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2017
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Cybercrime heads agenda at LAPADA Conference
24 February 2017The ninth annual LAPADA Conference opened yesterday with a sobering reminder to dealers that they could fall victim to cybercrime.
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Martinware birds help Kingham & Orme’s debut auction take flight
24 February 2017The first sale by dealers-turned-auctioneers Kingham & Orme made a hammer total of £289,490 and was led by a Martin Brothers bird.
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American First World War propaganda posters flagged up at auction
24 February 2017Kitchener’s moustache-adorned stern visage staring out with finger extended demanding that you join your country’s army is not only one of the best-known First World War posters but one of the most familiar posters overall.
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Art Business Conference launches second event in New York
23 February 2017A second edition of the Art Business Conference launches in New York April.
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Birkin handbags lead Fellows’ auction of designer pieces
23 February 2017Three Hermès Birkin handbags were among the leading pieces at Fellows’ latest Designer Collection auction this week.
![Royal Academy's Burlington Gardens Festival](/media/9592/royal-academy-burlington-gardens-festival-2281nedi-23-02-17.jpg?rxy=0.50088183421516752,0.50117647058823533&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556020000000)
Royal Academy becomes hub of London summer event rebranded as ‘Mayfair Art Weekend’
23 February 2017The annual summer initiative ‘Brown’s London Art Weekend’, showcasing exhibitions, talks and tours in West End art galleries and auction houses, has announced a major rebranding and partnership.
![Johnny van Haeften’s stand at TEFAF Maastricht](/media/9610/tefaf-johnny-van-haeften-2281tefaf-23-02-17.jpg?rxy=0.15333333333333332,0.66505441354292627&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556030000000)
Image gallery: 12 highlights from TEFAF Maastricht 2017
23 February 2017The launch of two annual New York fairs may have given TEFAF roots in another continent but the Maastricht fair remains the ‘mothership’ of the organisation. For most of the 270 dealers exhibiting, the event represents a crucial part of the financial year as they vie to attract collectors and institutions from across the world buy the best items they have to offer. The 30th edition of TEFAF Maastricht opens on March 10 (with an invitation-only preview on the day before) and runs until March 17. Here are 12 highlights from around the stands.
![Bonfire on Skagen Beach by Peder Severin Kroyer](/media/9590/peder-severin-kroyer-skagen-beach-2281nedi-22-02-17.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556020000000)
Bonfire on the beach: Danish artist’s last masterwork comes to auction
22 February 2017This dramatic study for the last masterwork produced by the Danish artist Peder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909) will be one of the highlights of the paintings and drawings sale at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen later this month.
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High Street banks warn of account closures over trade in Persian objects
22 February 2017British banks have warned UK dealers and auctioneers trading in Persian works of art that their accounts could be closed amid US sanctions against Iran.
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Art advisory network Art Due Diligence Group launched in London
22 February 2017A new art advisory group has been formed to help ease the pitfalls of buying and selling art and antiques.
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Manchester United enamel pin badge sold at auction for 20-times estimate
22 February 2017The white shirt bears a dark ‘V’ across the front more like St Helens rugby league team, but the ball underneath is unmistakably round rather than oval. Then the words ‘Manchester United’ emblazoned below the figure give the game away.
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TEFAF features treasures loaned from the Galleria Borghese in tribute to classic collector
21 February 2017Treasures from the Galleria Borghese in Rome will feature in a loan exhibition at this year’s TEFAF Maastricht.
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Journalist's ink painting bought in 1950s China to feature at Chiswick Auctions
21 February 2017Qi Baishi’s painting of bees and chrysanthemums is coming up for sale at Chiswick Auctions, featuring both a charming subject and history as it once belonged to a journalist who trod on Chairman Mao Zedong’s toe.
![Tracey Crouch](/media/9577/culturalproperty-bill-reading.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556010000000)
Art trade amendments to looted art bill rejected in parliament
21 February 2017The UK government has passed the third reading of the Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill, opposing amendments called for by the art and antiques trade.
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A touch of the erotic: Collection of ‘Lolita’ publisher includes nudes by Schiele and Giacometti
21 February 2017Works collected by the late Lord Weidenfeld, founder of the publishing firm that first brought out ‘Lolita’ in English, go under the hammer at Christie’s in May. The single-owner sale includes drawings of the female form by Egon Schiele and Alberto Giacometti.
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Imperial taste: Ming ‘masterpieces’ go to auction in New York
20 February 2017A selection of Ming dynasty objects are to be offered for sale at Sotheby’s New York next month.
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Trio of 1930s barn find classic cars come to auction
20 February 2017“Non-runners but ripe for restoration” is how Cheshire auction house Peter Wilson describes three 1930s cars found in a garden. It also sums up what fans of classic car ‘barn finds’ are after.
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Former dealer Ben Walker joins Bonhams as head of design in US
20 February 2017Bonhams has announced the appointment of Ben Walker as head of modern and decorative art and design in the US.
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They said what?! The week (13-19 February) in quotes from the art and antiques world
19 February 2017Another installment of the weekend series where ATG rounds up some of the week's top quotes. In this edition, brown furniture and Old Masters come face to face with young guns and new strategies.
![Joe Trinder who joins Dawsons](/media/9568/joe-trinder-dawsons-2280nedi-18-02-17.jpg?rxy=0.46666666666666667,0.35083532219570407&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556000000000)
Trinder leaves Wotton Auction Rooms to join Dawson’s
18 February 2017Joe Trinder is leaving Wotton Auction Rooms, were he is auctioneer, valuer and cataloguer, to join start-up saleroom Dawson’s.