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Met pay $45m for Duccio’s ‘Stroganoff’ Madonna

01 December 2004

THE Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has acquired a devotional panel of the Madonna and Child by Duccio di Buoninsegna (active by 1278; died 1319) from the Stoclet family in Brussels.

US fine art market leaves France behind says Artprice study

01 December 2004

THE gap between the French and American art markets has dramatically widened in the past two years.

Neales to join Dreweatt Neate auction line-up: Nottingham firm to keep their name

24 November 2004

NOTTINGHAM auctioneers Neales have become the latest business to join the Fine Art Auction Group, parent company of the Dreweatt Neate Fine Art group of regional auctioneers.

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New London auction house aims to corner Russian market

24 November 2004

A NEW auction house has opened in London’s West End focusing on Russian art, one of the fastest growing sectors of the world art market.

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Potter magic but not from Harry this time

24 November 2004

WHEN it comes to Beatrix Potter, they don’t come rarer than this previously unrecorded first trade edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Dumfries House collection may be sold as Trust offer is refused

24 November 2004

CHRISTIE'S have announced that discussions with the National Trust for Scotland concerning a private sale of Dumfries House and its contents have ended.

Restoring expertise online

24 November 2004

THE Conservation Register, which provides detailed information on conservation-restoration practices from across the UK and Ireland, is now available on the Internet.