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Dreweatts to sell Chelsea garden

20 May 2013

Dreweatts will be conducting the first auction of a complete RHS Chelsea garden during this year’s flower show.

New scam guide targets unwitting dealers over VAT

20 May 2013

A new and alarming scam guide is targeting the trade with demands linked to European Union regulations and focusing on VAT.

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‘The most important early printed book of this century’

20 May 2013

Billed as “the most important early printed book to be offered this century”, a deluxe vellum copy of the ‘Opera’ of Virgil is being offered at Christie’s on June 12.

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Christie’s toast ‘highest total in auction history’

16 May 2013

Christie’s evening sale of Contemporary art in New York last night posted a hammer total of $435.5m (£294.2m).

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Contemporary art sale at Sotheby’s posts $250m total

15 May 2013

Barnett Newman (1905-70) and Gerhard Richter (b.1932) starred at Sotheby’s evening sale of Contemporary art last night as the run of strong performing sales in this sector showed little sign of abating.

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Glass dealer, fish farmer and builder? Perfectly normal...

13 May 2013

Maybe I’m biased, but I find it hard to think of a more diverse, passionate, interesting and occasionally downright bonkers bunch of people than antiques dealers.

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Silver snail – the ‘trump piece’ bid to £8200

13 May 2013

Holding a major silver sale days after the melt price has plummeted by about £3 an ounce is hardly ideal timing.