Thomson Roddick Scottish Auctions have held sales in Annan for over 100 years and also at Easterbrook Hall in Dumfries.
The firm, which also has premises in Edinburgh and Shaddongate, Carlisle, has now set up a new sales room in Irongray Road, Dumfries.
Sybelle Thomson says the new premises will benefit both the auctioneers and the buyers.
“This [...]

DETECTIVES are hunting for thieves who stole thousands of pounds worth of antiques from a South Lakes farmhouse.
The £4,000 haul of valuable antiques was snatched from the property near Satterthwaite, between Friday February 9 and Tuesday February 13.
Police say raiders forced entry into the property via a side window.
Stolen in the burglary were a number [...]

All bird gatherings, including bird fairs, bird markets, bird shows, exhibitions and pigeon races, are now banned in England, Scotland and Wales until further notice. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (Defra) imposed the ban on Saturday under Regulation 6 of the Preventive Measures (England) Regulations 2006 and its equivalent legislation, because of [...]

Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan has banned the transport of British poultry to bird fairs in Ireland.
The measure is being introduced in response to an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus on a turkey farm in the Suffolk area.
The Food Safety Authority is reassuring consumers that the outbreak poses no risk whatsoever [...]

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All Formats Computer Fairs has run over 1,000 events in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales over nearly 20 years but is now calling it a day. So fair organiser, Bruce Everiss is converting the fair website, http://www.afm96.co.uk/ , into an online community for computer enthusiasts and hobbyists. This free to join and free to [...]

AN antiques enthusiast is planning to mix business with pleasure after revealing plans to open a specialist centre.
Harvey Alexander plans to transform the former Yorkshire Bank building in Church Street, Hartlepool, into an antique centre, with a separate section for an art gallery and craft stalls.
Mr Alexander, who previously worked in the computer sector, will [...]

Sotheby’s and Christie’s have raised their commissions and now charge buyers 20 percent on the first 250,000 pounds of the hammer price and 12 percent on the rest.

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Charles Saatchi and Ronald Lauder’s Neue Galerie will be among the sellers at next week’s London auctions — the biggest ever, with a top estimate of 412 million pounds ($809 million).
Sotheby’s opened an extra room on Bond Street to help accommodate 650 people on Monday night, and pitched a marquee in Hanover Square for a [...]

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Pheebay, the eBay alternative auctions and webstore discussion and resources site, has reached a registered membership of three hundred.
Over the past few months the membership have discussed many issues affecting the online auctions industry and now include many site owners and Directors among the contributors.
Some fascinating insights in to the murky world of eBay [...]

The new annual Salzburg World Fine Art Fair for arts and antiques is scheduled to take place in July at the Salzburg Archbishop’s Residence, the fair’s organizers said at a press conference Thursday in Vienna.
Held during the first week of the Salzburg Festival, the organizers intend to “present high-quality art in a historical setting,” [...]