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Art and antiques news from 2006
In 2006 the Artist's Resale Right came into effect in the UK. It raised £1 million during its first 12 months in operation.
ATG Media hosted the first online auction with live audio feed at Dreweatt Neate via thesaleroom.com
Sotheby's bought the gallery and stock of Dutch Old Master dealer Robert Noortman, one of the founders of the Maastricht fair.
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Early photo images captured at £75,000
27 March 2006"Lot 132. A 19th century mahogany box containing a quantity of 19th century photographs: 15 small images of stonework on metal, 50 images of buildings on metal, 70 small images of buildings on metal and 14 of buildings on card. Box poor condition, many images poor condition."
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Bidders go with the flow to take Voysey clock to £141,000
22 March 2006When Buckingham auctioneer John Dickins sold an ebony mantel clock by the pioneering British designer C.F.A. Voysey in September 2004 for £72,000 (see ATG No 1658, October 2, 2004) he was naturally delighted. These highly desirable icons of arts and crafts horology are very scarce (only half a dozen in aluminium, oak or painted oak had been recorded at that point) so a new addition to the canon was noteworthy.
Christie's ditch sales in Australia – Bonhams & Goodmans expand
20 March 2006WHAT'S up Down Under? The very day Christie’s announce that they are downsizing in Australia by ceasing to hold sales there, Bonhams and Goodman say they are expanding operations.
Bloomsbury open Contemporary art department
20 March 2006Bloomsbury Auctions are opening a Contemporary art department to compete for a share of London's burgeoning market.
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Telescope tops internet purchases at first Live Bidding auction
20 March 2006LIVE bidding from ATG's online service the-saleroom.com got off to a smooth start on March 15 at Donnington Priory.
DDM revival among changes for UK provincial auction scene
13 March 2006TWO provincial salerooms have been revived and another is under new ownership as the UK auction scene enters the traditionally busy spring season.
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Thief uses key to steal rare peasant artefacts
13 March 2006A THIEF who used a key to get into a display cabinet and avoided being filmed on CCTV has made off with two unusual artefacts from a museum in Surrey.
Art Fund commission’s new work as challenge
13 March 2006The UK’s leading art charity has commissioned its first-ever work by a contemporary artist as part of a campaign to boost funding for the arts.
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Partridge acquire sleeping Regency table at £96,000
13 March 2006This exceptional Regency centre table shot to £96,000 (plus premium) at Bearnes of Exeter on March 1.
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Saved for the nation
13 March 2006A magnificent Charles II silver fluted fruit sideboard dish saved from export in 2005 is now on display at the Royal College of Physicians. It will be displayed alongside their existing collection of memorabilia relating to Sir Francis Prujean, the President of the Royal College of Physicians (1650-1654) whose life-saving cures were recorded in Pepys’ diaries.
Artists' Resale Right brings three associations together for first time
13 March 2006MORE details have been emerging as to exactly how dealers will have to meet their obligations under the droit de suite directive.
Live audio feed to change the face of online bidding
07 March 2006On March 15 Dreweatt Neate are pioneering a live auction online with a difference at their Donnington Priory salerooms near Newbury.
Trade take Droit de Suite on the chin in the provinces
06 March 2006DROIT de Suite, the much-dreaded Artist’s Resale Right, faced an early test at a Godalming picture sale last week, and slipped into the world of UK provincial auctions with barely a murmur.
End of an era as Byrne’s leave Booth Mansion for new Chester premises
06 March 2006Byrne's of Chester are moving to premises outside the city centre, bringing to a close a long tradition of auctioneering at Booth Mansion. Partners Adrian Byrne and Jo Boucher expect their move to Pullman House, a new purpose-designed saleroom at The Sidings, Saltney, will be completed by the end of March.
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Stock of Iona Antiques to be sold on March 21
06 March 2006Stephen and Iona Joseph began collecting and dealing in primitive animal portraits more than 30 years ago and as Iona Antiques were well-known exhibitors at top antiques fairs both here, where they were regulars at Grosvenor House, and in the United States. However, since Stephen Joseph died last year his wife has decided to stop dealing and is selling her collection at Bonhams on March 21.
TVADA cancel their spring fair at Blue Coats
06 March 2006THE Thames Valley Antique Dealers Association has cancelled its Spring TVADA Fair scheduled for March 31 to April 2 at The Reading Blue Coat School, Sonning on Thames, Berkshire.
Great Grooms in London
06 March 2006The Great Grooms brand of upmarket antiques centres is to move to London’s Furniture Cave.
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A good luck charm brings £41,000
06 March 2006It was catalogued simply as “a carved and signed ivory netsuke modeled as a dragon” and estimated at just £200-300, but this 11/2in (4.5cm) netsuke shot to £41,000 (plus 15 per cent premium) at Paul Beighton of Thurcroft, near Rotherham on February 26. Why? The reason was twofold.
Daniel waves his wand at Bloomsbury
06 March 2006He’s used to wrestling with evil wizard Lord Voldemort, but for Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe there’s more magic in owning a family tree hand-written by J.K. Rowling.