe. /print-edition/2020/february/2427/fairs-markets/hemswell-antique-centres-in-lincolnshire-gives-its-dealers-a-helping-hand-to-go-digital/

Article Bookshop goes viral on Twitter after selling book that had been on the shelf for 27 years

A bookshop’s tweet announcing it had sold a book that had been on its shelf for 27 years went viral over the weekend. /news/2018/bookshop-goes-viral-on-twitter-after-selling-book-that-had-been-on-the-shelf-for-27-years/

Article ‘Breakthrough’ for shipping art by sea

Plans to drastically reduce the carbon emissions of the art and antiques sector by cutting air freight have been put forward by a group of art market businesses. /print-edition/2022/june/2547/news/breakthrough-for-shipping-art-by-sea/

Article Pick of the week: Cabinet made of wood from Nelson’s flagship makes 13-times estimate

HMS Foudroyant, which served as Nelson’s flagship in the Mediterranean Squadron, had been touring English seaside resorts as an attraction when it was wrecked off Blackpool Sands on June 16, 1897. /print-edition/2022/october/2562/news-digest/pick-of-the-week-cabinet-made-of-wood-from-nelson-s-flagship-makes-13-times-estimate/

Article Anti-trust: Tennant, Taubman accused

The former chairmen of Christie’s and Sotheby’s last week were charged with a criminal conspiracy to fix the rates of commissions worth “at least $400 million”, in a dramatic twist to a four year US Government investigation into the two auction houses. /news/2001/anti-trust-tennant-taubman-accused/

Article The live auction is far from dead

“Is the live auction dead?” was the challenging question before a panel discussion at the annual conference of the Appraisers Association of America in New York in which four major regional auction houses took part. /news/2000/the-live-auction-is-far-from-dead/