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Art and antiques news from 2015
It was all change at the top in 2015 with Tad Smith replacing Bill Ruprecht as CEO of Sotheby's, Patricia Barbizet taking over from Stephen P Murphy as CEO of Christie's and Matthew Girling moving up to the role of global CEO at Bonhams.
Stephan Ludwig and Ian Goldbart, creators of the group of businesses that include Dreweatts, Baldwin's and Mallett, suddenly departed in the early autumn of 2015.
Dealer association BADA brought in an industry outsider as its new CEO - Marco Forgione, former head of events industry trade body EVCOM.
In other news, dealer Richard Green made his debut at Masterpiece in London, cementing the fair's place as a major event in the annual calendar.
The antiques industry waited nervously to see whether the newly elected Conservative government would carry out its manifesto pledge to "press for a total ban on ivory sales".
Philpot portrait from Noël Coward’s collection sets £250,000 record
23 March 2015This portrait by Glyn Warren Philpot (1884-1937) was the star performer of pictures formerly in Sir Noël Coward’s collection sold at Christie’s South Kensington.
Designers pick their BADA favourites
23 March 2015The BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair opened last Wednesday on a sunny Duke of York Square in Chelsea, welcoming a steady stream of visitors.
Plaques head to auction in Leeds
23 March 2015Discovered in a pile of objects waiting to be tipped at a routine house clearance, a pair of large ceramic plaques will be offered at Gary Don in Leeds this week.
Ruskin’s photo archive returns – in better focus
19 March 2015One of the most spectacular regional auction finds of the past decade returns to the limelight this week with the publication of a book documenting the history of a cache of early topographical photographs belonging to the Victorian critic, artist and social reformer John Ruskin (1819-1900).
Philadelphia flagship show shelved
18 March 2015The April staging of the ‘Philadelphia Antiques Show’, one of America’s premier antiques events, has been cancelled. The fair, faced with falling dealer and visitor numbers in recent years, hopes to return in 2016 at a new venue with a broader exhibitor base.
Sweet music makes £120,000
17 March 2015Bath auctioneers Gardiner Houlgate (20% buyer’s premium) set a new house record on March 12 with the sale of a guitar by the celebrated French luthier Jean-Baptiste Voboam (1658-after 1731) for £120,000.
London/New York trade gap for pictures trebles in a year to £736m
16 March 2015Stable year-on-year values across art and antique exports as a whole mask major changes in influence among the UK’s trading partners in 2014.
Stolen, recovered and resold – the £80,000 Henri Martin
16 March 2015A picture stolen from a Hertfordshire house three years ago and recently recovered sold at an Essex auction last week for £80,000.
Sotheby's name Tad Smith as new president and CEO
16 March 2015Sotheby’s have appointed Tad Smith, aged 49, as president and chief executive officer, effective March 31, 2015.
Crowds throng to TEFAF Maastricht
16 March 2015‘TEFAF Maastricht’ opened last week to bright spring sunshine and the usual heaving crowds thronging around the 280 stands.
TEFAF: What has sold so far?
16 March 2015More news of sales is filtering through from the first weekend at TEFAF Maastricht, where more than 10,000 visitors attended the fair preview last Thursday March 12.
Space photos star in the saleroom
13 March 2015“Most of us will never experience space, which explains why space-flown items are in such high demand. Their travels imbue them with an almost mystical aura.”
What the TEFAF Art Market 2015 Report tells us
11 March 2015COMMENT: The TEFAF Report shows that the art market has fully recovered since the 2008 financial crash, but still faces a number of challenges, such as late or non-payment.
TEFAF Report 2015: Global art market grows 7% in 2014
11 March 2015Post-War and Contemporary art accounts for almost half of total spend at auction
Clarion bring winter NEC fair forward a month
11 March 2015Clarion Events have announced a change of date for the Antiques for Everyone winter fair. It will now run from November 19-22 in Hall 3 at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.
Handel manuscript emerges at Berlin auction
11 March 2015Only one other major George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) manuscript has come up for auction in the last 40 years, so Stargardt in Berlin can be assured of an international audience for the extensive autograph work they will offer on March 24-25.
£37,000 clue to another side of Chelsea
10 March 2015A Chelsea porcelain beaker with blue and white botanical decoration caused a sensation at Peter Wilson latest sale in Nantwich. Estimated at £100-200, it sold at £37,000.
Christie’s South Kensington at 40
09 March 2015Christie’s South Kensington celebrated their 40th anniversary year with a 1970s themed party at their Old Brompton Road saleroom. Current staff, former employees and others connected with CSK turned out in droves on March 4 to raise a glass to the auction house.
Tour de Yorkshire disrupts Harrogate fair
09 March 2015The directors of the ‘Harrogate Antique & Fine Art Fair’ have cancelled this year’s spring event due to the clash with the Tour de Yorkshire cycle race now taking place on May 1-3.
Munich fair cancelled
09 March 2015The April edition of the ‘Kunst & Antiquitäten’ fair will not go ahead this year.