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Recalibrating contemporary values in New York

20 May 2009

Conservative estimates tailored to new realities enabled the New York flagship sales of post-War and contemporary art to set solid selling rates. But, for both major houses, the financial gulf between this year and 2008 was enormous.

Haughtons scrap design fair

20 May 2009

LONDON-based organisers Brian and Anna Haughton have cancelled this year's New York International Art & Design Fair, slated for October 2 to 7.

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Thief steals Eton awards

20 May 2009

AN opportunist thief has stolen some highly individual and recognisable objects from the Lodge at Eton College.

New bid to tackle jewellery gangs

20 May 2009

THE National Association of Goldsmiths (NAG) and insurers T.H. March are launching an initiative aimed at gathering better intelligence on crime.

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Irish peat buckets make £24,000 in Nottingham

20 May 2009

THIS pair of Irish George III mahogany and brass-bound peat buckets drew multiple bidders at Mellors & Kirk's two-day auction in Nottingham on April 30-May 1.

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Modern art in New York adapts to modern times

20 May 2009

Thin catalogues and thin demand for aggressively-priced works by Modern masters characterised the recent sales of Impressionist and Modern Art in New York.

Dillingham bow to recession as they close New York HQ

20 May 2009

NEW York specialists in high-end English furniture, paintings and objects Dillingham and Co have closed their shop at 217 East 60th Street.