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A previously unknown work by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi (1587-1625) was snapped up within minutes of the opening of TEFAF in Maastricht.

As the market evolves, auction rooms will inevitably come and go. But few will leave their mark like Christie’s South Kensington.

Much will depend on what the plan is for King Street and for the firm’s online-only sales (a growing but small fragment of the Christie’s business totalling £49.8m last year).

European CITES management authorities published a nine-page guidance report last week following a decision to protect all species of rosewood.

Trade bodies are lobbying the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, about a planned hike in business rates, ahead of his first Budget speech on March 8.

Latest TEFAF market report says uncertainty drives confidentiality

Estimated at £50-100, this Maori flute sold for £140,000 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) at John Nicholson’s of Haslemere on February 23.