Organisations
Trade organisations play an important role in the art and antiques market. Their remit may include lobbying, communicating information to members, offering professional development and qualifications, organising events, setting standards and ensuring adherence to them.
Other organisations listed in this section perform different functions such as providing online marketplaces, education or supplying other services to the art and antiques trade.

Coin-grading firm ties with Spink as Royal Mint provides valuation service
19 February 2018Coin-grading firm The Certified Collectibles Group (CCG) has expanded again in the UK and will open an office in London in April on the third floor of dealership Spink’s headquarters.

Burdon takes on presidency of international booksellers
19 February 2018Australian bookseller Sally Burdon has been elected president of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). She succeeds Gonzalo F Pontes who was president from 2016-18.

Royal Mint continues commercial drive launching a coin valuation service… for a fee
14 February 2018The Royal Mint is expanding its interest in the historical coin market by launching an authentication and valuation service which is available via its website.
BADA to certify ivory ahead of law changes
12 February 2018Antique dealers association BADA is to proceed with its planned certification scheme for objects made from or containing endangered species, ahead of any changes to the law.

EBay drops Paypal after signing with new payment platform
08 February 2018Across the next five years, eBay is to drop PayPal in favour of a new online payment processor. The e-commerce giant says the decision to use Dutch firm Adyen to process future payments will benefit both sellers and buyers.

Assay Office crackdown on illegal silver
05 February 2018The London Assay Office (LAO) is to launch a crackdown on what it says is a rise in illegal antique silver being offered for sale.

Book dealer uncovers story of soldier in disguise
05 February 2018If you want to find something unusual in the book and ephemera line, then head to one of the fairs held by the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).

Chippendale Society acquires rare French-language edition of cabinet maker’s ‘Director’ from London bookseller
31 January 2018London bookseller Thomas Heneage has sold a rare French-language edition of Thomas Chippendale’s (1718-79) seminal design book, ‘The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director,’ to The Chippendale Society.

Australian association insists on client accounts following collapse of Mossgreen
29 January 2018The Australian professional auctioneering body has called for all auctioneers to introduce client accounts – known as trust accounts in Australia – to avoid a repeat of the grim situation at failed firm Mossgreen.

Ivory debate - So what exactly does BAMF mean by ‘museum quality’?
29 January 2018Readers have contacted ATG asking for a definition of ‘museum quality’ – the term used by the British Art Market Federation in regards to those pieces of antique ivory it believes should be exempt from any proposed ban. Here we publish BAMF's exemption explanation as featured in its submission to DEFRA.

BADA Friends kicks off 2018 with Butchoff Antiques and Raynham Hall initiatives
22 January 2018The British Antiques Dealers’ Association (BADA) is continuing its support of the wider art and antiques market with the promotion of a country house collection and more of its ‘young dealer’ networking events.

BADA celebrates centenary with special showcase at March fair
16 January 2018The British Antiques Dealers’ Association (BADA) will host a showcase of antiques and art used in contemporary interiors as part of its schedule of centenary celebrations this year.

Learn from luxury goods, says LAPADA
15 January 2018How art and antiques can learn from the world of luxury goods and take advantage of Brexit will be the focus of the LAPADA Conference next month.

2016-17 museum donations rise in boost for inheritance tax scheme
15 January 2018Donations to museums via inheritance tax schemes grew 22% in the past year, according to the latest Arts Council annual report.
BAMF: how exemptions for ivory can work
08 January 2018The British Art Market Federation (BAMF) has explained how exemptions for antiques could work in practice once the government’s proposed ivory ban comes into effect.

Ivory consultation: BAMF makes sacrifices in strategic pitch
08 January 2018Focus on ‘museum quality’ and certification, says British Art Market Federation...
NAVA says preserve the status quo in ivory consultation bid
08 January 2018Auctioneer and valuer association NAVA Propertymark does not agree with the terms of the ivory ban proposed by Defra and is calling for government to replicate existing ‘pre-1947’ rules.

Calling all craftspeople: West Dean College opens applications for summer festival
27 December 2017Despite the wintery weather, West Dean College is looking forward to the summer months as it calls exhibitors and demonstrators to apply for its Arts and Craft Festival.

English furniture dealer honoured for service to antiques trade
14 December 2017West Sussex furniture dealer Richard Courtney has been awarded a distinguished service medal by the British Antiques Dealers’ Association.

BADA Friends helps fund training for next generation British ceramicist
12 December 2017The BADA Friends have ‘adopted’ a young ceramics student who is among the first intake of new ceramics programme.

