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Swinderby free entry

15 May 2007

ARTHUR Swallow Fairs are having free entry on Wednesdays at their two-day Tuesday/Wednesday events at RAF Swinderby.

Software that can profile an artists and identify fakes

14 May 2007

A UNITED States university professor has developed a computer program that he believes can identify fake paintings.

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The Europeans are coming

14 May 2007

Change in the collecting geography at New York’s Imp & Mod spring sales

Lawrences and GTH to merge Taunton operations

14 May 2007

Taunton auctioneers Greenslade Taylor Hunt are to merge with fellow Somerset saleroom Lawrences of Crewkerne.

Sotheby’s post rare first quarter profit

14 May 2007

SOTHEBY’S are celebrating a rarity – a profit in the first quarter of the year, when a seasonal dip in sales activity usually means making a loss.

Doulton seeking buyer for Minton archive

14 May 2007

ROYAL Doulton Ltd are looking for a new owner for their Minton paper archive – the collection of thousands of original watercolours, drawings, pattern books and other manuscript material relating to designs for the Minton factory dating back to 1793.

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€1.55m for a teenager’s vision of gambling

14 May 2007

Rumours are currently rife both inside and outside Sotheby’s that the company’s strategic business plan not only includes the stopping of sales at Olympia but also, even more controversially, the closure of their Amsterdam operation.