Organisations

The British Art Market Federation (BAMF) has appointed Tom Christopherson as its new chairman.

The Fine Art Golfing Society finished the 2024 season at Woking Golf Club last month.

Following on from last week’s comments from three fairs and markets organisers on how 2024 has been for their businesses, here is the take from Europe’s largest antiques centre, a fair organiser who is packing them in and a booksellers fairs’ association with a £1m sales figure from just one event.

The two leading US trade associations have won a legal challenge against a law that said dealers in New York could not display antiques made from more than 20% elephant ivory.

When an Irish antiques sleuth paid under £200 on eBay for what appeared to be a cigar case, information about its origin was sketchy at best.

Ivan Macquisten reviews the trade association’s first five decades

Andrew Saidi, organiser of PBFA’s 'Christmas Book Fair' in London, is confident that this year’s event will be as buoyant as that in 2023.

The ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair will take place in its charming and traditional location: Chelsea Old Town Hall on the Kings Road.

Twenty-eight members of SOFAA were treated to a wonderful visit to the Ashmolean in Oxford.

Many thanks to Roger Hollest for his raising the question for Milton Silverman to answer in ATG No 2263 and his positive mention of the Art Loss Register’s role, which was referred to by the Judge Lady Justice Arden in the case “de Preval v Alan” quoted.

Silver coffee pot with royal connection is just one of the many highlights at the Berkeley Square fair

The antique furniture world has lost one of its great characters and senior statesmen in David Pettifer who died on 30th August aged 94.

James Nickless-Allen, commercial director at Antiques Trade Gazette’s parent company Auction Technology Group, will already be a familiar name for many auctioneers. What they may not know, however, is that he is taking on a remarkable charity challenge.

From modest origins, the York event is now the largest antiquarian book fair in the UK