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2014
Bid to make sellers liable for Resale Right
28 March 2014The French courts have asked the European Court of Justice to rule on whether auctioneers can be prevented from passing on the Artist’s Resale Right charge to buyers.
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Meissen squirrels fetch £45,000 at Sussex auction
28 March 2014Estimated at £8000-12,000, this rare pair of Meissen figures of red squirrels, c.1750, modelled by J.J.Kändler, took £45,000 at Bellmans auctions of Wisborough Green, near Billingshurst.
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Lowry collection raises £13m at Sotheby’s
28 March 2014The stand-alone evening sale of 15 paintings by L.S. Lowry at Sotheby’s on March 26 raised £13m, with all bar two works getting away.
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Wartime prints marching to the fore
28 March 2014Images and footage of the First World War seem to be featuring prominently on TV at the moment, no doubt part of the extra attention engendered by the marking of the centenary of the outbreak of the conflict in 1914.
Ten Questions with Omar Vaja
26 March 2014ATG’s 10 Questions with Omar Vaja, Director of sales at London jewellers Bentley & Skinner.
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Real interest in a Surrealist Scot
26 March 2014EXHIBITION – Edwin G. Lucas is not a name familiar to most, nor is the phrase ‘Scottish Surrealist’.
Figures show fall in UK imports as importance of trade with Russia grows
25 March 2014A sharp decline in the movement of fine art between the UK and its main trading partners in the US and Switzerland is the starkest feature of the latest set of import and export figures.
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Masonic gathering in South London
25 March 2014South London auctioneers Rosebery’s sold the Masonic collection of Albert Edward Collins Nice (1898-1969) as the first tranche of their quarterly fine art sale that covered three days and three catalogues.
HMRC loses capital gains tax appeal over Joshua Reynolds' £9.4m Omai
24 March 2014An appeal court ruling on the tax status of Sir Joshua Reynolds’ masterpiece ‘Omai’ means that a number of very rich people are likely to get a bit richer.
Bonhams announce revenues of £127m for 2013
24 March 2014Following last week’s announcement of their global sales totals, Bonhams have now released figures for their 2013 revenues and profits as well.
Sotheby’s forced to buy back $83m pink diamond
24 March 2014Sotheby’s have had to buy back the 59.60 carat flawless fancy vivid pink diamond they sold in Geneva last November for a world record $83m.
Call for independent trust to rule on public collection sales
24 March 2014Campaigners are calling on the government to create an independent trust to prevent Southampton City Council selling off artworks from its public collection.
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New British Museum gallery for Sutton Hoo
24 March 2014With the British Museum’s Vikings exhibition bringing in the crowds, it is an ideal time for its Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo treasures to come back into focus in a new gallery.
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Demon jar tempts buyers at BADA fair
24 March 2014Among the sales in the first hour of the ‘BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair’ was this 5in (13cm) high Martin Brothers grotesque demon jar and cover.
Harrison’s timekeepers on show
24 March 2014All five of John Harrison’s famous timekeepers will be on display in a new exhibition at the National Maritime Museum this summer.
US share of booming art market grows
20 March 2014New York has firmly reinforced its status as the capital of the global art market with a 25% growth in the value of US sales last year.
Art Antiques London to host interview with Duke of Devonshire
20 March 2014The Duke of Devonshire has agreed to be the first subject of a wide-ranging series of interviews to be launched at this year’s ‘Art Antiques London’.
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€20.5m magic of Marcilhac name
20 March 2014A packed saleroom and a continuous barrage of phone bids combined to ensure a near sell-out, multi-estimate result at Sotheby’s in Paris for their three-session auction (in association with Artcurial) of the collection of Félix Marcilhac.
Revision of postal museum sales policy
20 March 2014The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) has revised its policy for sales of duplicates following controversy surrounding last July’s Sotheby’s auction.
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Early sales at TEFAF Maastricht
20 March 2014Bright spring sunshine greeted the opening of this year’s TEFAF Maastricht in sharp contrast to last year when freak snowfall disrupted many visitors’ travel plans to the southern Netherlands.