“We will prohibit the third-party sale of puppies, introduce and enforce a total ban on ivory trading, and support the ban on wild animals in circuses.”
The 2017 Labour Manifesto’s pledge on animal welfare.
“I am a lucky man.”
Japanese e-commerce billionaire and contemporary art collector Yusaku Maezawa, after he won a bidding battle for a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting which was knocked down at $98m (£76m) at Sotheby’s New York.
“Archaic, inflexible, costly and unduly complex.”
Law Commissioner Stephen Lewis’ description of the 1878 Bills of Sale Act, the current law that governs the art lending market for individuals and trusts.
“He leaves Asia having grown the business significantly by engaging a new generation of art collectors and encouraging Asian consignors and buyers to transact with Christie’s on a global scale.”
Christie’s CEO Guillaume Cerutti on François Curiel, the company’s top man in Asia who is returning to Europe after being given the new role of chairman of Europe and Asia.
“This map is highly scarce. I’ve only been able to find one other institutional example which is in the British Library.”
Dealer Tim Bryars on the engraving he will display at the upcoming London Map Fair showing the Dutch raid on the Medway – a notorious military defeat for the English – in June 1667.
