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New web service aims to bring quicker shipping for art dealers

27 May 2008

A NEW internet innovation for the art market has been launched with the aim of making it easier to assess shipping costs and cutting delays in having works dispatched.

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Watch this space as both sides escalate Antiquorum battle

27 May 2008

THE battle over Antiquorum, the world’s leading clock and watch auction house, has stepped up a gear, with significant moves from both sides.

NAVA to launch valuation course

27 May 2008

At their annual conference in Warwickshire on May 16 the National Association of Valuers and Auctioneeers (NAVA) announced the launch of a new foundation degree in valuation and auctioneering which has just been validated by the University of Wolverhampton.

Latest investment fund will target firms rather than works of art

27 May 2008

A banking firm with offices in Moscow, New York City, and Vienna, has announced the formation of an art investment hedge fund with a difference.

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Clock with Whittington chimes sells at $310,000 in Pennsylvania

27 May 2008

This remarkable late 19th century English longcase clock offered for sale in Pennsylvania last month showed late Victorian design at its most confident.

Chippendale study day in Yorkshire

27 May 2008

Tennants are hosting a study day titled The Marquetry Furniture of Thomas Chippendale.

Giles’ 18th century china painting workshop

27 May 2008

Stockspring Antiques will host a loan exhibition entitled The Early James Giles and his Contemporary London Decorators from June 5 to 17 at 114 Kensington Church Street, London.