International
About 80% of the global art market by value takes place outside the UK. The largest art market in the world is the US with China in third place (after the UK) followed by France, Germany and Switzerland.
Many more nations have a rich art and antiques heritage with active auction, dealer, fair, gallery and museum sectors even if their market size by value is smaller.
Read the top stories and latest art and antiques news from all these countries.
Landmark sale as Perot offers Magna Carta for $30m
01 October 2007What price one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy? On December 10, Sotheby’s New York will offer for sale one of just 17 surviving 13th century copies of Magna Carta.
It’s ‘business as usual’ say Antiquorum as ex-boss gears up for legal battle
01 October 2007Antiquorum, the world’s leading watch auctioneers, insist it will be “business as usual” following the shock departure this August of the Geneva firm’s charismatic founder, Osvaldo Patrizzi, after a row with Japanese owners Artist House Holdings, who acquired Antiquorum for a reported $30m in 2006.
Antiques with Saks appeal
01 October 2007WE have heard a lot about antiques being out of fashion, and the best reply is that if antiques are presented stylishly they are always in fashion. Just look at a window of upmarket Fifth Avenue Manhattan store Saks during New York’s Fashion Week. The chief window designer of Saks called on East 61 St dealers Historical Design and said he had the idea of introducing Saks’ new shoe floor with high fashion shoes displayed on vintage chairs.
How to hold an auction in the US… from Shropshire
01 October 2007Provincial auctioneer’s novel twist for breaking into the American market
Beijing date change
18 September 2007DATES for the launch of The Beijing International Chinese Antique Fair have been moved to November 30-December 4 from November 28 to December 2 as initially announced. This is described as an important Government project and, as such, special services for exhibitors and visitors are being arranged.
Paris looks to Shanghai auction scene
18 September 2007Shanghai seems all the rage these days. Hot on the heels of the launch of two new international fairs — ShContemporary in early September, and the Shanghai Antiques & Jewellery Fair (October 13-21) — Artcurial are opening premises on Yongjia Lu, in the French Concession district of Shanghai, to stage lectures and exhibitions, as well as hosting an art bookshop — much along the lines of the firm’s Paris HQ at the Hôtel Dassault on the Champs-Elysées.
Bloomsbury boost ahead of New York launch date
07 September 2007AS Bloomsbury Auctions get set for the opening of their new saleroom in New York this month, their turnover for the first six months of 2007 showed a 45 per cent increase on the same period last year.
€3.5m deal struck for Easter Rising documents
28 August 2007DUBLIN auctioneers James Adam have negotiated a €3.5m (£2.4m) sale of remarkable papers setting a record for a single transaction of documents relating to the 1916 Easter Rising.
Australia’s blueprint sells for over £100,000
20 August 2007In the same way that Americans hold any material relating to the Pilgrim Fathers in the highest esteem, so anything associated with Australia’s earliest European settlers carries a huge premium for its domestic market.
Maria’s $530,000 homage to herself
13 August 2007Maria Felix (1914-2002), born one of 16 children in the small Mexican town of Sonora, became an icon during the golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and was generally acknowledged as the most beautiful face in its history.
Christie’s €100m dominance of Paris auctions
13 August 2007Half-yearly Paris figures to August showed Christie’s consolidating their lead with sales of €100.3m (£67.3m), nearly twice as much as their nearest rivals, ArtCurial.
Sotheby’s oppose outlawing the chandelier bid in New York
06 August 2007Sotheby’s are strongly opposing proposed legislation in New York that aims to outlaw the ‘chandelier’ bid.
French auction watchdog sounds the alert over global competition and EU policy
02 July 2007France’s share of the global auction market fell by 5.8 per cent in 2006, warns the Conseil des Ventes, the national auction watchdog, in its annual report published on June 25. Worldwide auction activity, it says, rose 34 per cent over the same period.
Dealers sell at El Portobello
02 July 2007THIRTY-six stallholders from Portobello Road made their way to Madrid at the end of June where the London street market was recreated for a day in the Spanish capital.
Artemis outshines Jenkins Venus at $25.5m
18 June 2007In the UK there is a tendency to think of institutions as the natural permanent home for the best cultural artefacts. But American museums’ policy of deaccessioning means there can be second chances to buy stellar objects.
China to ban export of Qing artefacts
04 June 2007But move will fail to curtail smuggling of pre-1911 objects via Hong Kong
Hong Kong series expands
04 June 2007Not one but two international auction houses conducted sales series in Hong Kong in May.
Experienced team to open Bloomsbury NY saleroom
04 June 2007BLOOMSBURY Auctions are launching a new saleroom in New York.
- Cadmore Auctions
- Jewellery, Watches, Designer, Militaria, Antiques & Collectables
- 07 Oct 2024 - 10:00 AM
- Fellows
- Jewellery
- 08 Oct 2024 - 10:00 AM
- Chalkwell Auctions
- Antiques, Interiors, Jewellery, Silver & Collectables
- 09 Oct 2024 - 10:00 AM
- Crow's Auction Gallery
- Fine Art & Antiques
- 09 Oct 2024 - 10:00 AM
- Gildings
- Steam & Model Railway Including The Gordon Redpath Collection
- 09 Oct 2024 - 10:00 AM
- Mellors & Kirk
- Derby Porcelain & Silver
- 09 Oct 2024 - 10:00 AM
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