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Art and antiques news from 2015
It was all change at the top in 2015 with Tad Smith replacing Bill Ruprecht as CEO of Sotheby's, Patricia Barbizet taking over from Stephen P Murphy as CEO of Christie's and Matthew Girling moving up to the role of global CEO at Bonhams.
Stephan Ludwig and Ian Goldbart, creators of the group of businesses that include Dreweatts, Baldwin's and Mallett, suddenly departed in the early autumn of 2015.
Dealer association BADA brought in an industry outsider as its new CEO - Marco Forgione, former head of events industry trade body EVCOM.
In other news, dealer Richard Green made his debut at Masterpiece in London, cementing the fair's place as a major event in the annual calendar.
The antiques industry waited nervously to see whether the newly elected Conservative government would carry out its manifesto pledge to "press for a total ban on ivory sales".
Mallett heads depart after turbulent 2015
31 December 2015The upheaval at venerable Mayfair and Manhattan dealership Mallett continued at the end of 2015 with the departure of two senior executives.
Neville and Mallett New York branch tied to embezzlement case
31 December 2015The New York branch of Mallett and the company’s former director in the Big Apple, Henry Neville, are embroiled in the case brought by US authorities against Robert A Olins, the disgraced former chief executive of a technology company.
New head for Sotheby’s Europe
31 December 2015Sotheby’s have announced that Mario Tavella, deputy chairman of Sotheby’s Europe and European head of single-owner collections, will become président directeur général of Sotheby’s France.
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James I watch makes £850,000 at Sotheby’s
31 December 2015The market for traditional antiques ended 2015 on a high with a series of spectacular individual prices posted in London and New York in mid-December.
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Phillips set new high for Martin Brothers
31 December 2015Phillips set a new high for Martinware with the sale of this 14in (36cm) high bird jar modelled as Benjamin Disraeli for a double-estimate $190,000 (£126,670).
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New member of ATG editorial team
31 December 2015The Antiques Trade Gazette has hired a new reporter as the 45-year-old title continues its evolution online and in print. Frances Allitt, a fine art underwriter and magazine columnist, starts on January 11.
Cottees premium falls for early 2016
31 December 2015As an introductory offer to their new saleroom near Poole, Cottees will be reducing both their seller’s commission and buyer’s premium to 10% (plus VAT) for the first three months of 2016.
Tough sentences issued after south of England thefts
31 December 2015Three men have been sentenced to jail for their parts in a spree of antiques thefts perpetrated in January 2014 across the south of England.
BADA to campaign against quarterly tax returns
31 December 2015The British Antique Dealers’ Association is p09nning to mount a campaign with other business bodies to halt a government plan to require all businesses, regardless of size, to file tax returns on a quarterly, digital basis rather than annually.
ATG Media and Mail Boxes form logistics partnership
29 December 2015ATG Media, parent of the Antiques Trade Gazette, and Mail Boxes Etc have joined forces to provide a new delivery service for buyers on thesaleroom.com.
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Wright of Derby grotto scene makes £550,000 to aid refugee crisis
14 December 2015Among the works drawing interest at the latest round of Old Master and British Paintings sales in London was Joseph Wright of Derby’s (1734-97) ‘A grotto in the gulf of Salerno...’.
Dealer dies in Abingdon stabbing
14 December 2015The art and antiques trade is mourning the loss of prints dealer Justin Skrebowski, who was murdered in what appears to have been a random knife attack in Abingdon.
Blackamoor waiter removed after Twitter backlash
14 December 2015An antiques shop owner in Kent has removed a blackamoor sign from outside her shop after social media users claimed it was offensive.
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Stock lost in mill fire but centre could reopen before Xmas
11 December 2015The owner of the Bourne Mill Antiques Centre, devastated by fire last month, is hopeful the lower part of the building can reopen later this month.
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Sandby tops Hooton Pagnell dispersal
10 December 2015Topping Bonhams Knightsbridge’s marathon nine-hour sale of items from Hooton Pagnell Hall in South Yorkshire was this 20½in x 2ft 5in (52 x 76cm) watercolour and gouache work by Paul Sandby (1730-1809).
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£165,000 record for Great Escape Rolex
09 December 2015A 1940s Rolex wristwatch whose RAF owner was murdered by the SS after the Great Escape has sold for £165,000 in Buckinghamshire.
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Narwhal tusk returned by Border Force
08 December 2015An antique narwhal tusk that faced destruction following a dispute over paperwork has been returned to its owner after a judge ruled its confiscation by customs had been “unreasonable”.
Newbury moves from course to showground
08 December 2015International Antiques and Collectors Fairs (IACF) have announced a change of venue and format for their Newbury event.
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Russian art sales suffer from flatter demand
07 December 2015The latest Russian art sales in London posted the weakest results in over a decade as a drop-off in both demand and supply brought a further downturn in the market.
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Helleu portrait emerges at Sworders
07 December 2015Paul César Helleu (1859-1927) is best known for his Belle Epoque portraits of beautiful society women.