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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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Refurbished Lavery studio to be unveiled at Cromwell Place gallery hub
07 December 2021A new studio will open following a major refurbishment at a gallery hub in Kensington.
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Ken Spelman bookshop to close in York
06 December 2021One of York’s oldest bookshops is closing next year.
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New moves, fresh opportunities
29 November 2021Gallery relocations give London firms the chance to re-think ways of doing business
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Antiquities specialist David Aaron's Mayfair move
29 November 2021Sometimes a little change is all that’s needed. Antiquities specialist David Aaron is moving from 22 Berkeley Square – to 25a Berkeley Square.
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Portobello Road Market goes permanently car free
24 November 2021Kensington and Chelsea Council has introduced permanent measures for the street in Notting Hill.
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Bruty joins the cheery Cecil Court line-up
15 November 2021Cecil Court, the charming pedestrianised street lined with Victorian shop frontages off London’s Charing Cross Road, has welcomed a new tenant
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Grocer’s shop grows into a new life
27 October 2021Closed for almost two decades, a shop in the Cotswolds town of Dursley has been brought to life as an art and antiques business.
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A LAWYER WRITES: Repairs can be a nasty shock at the end of a lease
18 October 2021Tenants can be faced with a big bill for repairs if certain precautions are not taken at the end of a lease.
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Vote of confidence for St James’s with Asian art dealers moving to the area
18 October 2021A group of Asian art dealers have committed to new spaces in St James’s.
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Stroud Auction Rooms moves to new saleroom and changes name to Harper Field
04 October 2021Stroud Auction Rooms is to rebrand and move to a new purpose-built saleroom.
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Bonhams to open saleroom in Paris as Sotheby’s expands wine sales in France
22 September 2021Auction house Bonhams is to open its first dedicated saleroom in Europe this month.
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Stanley Gibbons starts bankruptcy process for subsidiary Mallett after New York lease dispute
21 September 2021Stamp and coin dealership Stanley Gibbons Group has begun a Chapter 11 process in the United States for its US subsidiary Mallett Inc.
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Jewellery: Koopman Rare Art grows its presence with the arrival of two ex-Sotheby’s specialists
20 September 2021After settling in to its new showroom in the West End, Koopman Rare Art has expanded its jewellery department.
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Potburys closes auction arm
13 September 2021After 50 years of trading, Potburys Auctions in Sidmouth, Devon will close with the last sale scheduled for September 21.
ATG letter: Well done to Simon Franses
13 September 2021I know absolutely nothing about renting business premises, but how gratifying to see Simon Franses, (News, ATG 2507), and his legal team beating down the greedy landlords of London’s West End and getting his rents reduced by 50%.
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Design thrives in London with new shop openings in Notting Hill and Fulham Road
06 September 2021Demand for quality 20th century design is thriving in London with two galleries expanding their operations in the capital.
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We need a St James’s association, says Jermyn Street dealer Franses
30 August 2021Plans for a new association to protect the interests of art and antiques dealers in St James’s in central London are under way after textile dealer S Franses succeeded in winning the costs of its recent high court case.
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Textile dealer victorious again: costs of court case to be paid by landlord
26 August 2021Following a long running legal dispute between textile dealer S Franses in Jermyn Street, London and its landlord, Capitaland, presiding Judge Parfitt ordered the landlord to pay the costs of the case.
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Richard Winterton Auctioneers expands with Tamworth site
23 August 2021Richard Winterton Auctioneers is expanding in Staffordshire with the opening of a new saleroom in Tamworth this autumn.
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New gallery hub and art fair come to former New York department store
17 August 2021A former department store on Madison Avenue, New York, is to become a new home for art dealers.
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