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Fewer dealers are suffering a decline in sales and the export market has improved, according to the latest British Antique Dealers’ Association survey of members.

Tiffany the jewellers are suing eBay in a case that challenges the very formula that has made the online giant such a success.

THE Art Loss Register has announced the recovery of four valuable paintings stolen 27 years ago in a £30m theft.

The London Assay Office is advising extra caution when buying antique silver following the assessment of spoons bearing forged marks submitted by four auctioneers last year.

A Susie Cooper vase sold for £3850 on eBay on January 13. The vase, which measures just over 12in (30cm) high, is decorated with a hunter in a loin cloth stalking two deer or ibex close to a stylised tree – an unrecorded design of around 1931 or ’32. Similar pieces are known from a publicity shot taken in the 1930s although most were thought to have been destroyed during a hit on the factory during the Blitz.

Art, antiques, wine, classic cars – pension hopes disappear

But they will bring benefits for the industry, expert advises

CLARION NEC have announced a link-up with LAPADA for their National Fine Art & Antiques Fair, the third of which will be held at the National Exhibition Centre from January 18-22.

Christie’s and ATG teams follow in close second on quiz night

Second year student Claire Playle and third year student Sharon Hall were the recipients of the Christopher Weston/SOFAA bursaries at the AGM of the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers at Wilton House, near Salisbury on October 31.

BY ALEX CAPON THE Arts Council is to extend its policy of offering interest-free loans to encourage Contemporary art sales by allowing London galleries to apply for the scheme.

Nicholas Somers, recently re-elected as chairman of the RICS Fine Art and Antiques Faculty, will make education the focus of his third and final term.

LAPADA have organised a free legal seminar for members in conjunction with the City law firm Withers to take place at 5.30pm on Wednesday, November 30 at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 1 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1.

A TRAVELLING exhibition is to be organised for the unique Cassel silver collection thanks to major grants from the Lottery and the National Art Collections Fund (Art Fund).

WHETHER you’re in Holland Park, Marylebone or Covent Garden in August, you may spot something unusual in the shop window at Cath Kidston, the popular design company specialising in fabrics, jewellery, china and accessories.

THINGS are looking up according to the latest survey from the Society of London Art Dealers.

RICS agree to credit new courseKINGSTON University have announced plans to introduce an MA in Arts Market Appraisal in September.

THE Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers welcomed six new Honorary Associate Members at their biannual dinner in London last week.

Assembled family and friends witnessed a fashionable fusion of styles at All Saints, Worlington in Suffolk on June 25 when ATG deputy editor Roland Arkell married client services manager Elizabeth Lardner.

ATG have now updated the search capability of the price guide on www.antiquestradegazette.com, and it is infinitely faster than before.