Law, crime and regulation
Legal cases, stolen art, regulation and tax issues remain important part of the art and antiques sector.
This category ranges from the levy of the Artist’s Resale Right to controversies over fakes and forgeries.
ATG letter: Just like Prohibition, ivory ban will not work
21 December 2018MADAM – Re: ivory ban. I would very much like to add my tuppence worth to this ongoing issue.
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Ivory bill receives Royal Assent from Queen to become the Ivory Act 2018
20 December 2018The Queen has formally agreed to make the ivory bill, which proposes a near-total ban on the trade in ivory, into an Act of Parliament.
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Third of rare Scotch vintage whisky tested found to be fake
20 December 2018A sample of vintage bottles of Scotch whisky tested in a Scottish laboratory has been found to be fake.
![Pontormo](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/37364/2373ne-pontormo.jpg?center=0.19893190921228304,0.45666666666666667&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131896938180000000&updated=12%2f19%2f2018+11%3a50%3a18)
Government to gain more powers to keep art treasures in the UK
19 December 2018The government is launching a consultation on the future of the export system for art, antiques and antiquities, with the aim of forcing owners to ‘honour their commitment’ to sell when a matching offer is made from a UK buyer.
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UK government’s ivory bill passes final stages in Parliament on way to becoming law
12 December 2018The ivory bill, which proposes a near-total ban on the trade in ivory, has passed its final stage in the House of Commons and is awaiting Royal Assent before it can become law next year.
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Rare Summer Palace bronze found in British seaside bungalow returns to China
11 December 2018An exceptionally rare Western Zhou bronze, taken when the Summer Palace was sacked by British troops in 1860, has been returned to China.
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Dealers launch watchdog site to raise awareness of thefts
10 December 2018Two south-west of England antiques dealers have launched an ‘Antiques Watchdog’ site designed to raise awareness of shoplifting in shops and centres around the country.
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Tapestry gallery wins ‘David vs Goliath’ court battle against landlord to stay in St James’s home
05 December 2018Tapestry and textiles specialist Franses won a landmark Supreme Court case against its landlord the Cavendish Hotel, allowing it to continue to operate from the London gallery that has been its home for more than 25 years.
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UK issues export bar for £3.4m Turner masterpiece sold at Sotheby’s auction
30 November 2018The UK government has issued an export bar for JMW Turner’s ‘Walton Bridges’, valued at £3.4m.
![Tiara](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/36370/portland-tiara.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131878096900000000&updated=11%2f27%2f2018+16%3a28%3a10)
Police appeal for help to track down magnificent Portland tiara after robbery
28 November 2018The police and the owners of a Cartier jewel-encrusted tiara are appealing for help to track it down after it was stolen from The Welbeck Estate in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
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Reports: Renoir stolen from Viennese auction house Dorotheum
28 November 2018It has been reported that a man and two accomplices walked into auction house Dorotheum in Vienna earlier this week and walked out with a Renoir that was due to be auctioned.
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Sotheby’s and Bonhams stop selling rhino horn at auction in Hong Kong after wildlife group pressure
26 November 2018Sotheby’s is the latest auction house to pull the sale of rhinocerous horn artefacts from its auction.
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Appeal to trade to help locate furniture after antiques dealer’s van stolen in Walthamstow
19 November 2018An antiques dealer is appealing to the trade to help locate stolen stock.
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Asian Art in London to overhaul awards after authenticity of 'best object' winner questioned
19 November 2018The organisers of Asian Art in London are to abandon the event’s ‘best objects’ award after doubt was cast on the authenticity of one of this year’s winners. The Danish auctioneer which won the award however is standing by the Yuan attribution for the flask after conducting a scientific test.
ATG letter: The piece initiative on ivory
19 November 2018MADAM – Further to the distortion of ivory figures by separate piano keys (News, ATG No 2364): surely they are further distorted by the 32 pieces in a chess set, 144 pieces in a Mahjong set, or indeed the 23 balls in an antique snooker set.
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UK issues export bar for 18th century Indian watercolour miniature of “outstanding aesthetic importance”
17 November 2018The UK government has issued an export bar for Nainsukh of Guler’s ‘Trumpeters’, valued at £550,000.
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TEFAF ‘says farewell’ to dealer and auction house vetters after change in global policy
06 November 2018Art dealers and auction house experts have been struck from all TEFAF vetting panels following the introduction of a new global policy.
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Overhaul business rates despite Budget reprieve, say trade bodies
05 November 2018The UK art and antiques trade is calling for an overhaul of the “archaic and regressive system” of business rates and dismissed the Budget rates relief announcement as “too little too late”.
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ATG letter: Deactivated weapons - why salerooms have to be aware
05 November 2018MADAM – Responding to your article in ATG No 2365 ('UK salerooms 'not aware' of new laws on deactivated firearms'), I felt compelled to write in.
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UK issues export bar for Antonio Canova’s Bust of Peace sculpture
02 November 2018The UK government has issued an export bar on a previously lost Antonio Canova bust that sold at a Sotheby’s auction earlier this summer.
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