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Strange case of Damien Hirst and the stuffed squirrels sale – The Times

“The former owner of a museum of Victorian curiosities is suing the auction house that sold it for turning down a £1 million offer from the artist Damien Hirst.” Full story The Times, 6th December 2007...

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Auctioneer fined for selling chest of drawers containing birds’ eggs – Daily...

“An auctioneer has been fined £1,000 and left with a criminal record for trying to sell a chest of drawers containing 100-year-old birds’ eggs.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2010 Source:...

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Law Society defies scholars with Mendham Collection auction – The Guardian

“The Law Society, facing straitened times following successive cuts in legal aid, is auctioning a collection of rare Reformation-era bibles and religious tracts in defiance of protests from scholars.”...

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Thwaytes v Sothebys – WLR Daily

Thwaytes v Sothebys [2015] EWHC 36 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 12 ‘The standard of care imposed on an auction house where a person consigned a work of art for research and assessment was no greater than that...

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Christie’s fined £3,000 for putting banned elephant tusk up for sale – Daily...

‘World-famous Christie’s Auction House were fined £3,250 today after putting a banned elephant tusk up for sale on their website.’ Full story Daily Telegraph, 23rd May 2016 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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Antiques dealer found guilty of trying to sell elephant tusk at Christie’s...

‘A dealer who tried to sell an elephant tusk at Christie’s has been spared a fine after claiming he was “misled” by their antiques experts.’ Full story Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2016 Source:...

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Letters to art experts not covered by litigation privilege – Litigation Futures

‘Letters between Sotheby’s and two art experts concerning the authenticity of an Old Master painting sold for over $11m are not covered by litigation privilege, the High Court has ruled.’ Full...

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Auction house loses ‘dual purpose’ art litigation privilege case – OUT-LAW.com

‘An auction house has failed to establish litigation privilege over correspondence with experts about whether or not a painting it sold was counterfeit, in a case brought by the seller of that...

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Art collector’s court case signals potential legal and contractual issues...

‘Liverpool-based art collector and computer programmer Amir Soleymani has recently filed a High Court claim against non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Nifty Gateway, concerning the auction terms...

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