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2014
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Asian buyers prominent during New York sales
12 May 2014A reported increase in Asian buying was the most notable feature of a somewhat underwhelming series of Impressionist & Modern art auctions in New York last week.
Judith Miller Award to boost Young Guns
12 May 2014The Antiques Young Guns team have announced a new addition to the 2014 Antiques Young Gun of the Year awards: the Judith Miller Award for Outstanding Potential.
New owner pledges to vet Paris’s biggest antiques markets
12 May 2014The new owner of the biggest antique markets in Paris has pledged to vet them for authenticity and quality.
‘Relevant information’ at heart of new joint bidding rules
12 May 2014Changes to joint bidding rules under the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 clarify the obligations to be met.
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Maple cabinet with intriguing artistic collaboration
12 May 2014Mystery surrounds the origin of a maple cabinet designed by Edward William Godwin and painted by James Abbott McNeill Whistler which has been bought by National Museums Scotland (NMS).
Netsuke bonanza at Cologne saleroom
12 May 2014In a series of sales to be spread over the coming years, Cologne auctioneers Lempertz are selling netsuke from the Kolodotschko collection.
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Building brand and trust the key to online success, say Hiscox
12 May 2014Reputation and brand building is likely to become the single most important component to success in selling art and antiques online, a market now worth $1.57bn.
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Art Deco classics ring a bell
09 May 2014Designed and manufactured by the Siemens factory in Woolwich from 1929, the 200 Series dial telephone (aka the Neophone) is today considered an Art Deco design classic and the first truly modern telephone.
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Winning the Beswick trials
09 May 2014A trial model of a champion dog led the way among a group of Beswick figures sold at a recent auction in Stoke-on-Trent.
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Horst’s perfect storm hits Philadelphia
09 May 2014Alasdair Nichol, picture specialist and vice chairman at Freeman’s of Philadelphia, called the Horst collection “an auctioneer’s perfect storm” – the sale of a previously unknown cache of untouched European and American art exposed to market for the first time in close to a century.
IACF acquire Alexandra Palace fair
07 May 2014International Antiques and Collectors’ Fairs (IACF) have taken over the Alexandra Palace antiques and collectors’ fair from Nelson Events.
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Carving provides clues to Tudor discovery
06 May 2014Did a diminutive fruitwood carving sold by Knowle Auction Rooms relate to one of the most tumultuous periods of British history – the Act of the Supremacy under Henry VIII?
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Auction record for natural saltwater pearls shows strength of gems market
02 May 2014The run on pearls continues with two spectacular prices paid for exceptional natural saltwater gems at auctions on either side of the Atlantic this week.
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The £150,000 doorstop with an Imperial past
02 May 2014The latest Asian art sale at Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet was led by this massive 9½in (24.5cm) high Chinese calligrapher’s brush pot dating to the late 18th or early 19th century.
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Hemy’s oyster dredgers head home to Falmouth
02 May 2014Appearing at the latest of the twice-yearly marine sales at Bonhams Knightsbridge was a painting by Charles Napier Hemy (1841-1917) which had local connections helping bring demand.
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Sotheby’s to sell Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to ‘Like a Rolling Stone’
01 May 2014A near complete working draft written by Bob Dylan for arguably his most famous song, ‘Like a Rolling Stone’, will be offered at Sotheby’s in New York this summer.
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Cleveley arrives at Bonhams this summer
01 May 2014Bonhams will be looking for fair winds in July when the John Windeler Robertson collection goes under the hammer in New Bond Street.
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May Day Giant Crossword – champagne to be won
30 April 2014Are you a crossword guru? Think you know about art and antiques? ATG’s seasonal crossword will test even the greatest experts in the business and gives readers the chance to win a magnum of champagne.
Dolman to take over as chairman and CEO at Phillips
28 April 2014Christie's former chief executive Edward Dolman is to become chairman and chief executive officer of Phillips this summer.
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Sculptor to the Medici emerges as the hand behind ‘German’ ewer
28 April 2014A very hefty price for a Baroque work of art emerged recently at the Drouot auction centre.