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.
Fears that new US import rule may blight coins
29 April 2010ANTIQUITIES and other cultural property claimed by Italy as part of its heritage may soon be barred from entering the United States unless accompanied by Italian export permits. This could have a significant effect on the trade and transport of classical coins, for which the US is one of the largest markets.
Temporary respite for Malcolm Hay
29 April 2010THE Greek courts have agreed not to pursue dealer Malcolm Hay any further pending his appeal against his conviction for trading in stolen antiquities.
New York dealers Berry-Hill fall foul of their creditors
29 April 2010NEW York art gallery Berry-Hill have had a number of artworks seized after a judge ruled it had defaulted on a $9.5m loan.
Finarte boss Corbelli handed two jail terms over finance offences
29 April 2010GIORGIO Corbelli, president of Italian auction house Finarte, has been given a 20-month jail sentence on charges related to financial dishonesty.
Appeal consolation for Tiffany as eBay largely triumph
26 April 2010TIFFANY have lost on most counts in their appeal against a ruling in a US federal district court backing eBay over the sale of the firm’s jewellery.
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Buyers tackle fakes after eBay fail to act on complaints
13 April 2010EBAY buyers have taken matters into their own hands after the online giant failed to act against sales of fakes, despite being alerted to the problem on numerous occasions.
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Auctioneer Railton fined £1000 over birds’ eggs
06 April 2010NORTH East auctioneer Jim Railton has been fined £1000 after being charged over the sale of an Edwardian collection of birds’ eggs.
British dealer exposes major theft from American library
06 April 2010A MANUSCRIPTS dealer from Cheltenham has uncovered a major theft of letters from an American university. The case is now being investigated by the FBI.
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Police seek information over auction house thefts
06 April 2010SUSSEX police want to speak to the man, pictured here, in connection with two thefts at Gorringes auction house in Lewes.
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Auctioneer Railton fined £1000 over birds' eggs
31 March 2010THE Northumberland auctioneer Jim Railton who was charged with offering and advertising 54 wild birds’ eggs for sale, has now been fined £1000 plus costs at Alnwick Magistrates Court.
Salander pleads guilty to $120m fraud
29 March 2010DISGRACED New York dealer Lawrence Salander, erstwhile co-owner of Manhattan’s Salander-O’Reilly Gallery, has admitted to orchestrating a $120m art fraud.
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Courts set to rule over multi-million euro Vasari archive
29 March 2010A VERY Italian tale involving an important collection of papers that once belonged to the ‘father of art history’, Giorgio Vasari, took a new twist last month when a court injunction halted its sale by auction at the eleventh hour.
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Lloyd Webber Picasso returns to auction
22 March 2010FOLLOWING the confidential settlement made between The Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation and the heirs of Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Picasso’s 1903 portrait of his friend Angel Fernandez de Soto will be offered for sale at Christie’s in London on June 23 with an estimate of £30-40m.
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Auctioneer faces jail and huge fine over birds’ eggs
15 March 2010ONE of the North East’s best-known auctioneers faces a substantial fine and a possible prison sentence after being charged over the sale of an Edwardian collection of birds’ eggs.
No bid to recover Agatha Christie jewels and gold
15 March 2010Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood (BHL) are not seeking to recover a cache of gold and jewellery accidentally sold as part of a lot in their 2006 sale of Agatha Christie effects.
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Export ban for £26m Raphael drawing
08 March 2010Culture minister Margaret Hodge has placed a temporary export ban on Raphael's Head of a Muse after ruling that an attempt should be made to keep the £26m drawing in the UK.
US security rules threaten art sent as air cargo
01 March 2010NEW rules this summer mean that every work of art transported to and from the United States by a commercial passenger airliner must be screened individually by US airport security.
Christie’s raise the stakes in Artprice claim
01 March 2010AS court proceedings draw closer, Christie’s have upped their long-running damages claim against Artprice from 2m euros to a hefty 63m euros. The auction house originally filed the suit against the French art database in 2008, saying that the reproduction of e-catalogues on their website constitutes copyright and trademark infringement.
Legislation seeks to regulate New York auctions
01 March 2010MORE transparency and regulation at New York auctions is promised if a bill recently introduced in the state legislature is passed.
European Arrest Warrant sees dealer taken into custody again
22 February 2010A DEALER who says his career has been ruined by trumped-up charges in the Greek courts has been arrested again – even though he is currently appealing against the conviction and three-year jail sentence.
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