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.
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Call for help to find London underground map stolen from auction house
19 March 2018Transport Auctions of London is calling for the trade to look out for a stolen London Underground map.
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Core allegations dropped in Russian ‘fakes’ case
19 March 2018An investigation in Germany into an Israeli art dealer, charged with being the ringleader of an international fraud ring, has concluded after the two central allegations against him were dropped.
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Ivory debated on the breakfast sofa
19 March 2018Leaders of four African countries have called on the UK and the EU to ban the trade in antique ivory to help stop elephant poaching.
William George sets up group ‘Auctioneers against ivory’
19 March 2018William George, an online-only auctioneer which ceased trading antique ivory in 2017, is setting up a group called Auctioneers Against Ivory for auctioneers considering their own antique ivory strategies.
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‘Art market is regulated’ say trade figures
12 March 2018Art market experts are calling for the trade to tackle the widely reported claim that the sector is unregulated, made by a defendant in a $50m international money-laundering case.
ATG Letter: Taking issue with Two Million Tusks' assertions
12 March 2018MADAM – Last week (ATG No 2332) you published a response from lobby group Two Million Tusks to my suggestion that there should be a TV programme on the subject of ivory.
Editor’s comment: When the media tanks are on the art market lawn
12 March 2018There tends to be two key narratives about the antiques business of interest to the mainstream media.
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TEFAF 2018: ‘Self-regulate to avoid regulation,’ TEFAF Maastricht chief tells delegates
09 March 2018The art market needs to address its issues around transparency if it wants to avoid enforced regulation, TEFAF Maastricht delegates were told this morning (March 9).
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New chief of Met’s art and antiques squad calls on trade to work with police to fight crime – video
06 March 2018Det Sgt Rob Upham, the new chief of the Metropolitan Police’s Art & Antiques Unit, has called on the trade to work with his team to help protect the art and antiques sector.
London art dealer named in a $50m New York money laundering case involving Picasso painting
05 March 2018A London art dealer has been named in a $50m securities fraud and money-laundering court case in New York following a sting led by an undercover FBI agent.
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New head of the Met’s art squad, Rob Upham, discusses thefts, fakes, looted art and future plans
05 March 2018Last year there were fears the Metropolitan Police’s Art & Antiques Unit would be closed after two of its members were seconded to the Grenfell Tower fire enquiry. However, in December the team was reunited and a new boss Det Sgt Rob Upham, with 23 years’ experience in the Met, was brought in to lead the team. ATG caught up with him recently.
ATG letter: Tell the full story of ivory
05 March 2018MADAM – We write in response to the letter written by Daniel Fearon suggesting a special BBC Antiques Roadshow programme to discuss/ showcase objects solely made of, or incorporating ivory (ATG No 2330).
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A lawyer writes: Why the art trade’s oral agreements still stand
05 March 2018The recent court case concerning Simon De Pury’s claim against Swiss trustees for a commission of $10m on the sale of a $210m Gauguin (ATG No 2326) has raised a few eyebrows.
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Brexit and the ivory consultation in focus at valuation conference at RICS
02 March 2018The impact on the art market of Brexit, the ivory consultation and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) were the focus for art and antiques specialists attending the RICS Valuation Conference yesterday.
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Stolen Degas painting found on a bus near Paris eight years after art theft
26 February 2018Edgar Degas’ impressionist picture ‘Les Choristes’ (The Chorus Singers) was stolen while it was on loan to The Musée Cantini in Marseille in 2009 from Musee d'Orsay in Paris.
ATG letter: Corruption allows poaching to thrive
26 February 2018MADAM – No amount of banning the sale of the millions of items containing antique ivory will stop the wholesale slaughter of elephants in Africa.
ATG letter: Antique ivory owners should expect compensation
26 February 2018MADAM – Are people aware of the compensation that the UK Government paid out when the handgun ban came into force after the Dunblane massacre in 1996?
ATG letter: Museum quality tag is at odds with education aim
26 February 2018MADAM – Gavin Littaur’s comment (Letters, ATG No 2329) that “BAMF’s definition of ‘museum quality’ is exceedingly unhelpful” pulls its punches too much.
ATG letter: Poaching battle needs real action
26 February 2018MADAM – The proper aim of all right-minded persons is to end ivory poaching. The irrelevant ‘ivory bill’ will not help.
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Police investigating £100,000 burglary from Harrogate antiques shop
23 February 2018Police are investigating the theft of more than £100,000 worth of stock taken from a Harrogate antiques shop.
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