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.
![Stephen Fry twitter](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8746/stephen-fry-twitter-2268ne-16-11-16.jpg?center=0.34316353887399464,0.46341463414634149&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557730000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a53)
Ivory protestors descend on Westminster as Stephen Fry lends support to trade ban
16 November 2016Protestors organised by wildlife charity Action for Elephants are demonstrating outside of The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in London today to make the case for banning the ivory trade in the UK.
![Marinello](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8736/chris-marinello-2267ne-10-11-16.jpg?center=0.27483443708609273,0.41694915254237286&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557720000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a52)
Art Recovery Group’s database goes non-profit
16 November 2016Art Recovery Group, founded by Chris Marinello three years ago as a rival to long-established The Art Loss Register, has split the firm to create a not-for-profit organisation called Artive.
![William Hogarth’s ‘The Christening’](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8737/hogarth-the-christening-2268nedi-16-11-16.jpg?center=0.70305676855895194,0.5436241610738255&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557720000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a52)
Export block for William Hogarth’s first painted satirical scene
16 November 2016The government is hoping to find a UK-based buyer to pay £1.2m for an 18th century William Hogarth painting to prevent it from leaving the country.
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Trade bodies unite to fight tax reforms that impact art and antiques trade
11 November 2016Efforts to protect the trade’s Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) against tax reforms gathered steam this week with the publication of a letter from three leading trade associations in the Financial Times.
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London’s gallery districts Mayfair and St James’s get special planning protection
10 November 2016The historic art and antiques districts of Mayfair and St James’s last night received designated protection by Westminster City Council planners as part of a new policy for central London.
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Auctioneers Bamfords introduce ban on solid ivory
08 November 2016Derbyshire-based Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers has announced it will no longer sell solid ivory objects.
![Venus, a painting attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8446/cranach-venus-2263ne-20-10-16.jpg?center=0.23333333333333334,0.510989010989011&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557590000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a39)
Debate intensifies over ‘Venus’ attribution to Cranach
04 November 2016The Princely Collections of Liechtenstein has released a document to counter claims that 'Venus', a painting attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder, is a forgery.
Fears mount over US ‘collectables’ law
03 November 2016A little-publicised California law aimed at protecting buyers of sports memorabilia is threatening to impact the wider art and antiques sector.
The impact of new law on Californian book fairs
02 November 2016A new law that demands that owners of ‘collectables’ provide a certificate of authenticity when selling items could be a threat to antique fairs held in the state.
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BADA launches ivory certificates to reassure buyers and stop modern material entering market
02 November 2016The British Antiques Dealers’ Association is launching an ivory object certification system for its members, as one response to the government’s push for proof of age whenever pre-1947 worked ivory is sold.
![Martin Sims](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8556/sims-2266dd-2-11-16.jpg?center=0.39333333333333331,0.53266331658291455&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557640000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a44)
Wildlife crime unit chief to tell ATG seminar on CITES: let’s prevent rather than prosecute
02 November 2016The leader of the police body tackling wildlife crime has agreed to speak at the Antique Trade Gazette’s Seminar on CITES in January 2017, as the UK antiques sector faces the most serious threat ever to the trade of antique ivory.
![Ivory confrontation](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8548/leadsome.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557640000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a44)
BBC show calls for total UK ban on ivory trade - drawing instant response from trade
01 November 2016A BBC documentary investigating the illegal ivory trade, hosted by celebrity chef and campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, has called for a complete ban on the buying and selling of ivory regardless of age.
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Victoria Borwick defends antiques trade on ivory
31 October 2016Kensington MP and BADA president Victoria Borwick has responded to demands for a total ban on the ivory trade. She has called on the UK government to ensure antique ivory is exempt from any crackdown.
Stamford antiques dealer handed five-year prison sentence
28 October 2016Stamford dealer Stuart Porter has been sentenced to five years and four months behind bars after pleading guilty to fraud charges.
Risky business – seminar launched to address potential threats to buying and selling art
25 October 2016Art Market Minds, the organisers of the annual Art Business Conference, are partnering with law firm K&L Gates to launch a seminar next month focusing on risk management in the art market.
![Adrian Greenwood](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7196/adrian-greenwood-2238ne06a-11-04-16.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556980000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a38)
Life sentence for Wind in the Willows book dealer murderer
25 October 2016Michael Danaher, 50, who tortured and murdered Oxford book dealer Adrian Greenwood during a robbery targeting a £50,000 first edition of ‘The Wind In The Willows’, was yesterday given a life sentence, with a minimum term of 34 years.
BBC investigates the ivory trade in Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall documentary
24 October 2016A BBC One documentary by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall called 'Saving Africa’s Elephants: Hugh and the Ivory War' will be aired tonight at 9pm.
![Michael Mazarind tapestry](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/8468/tapestry-export-ban-2265ne-24-10-16.jpg?center=0.46644295302013422,0.47773279352226722&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557600000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a40)
Export block for 300-year-old London tapestry
24 October 2016The government is hoping to find a UK-based buyer to pay £67,500 for a 300-year-old tapestry to prevent it from leaving the country.
Fuller calls for trade to lobby on ivory in advance of consultation
21 October 2016Natural history expert Errol Fuller has called for the antiques trade to lobby quickly over any rule changes to the UK trade in ivory.
Collector and shippers indicted over New York tax dodge
21 October 2016A Manhattan district attorney has warned the art and antiques trade of its obligations regarding local sales taxes after a collector and his shippers were indicted for fraud.
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