Latest News Articles by Noelle McElhatton
Promotional feature: Picture perfect for Maastricht – exhibitor interview with Mark Weiss
04 March 2019Old Master art dealer Mark Weiss began exhibiting at TEFAF Maastricht in 1988. But for all the important 16th and 17th century portraits Weiss has sold at the Dutch fair since then, few are likely to have made a local connection quite like his gallery’s star object for 2019.
Promotional feature: Keeper of the flame – exhibitor interview with Oliver Moss of Sydney L. Moss
04 March 2019It’s 12 months since Oliver Moss took the helm of fourth-generation Chinese and Japanese art dealership Sydney L. Moss. A busy year culminated in Moss making Japanese sculpture discoveries that will form the centrepiece of the dealership’s 2019 TEFAF Maastricht stand.
VIEWPOINT: Sworders’ Guy Schooling: 'Why I filled in the trade bodies’ ivory survey’
26 February 2019There is one week left to take part in an industry survey aimed at measuring the financial impact of the Ivory Act (2018), due to come into force later this year. We hear from one of those who has already responded.
Vases dominate at Bonhams' single owner sale of Lalique glass
25 February 2019A jade green Alicante vase took the highest price of the extensive René Lalique collection offered at Bonhams Knightsbridge (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) on February 21 – previewed in ATG No 2379.
Vases dominate at Bonhams' single owner sale of Lalique glass
22 February 2019An Alicante jade green vase was the top lot at a single-owner sale of René Lalique glass at Bonhams Knightsbridge. It sold for £35,000 (£43,750 inc 25% buyer’s premium).
Cambridgeshire auction house Cheffins invests in new website and corporate branding
15 February 2019Cheffins, the 200 year-old Cambridge-based auctioneer embracing real estate sales and agriculture as well as fine art, has rebranded with a new logo and website.
Prof David Starkey: ‘Flair more important than great art scholarship to be a highly successful art dealer’
12 February 2019Prof David Starkey has said the most successful art dealers, such as his friend Philip Mould, do not necessarily have the greatest knowledge of art history but rather possess 'a flair for discoveries'.
Lalique love affair: Large glass collection first took off with a sparrow paperweight
11 February 2019Group amassed over 20 years now going under the hammer at Bonhams is attracting worldwide interest from would-be bidders.
UK dealers heading to TEFAF Maastricht 2019 ‘confident of return logistics' ahead of Brexit
04 February 2019UK-based exhibitors at TEFAF’s Maastricht 2019 edition (March 16-24) tell ATG they have prioritised the return transport of art and objects from the event ahead of Brexit's scheduled date on March 29.
Soapbox: Brexit – how will no-deal affect the trade
04 February 2019The big question... Will a hard or no-deal Brexit affect traders who transport to and from the continent?
Trading right until closing time at Adams Antiques Fair - a picture special
04 February 2019Adams Antiques Fairs rewards stall-holders who last the course.
Survey launched to gauge impact of ivory ban
04 February 2019Industry trade bodies have launched a survey that will attempt to measure the financial impact of the Ivory Act (2018) which comes into force later this year. Collectors, dealers and auctioneers of antique ivory are being encouraged to take part.
Industry bodies urge collectors and trade to take part in survey on economic impact of Ivory Act
29 January 2019Industry trade bodies are today launching a survey that will attempt to measure the financial impact of the Ivory Act (2018) which comes into force later this year. Collectors, dealers and auctioneers of antique ivory are being encouraged to take part.
Dealers' association partners with US books portal Biblio for annual fair after dropping AbeBooks
28 January 2019The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association has signed up US online marketplace Biblio as chief sponsor of its flagship annual fair on June 7-9.
Trading right until closing time: Adams Fairs has an innovative way of discouraging early leavers
28 January 2019A full house, a good balance between trade and private buyers and happy stall holders: Adams Antiques Fair in Victoria, London is doing something right. ATG went along to its latest event to find out what.
Q&A with London’s rare book fair chairman Pom Harrington
28 January 2019With Biblio as partner and a rebrand of its annual fair, the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association is expecting a spike in visitors and exhibitors at its flagship event.
Whatever the weather: an IACF Ardingly picture special
28 January 2019As parliamentary debates on future trade relations with the EU raged in London, cross-border business carried on regardless in West Sussex at IACF’s Ardingly International Antiques and Collectors Fair on January 15-16.
Five 20th century designers in Fellows’ Antique & Modern Jewellery sale this week
23 January 2019On any shortlist of iconic jewellery designers of the 20th century, few would disagree with the inclusion of brands such as Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels, Tiffany and Cartier. But what of the next tier of designers from the past 100 years and how affordable are they to collect? ATG asked Nicola Whittaker of Fellows' London office to pick five 20th century designers in the auction house's January 24 sale, from household names to rising stars.
Charles Dickens 'lost portrait' purchase for the nation fundraising hits £60,000
21 January 2019A public fund-raising effort to purchase the ‘lost’ portrait of Charles Dickens for the nation from dealership Philip Mould & Company has reached £60,000, a third of the asking price.
At IACF Ardingly, sellers and buyers beat the Brexit and winter blues
18 January 2019As momentous parliamentary debates on future trade relations with the EU raged in London, cross-border business went on regardless at IACF Ardingly in West Sussex this week.