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ATG letter: Salerooms as schoolrooms
23 May 2022Woolley & Wallis should be heartily congratulated for launching their internship scheme which will give one lucky candidate the opportunity of gaining invaluable experience and training in a range of subjects at one of our leading auction houses (News, ATG No 2542).
ATG letter: Memories of Stateside shipping
23 May 2022Peter Cannon-Brookes’ (Letters, ATG No 2541) memories of shipping exhibitions by sea bring to mind two dissimilar experiences which might amuse.
ATG letter: Please remember that dealers are trying to make a living
16 May 2022As a dealer for 35 years I feel I must reply to the private collector who feels hard done by because some fairs have a trade day.
ATG letter: Collectors are mostly private people – beware of fair demands for personal details
16 May 2022I read with interest your news highlighting the decisions being taken by several fair organisers to make changes to their admissions policy.
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ATG letter: Nicosia Convention – my thoughts on how it could tackle cultural goods trafficking
09 May 2022The Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property (also known as the ‘Nicosia’ Convention) entered into force on April 1.
ATG letter: Antique lace purchase put life into perspective
09 May 2022Recently my son Phil Swift (Antique Laces – stall 1 Portobello Road) sold a piece of antique lace via the internet to a lady who lived in Kyiv (Ukraine).
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ATG letter: Chelsea book fair – what a lovely venue
09 May 2022I went to the Chelsea book fair [The ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair] at Chelsea Town Hall on Saturday, April 30. What a delightful fair, set in a wonderful building, with a wonderful atmosphere and books on proper bookshelves.
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ATG letter: Artist's Resale Right is big factor behind the UK's decline
02 May 2022Your report that the UK’s share of the global art market has declined blames VAT and Brexit for this (ATG No 2537), but fails to mention the effect of Artist's Resale Right which is probably the real reason for the current decline.
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ATG letter: Memories of Cindy Mainwaring
02 May 2022I was saddened to read that Cindy Mainwaring has passed away (Obituary, ATG No 2539). She was a jolly and positive woman and I shall always have very fond memories of her.
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ATG letter: Postage experience did not receive my stamp of approval
02 May 2022I wholeheartedly agree with Gill Behari’s letter in ATG No 2539 (‘Why I believe high postage costs are unacceptable’).
ATG letter: Let’s launch an Antiques Shop Day to promote trade
02 May 2022Lying in the bath before coming into my shop for yet another quiet Saturday, I listened to an item on the radio about Record Store Day or #RecordStoreDay.
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ATG letter: Trade day at a fair is unfair to the private collector
02 May 2022I am an avid reader of ATG as a private collector.
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ATG letter: Let a ship take the strain to cut the stress
02 May 2022I have been greatly heartened by the news that Christie’s is to trial shipping by sea freight with a view to reducing the environmental impact of existing systems of packing and transport (front page, ATG No 2539).
ATG letter: Why are we paying high fees when services are curtailed?
02 May 2022Being a collector and ‘auctionroomholic’, it grieves me at the way digital advancement plus the pandemic has given auctioneers a way to reduce the service they provide and yet continue with high commission fees.
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ATG letter: True maker of a handsome lamp revealed
25 April 2022Like your reporter, for many years I also believed the lamp featured in ATG No 2538 (A Trio of Arts & Crafts designers in focus) was by Arthur Stansfeld Dixon, director, and chief designer of The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft.
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ATG letter: Lalique perfume bottle decoration had a taste of blackcurrant
25 April 2022I read with interest your informative report on the sale of Lalique perfume bottles (ATG No 2535). I was amazed at the huge prizes.
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ATG letter: Cost restriction meant not so mighty mouse
25 April 2022Re: your article in ATG No 2538 (A Trio of Arts & Crafts designers in focus) including a Mouseman oak blanket chest sold at Sheffield Auction Gallery for £12,000 hammer, which features the mouse carved in recess rather than profile.
ATG letter: Why I believe high postage costs are ‘unacceptable’
18 April 2022I am writing to tell you of a recent complaint which I brought up with an auction house regarding postal charges, and was wondering if you have had other trade outlets saying the same thing.
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ATG letter: Not Dublin – it’s Southport
18 April 2022The image on the sewing box in your letters section (ATG No 2537) is the Victoria Sea Water Baths, Southport, Lancashire.
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ATG letter: Time to free up the British art market from ARR
04 April 2022I’d like to lend my support to Ivor Braka in his brave and principled decision to fight the parasitic bureaucracies of the ARR (front page, ATG No 2536).
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