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New free trade zone opens in Shanghai

10 October 2013

Christie’s mainland Chinese debut, the First Shanghai Auction on September 26, coincided with the opening of a free-trade zone in Shanghai.

New-look website for Asian Art in London

10 October 2013

The 16th staging of Asian Art in London from October 31 to November 9 is heralded by a new-look website.

Show us why you should be backed as an art dealer

10 October 2013

Be Smart About Art have announced a competition for aspiring art dealers to win prizes and discounts worth over £2000 towards attending their Art Dealers Bootcamp, an intensive three-day course from February 3-5, 2014.

Cheque fraudsters jailed over fairs con

10 October 2013

Three fraudsters have been sentenced for a widespread scam using dud cheques at antiques fairs across the country.

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Young Guns reload for Antiques for Everyone pavilion

10 October 2013

Some of the group of youthful dealers who make up ‘Young Guns of the Antiques Trade’ have clubbed together to exhibit in their own pavilion at the ‘Antiques for Everyone’ fair next at the NEC, Birmingham from October 31 to November 3.

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Discarded by a Norman potter, jug made for Derbyshire family brings £30,000

10 October 2013

In January 1862, while draining a field close to the site of Duffield Castle in Derbyshire, workmen from the Kedleston estate happened upon a quantity of ancient pottery shards.

Watercolours fair name change

09 October 2013

The ‘Watercolours’ fair returns for its fifth year at the Science Museum, from February 6-8.