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Auction houses and art dealers are warned to be prepared for visits from HM Revenue & Customs officials checking anti-money laundering procedures.

The phenomenon of rubbing a wet finger around the rim of a wine goblet to produce a note is as old as glassmaking.

Wotton Auction Rooms has a new ownership structure as Joseph Trinder re-joins the business.

Hindman will hold its first sales in New York with a series of single-owner auctions from October 18-26.

On Friday, September 22, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1935.18 / €1813.57 / £1573.32

A dedicated sale of 117 lots from the collection of the late Teesside art dealers and Staithes Group specialists Tom and Rosamund Jordan was held this summer at Tennants (24% buyer’s premium) in North Yorkshire.

The sale of Vintage & Modern Magic at Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) in Chicago on August 26 included this original theatre contract signed by Erik Weisz, the man better known as Harry Houdini (1874-1926).

Julie Sumner deals on Instagram (@vintagefromthecroft) and sells at events such as the recent Nantwich Town Square Antiques Market.

Edward and Marilyn Flower’s substantial and impressive collection blossomed partly thanks to help from a London dealer

Swann Auction Galleries’ (30% buyer’s premium) summer vintage poster sale in New York on August 3 received a significant boost from a single consignment.

Helen Yourston of B2B Events, organiser of the immensely popular Malvern Flea Fair held nine times a year, has heard intriguing news from the Three Counties Showground where the event is held.

Sloane Street Auctions threw a party to celebrate the opening of its new premises at 158-164 Fulham Road, SW10.

A trove of material related to the Japanese Antarctic Expedition (JAE) of 1910-12 comes to market at Potter & Potter in Chicago on October 12.

The Americana & International sale at Pook & Pook in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, on October 5-6 includes a collection of art from a Delaware estate.

Recent changes at the 'British Art Fair' (BAF) have led to a growing array of Contemporary works, but a strong supply of Modern British pictures remains its core.

It’s more than three and a half years since Britain left the EU on January 31, 2020.

The sale of Enamel Signs, Automobilia and Advertising at Chippenham Auction Rooms (20% buyer’s premium) on July 29 included a rare pictorial enamel design depicting the Mauretania at full steam advertising Holzapfels Composition.

As reported last week (ATG No 2610), the theme for the latest edition of The Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair in Battersea is Rococo, with a special display in the foyer.

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