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THE conventions of attribution for paintings are safe after a High Court judge ruled in favour of Mayfair art dealers Agnew’s in a £1.5m claim by a disgruntled customer. /news/2002/high-court-ruling-defends-conventions-of-attribution/

Pictured is a happy customer making a purchase at Arthur Swallow Fairs’ first monthly Monday winter drive-in indoor antiques market held in the Blackdown Building at the Stoneleigh Park Estate, near Coventry, in October. /print-edition/2017/november/2317/fairs-markets/swallow-heads-to-stoneleigh-for-winter/

SOTHEBY’S have registered a 12 per cent rise in turnover on the fourth quarter of last year, but net losses for the year have climbed considerably thanks to extraordinary costs. Three quarters of these costs relate to anti-trust settlements. /news/2003/cost-cutting-remains-sotheby-s-leading-aim/

SOTHEBY’S results for the first quarter of 2002 show a 20 per cent drop in revenues – no great surprise following September 11 and smaller London Impressionist and Contemporary sales. /news/2002/20-first-quarter-drop-for-sotheby-s/

WITH their new magazine-format catalogues and weekend viewings and sales, Christie’s (20/12% buyer’s premium) are currently making a conscious effort to present themselves to the buying public as a customer-friendly art and antiques retailer. /news/2005/clients-line-up-to-sample-what-took-sir-ralph-halpern-s-fancy/

Dealers Douglas and Brett Coupar-Fleming have spent the past year renovating a former department store in the seaside town of Leven on the east coast of Scotland. /print-edition/2025/june/2696/fairs-markets-shops-centres/community-cornerstone-antiques-and-vintage-shop-opened-by-dealers-in-scotland/

As Field Dog Fairs, antiques dealer Charlotte Williams launched an antiques weekend 13 years ago at Southwell Racecourse in Nottnghamshire. /print-edition/2025/august/2705/fairs-markets-shops-centres/racecourse-event-ready-to-increase-size-indoor-and-out/

When it comes to transporting fine art and antiques, there are plenty of shipping companies who offer services specially tailored for the industry. /guides/information-guides/shipping-and-insurance/

'The London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair' (LARTA) was launched in 2011 and is the UK’s leading annual fair dedicated to the appreciation of antique rug and textile art. /print-edition/2025/february/2679/dealers-diary/rugs-and-textiles-in-the-spotlight-at-larta/

A New York City antiquarian books hub involving three well-known big names has been established, creating something of a Manhattan powerhouse of the trade. /print-edition/2025/october/2713/news/three-rare-booksellers-create-new-york-hub/

Visit from ‘Queen of Pop’ underlines just how much there is to see in Kent town including art and antiques /print-edition/2026/february/2731/fairs-markets-shops-centres/madge-pops-down-to-margate/

IN the week that former chairman Alfred Taubman was finally released from jail, Sotheby’s announced first quarter total revenues of $47.6m, 4.8 per cent up on the same period last year. /news/2003/sales-and-costs-up-in-first-quarter/

A Cloud-based single platform has been launched which allows art and antiques dealers to document and manage items from acquisition to sale. The Ronati Studio system uses mobile and desktop applications. /print-edition/2025/april/2687/dealers-diary/simplifying-the-sale-process/

Last August, Caitlin Riley, rare book specialist at Bristol and Bath-based Auctioneum, was making headlines around the world. /print-edition/2026/january/2728/life-in-the-trade/why-we-decided-to-provide-a-special-new-quire-service/

THE first quarter of 2004 was good news for Sotheby’s, with several major stepping stones to putting their bottom line back on the straight and narrow. /news/2004/real-estate-and-fabergé-put-sotheby-s-on-track/

The government is hoping to find a UK-based buyer to pay £1.2m for an 18th century William Hogarth painting to prevent it from leaving the country. /news/2016/export-block-for-hogarth-s-first-painted-satirical-scene/

Around 100 dealers will gather at the House of Lords next month for the latest annual LAPADA conference. /news/2019/social-media-succession-planning-and-brexit-top-agenda-at-latest-lapada-conference/