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This week Christie's chief executive officer talked about being "confident" despite "challenging" conditions. Read the whole quote and more of what was said around the art and antiques trade with our quotes of the week.

A London auctioneer of stringed instruments has launched an online petition to exempt bows from the Ivory Act registration requirement.

Members of the trade federation Conseil National du Marché de l’Art (CNMA) have published an open letter to President Emmanuel Macron and the French government calling for changes to stop France’s art market losing out to the UK after Brexit.

The owner of a handwritten page from Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’ has been temporarily prevented from exporting it out of the UK by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

The art collection of the late singer George Michael is coming to auction in March at Christie’s in London.

EBay has announced a change to its postal tracking policy as a caution against buyers who fraudulently claim they never received items that were sent.

A New York institution has consigned an intriguing Netherlandish devotional painting to Freeman’s sale in Philadelphia on February 27.

ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week also include a German Neo-Expressionist painting and a set of Victorian photogenic drawings.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a Chinese blue and white vase with Ming style decoration making over 10 times estimate, as well as Christie’s decision to raise its buyer’s premium.

Christie’s reported total sales for 2018 at £5.3bn, up 3% on the previous year – led by the Rockefeller collection which set a record for any private collection at auction.

Jorge Welsh Research and Publishing’s conference ‘Fired to Last: The Global Reach of Chinese Export Porcelain’ coincides with its launch of a new book about a Chinese ceramic collection.

Casts of two key works from the New Sculpture movement topped Sotheby’s sale titled The Fine Art Society: 142 years on New Bond Street.

Decorative arts specialist Paul Reeves will offer 500 lots across two sales at the Edinburgh saleroom of Lyon & Turnbull next week.