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Property news for the art and antiques industry covering relocations, property disputes and dealers and auction houses opening new premises.
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Hampshire auction house George Kidner to close
21 December 2018George Kidner Auctioneers and Valuers is to close following the retirement of its founder.
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Movers and shakers: the latest trade appointments including new faces at Halls and Hansons and a new office for Phillips
18 December 2018Our latest look at moves across the world of art and antiques.
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Fine Art Society offers collection at Sotheby’s after leaving New Bond Street home of 142 years
10 December 2018More than 300 works from The Fine Art Society, which left its New Bond Street home of 142 years in August, go under the hammer at Sotheby’s next year.
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Franses to stay in gallery home after Supreme Court ruling
10 December 2018Tapestry and textiles specialist Franses has won a landmark Supreme Court case against its landlord, allowing it to continue to operate from the London gallery that has been its home for more than 25 years.
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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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Antiques dealer and TV presenter Paul Martin to open new gallery in Wiltshire
05 December 2018Former Flog It! TV presenter Paul Martin is to open a new art and antiques gallery in the historic Cotswold market town of Corsham in February.
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Auction house Bonhams to close its Michelin-starred restaurant
04 December 2018Bonhams is closing its Michelin-starred New Bond Street restaurant to focus on its “core business of auctioneering”.
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Porcelain specialist retires after more than 50 years of trade
15 November 2018Well-known English porcelain specialist Simon Spero is retiring after a professional career lasting 54 years.
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Gas explosion causes blaze at Nottingham Cattle Market but auction house Arthur Johnson unaffected
05 November 2018A blaze broke out in four buildings at Nottingham Cattle Market after gas cylinders exploded yesterday evening.
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Business rates cut is relief for antiques dealers and art galleries
29 October 2018Small antiques shops and art galleries have been given a reprieve on business rates with Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond announcing a cut by a third for many small businesses.
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Shropshire auction house Perry & Phillips closes as director returns to dealing roots
25 October 2018Auction house Perry & Phillips in Bridgnorth will close after 170 years in business as its owner has decided to instead focus on running the antiques centre in the Shropshire town.
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Fundraising plea to build Suffolk gallery for archive of artworks by Enid Blyton illustrator and her family
23 October 2018A charitable trust formed to promote the art of The Soper Family is seeking funding to build a home for the archive.
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Asian art dealer recovers from Camden Passage flood and reopens
26 September 2018Asian art dealer Kevin Page Oriental Art is officially re-opening following a flood that forced many dealers in Islington to close.
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A new antiques and interior shop comes to Brackley as dealer and designer join forces
18 September 2018Newlyweds Rob and Annabel Black have joined forces on a new art and interiors shop in Brackley, Northamptonshire.
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Yorkshire auction houses team up to expand in York
11 September 2018Duggleby Stephenson, a joint venture between Scarborough’s David Duggleby and Boulton & Cooper Stephensons, is opening a new saleroom at the York Auction Centre.
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Mullany takes Franklin gallery in St James’s
03 September 2018Mullany Haute Epoque Fine Art opens the doors to its new gallery on Bury Street, St James’s, this autumn, taking the premises formerly occupied by a silver dealership.
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The Fine Art Society leaves Bond Street for temporary home in Chelsea
29 August 2018The Fine Art Society has left its home of the past 142 years in Mayfair’s Bond Street and is temporarily relocating to Chelsea until it secures a permanent address.
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Sotheby’s expands New York space by a third
13 August 2018Renovation project under way in Manhattan will provide ‘powerful marketing advantage for consignors’
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New premises in Melbourne for Sotheby’s Australia
13 August 2018Sotheby’s Australia has moved to new premises in the ‘Paris End’ of Melbourne.
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Market confidence as regional firms invest in expansion
23 July 2018Auction houses in Bristol, Staffordshire and Norfolk have chosen to invest in new premises this year. Suggesting continued confidence in the regional auction market, Bristol Auction Rooms, Potteries Auctions and TW Gaze are planning to open new salerooms by the autumn.
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