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- 1818 Auctioneers
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- Artcurial
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- Chiswick Auctions
- Chorley's
- Christie's
- Clars Auction Gallery
- Clevedon Salerooms
- Comic Book Auctions
- Cotswold Auction Company
- Cottees
- Criterion
- Crow’s Auctions Gallery
- Cuttlestones
- David Duggleby
- David Lay
- Dawson's
- Dee Atkinson & Harrison
- Denhams
- Dix Noonan Webb
- Dominic Winter
- Dorotheum
- Doyle New York
- Dreweatts
- Duke's
- Durrants
- East Bristol Auctions
- Eastbourne Auctions
- Ewbank's
- Fellows
- Fieldings
- Fine Art Auction Group
- Fine Art Bourse
- Flints Auctioneers
- Fonsie Mealy
- Forum Auctions
- Frank Marshall
- Freeman's
- Gardiner Houlgate
- Gary Don
- George Kidner
- Gildings
- Golding Young & Mawer
- Gorringes
- Graham Budd
- Grand Auctions
- Greenslade Taylor Hunt
- H&H Classics
- Halls Fine Art
- Hampstead Auctions
- Hansons
- Hartleys
- Henry Adams
- Henry Aldridge & Son
- Heritage Auctions
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- Holloways
- Holt's
- Hôtel Drouot
- Humbert & Ellis
- Hutchinson Scott
- Jacobs & Hunt
- John Nicholson
- John Pye Auctions
- JS Auctions
- Juliens
- Kerry Taylor
- KettererKunst
- Keys
- Kidson-Trigg
- Knights Auctions
- Knowle Auction Rooms
- Lacy Scott & Knight
- Laidlaw
- Lawrences of Bletchingley
- Lawrences of Crewkerne
- Lempertz
- Leonard Joel
- Leslie Hindman
- Lindsay Burns
- Lockdales
- Lots Road Auctions
- Louis Taylor
- Lyon & Turnbull
- MacDougall's
- Mallams
- Martel Maides
- Maxwells
- McTear's
- Mellors & Kirk
- Michael Bowman
- Mitchells
- Moore Allen & Innocent
- Morton & Eden
- Mossgreen
- Mullock's
- Nagel
- Nesbits
- Netherhampton Salerooms
- Nicholas Mellors
- Noble Investments
- Onslows
- Osenat
- Paddle8
- Paul Beighton Saleroom
- PBA Galleries
- Peter Francis
- Peter Wilson
- Philip Serrell
- Phillips
- Piasa
- Pierre Bergé & Associes
- Piers Motley
- Plymouth Auction Rooms
- Potteries Auctions
- Rago Auctions
- Railtons
- Reeman Dansie
- Richard Winterton
- Ritchies
- Rogers Jones
- Roseberys
- Ryedale
- Semley
- Sheffield Auction Gallery
- Skinner
- Sotheby's
- Sovereign Rarities
- Special Auction Services
- Spink
- St Jamess Auctions
- Staceys
- Stanley Gibbons Group
- Stroud Auctions
- Summers Place Auctions
- Swann
- Sworders
- Tajan
- Tamlyns
- Tayler and Fletcher
- Taylor's Auctions
- Tennants
- The Pedestal
- Thimbleby & Shorland
- Thomas Del Mar
- Thomas Watson
- Thomson Roddick & Medcalf
- Thomson Roddick Scottish Auctions
- Timeline
- Toovey's
- Trevanion & Dean
- TW Gaze
- Vectis
- W&H Peacock
- Wellers
- Whytes
- Wilkes & Curtis
- William George & Co
- Woolley & Wallis
- Wotton Auction Rooms
- Wright Marshall
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- 1stdibs
- Advertising Standards Authority
- Antiquarian Booksellers Association
- Antique Young Guns
- Antiquities Dealers’ Association
- Art Business Conference
- Art Fund
- Art Loss Register
- Art Recovery International
- Art UK
- Arts Council England
- Assay Office
- Auction Technology Group
- BADA
- BAMF
- CADA
- CINOA
- Company of Arts Scholars
- DACS
- DEFRA
- DMG
- EBay
- Hiscox
- LAPADA
- National Trust
- NAVA
- Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association
- RICS
- Society of London Art Dealers
- SOFAA
- the saleroom
- Triple-A Auctioneers
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- 20/21 British Art Fair
- Affordable Art Fair
- Antiques Centres
- Antiques for Everyone Fair
- Ardingly Fair
- Art Antiques London
- Arthur Swallow Fairs
- BADA Fair
- Bath Decorative Antiques Fair
- Battersea Decorative Fair
- Bermondsey Market
- BRAFA
- Brussels Fairs
- CADA Fair
- Car Boot Fairs
- Clarion Events
- Cooper Events
- Fine Art Asia
- Fine Arts Paris
- Florida Fairs
- French Fairs
- Frieze
- Frieze Masters
- Galloway Antiques Fairs
- Harrogate Fairs
- Hatton Garden
- Haughton Fairs
- Hong Kong Fairs
- IACF
- Jaguar Fairs
- LAPADA Fair
- Lincolnshire Antiques and Home Show
- Masterpiece
- Miami Fairs
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- Modern British Art Fair
- NEC Birmingham
- New York Fairs
- Newark Fair
- Olympia Fair
- PAD London
- Palm Beach Fairs
- Paris Biennale
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- Penman Fairs
- Philadelphia Fairs
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- Salon du Dessin
- Sandown Park Racecourse Fair
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- TEFAF
- Winter Antiques Show
- Works on Paper Fair
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- Arms, Armour & Militaria
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