03/21/2002. NEW YORK CITY.-In its most aggressive move to improve their business, Sotheby's has announced an increase in its buyer's commission to 19.5 percent for items selling for up to $100,000. Prev...

04/07/2002. LONDON.- Christie's and Phillips have both gotten rid of smaller, regional units of their businesses, according to reports in the Antiques Trade Gazette. Phillips-Selkir...

04/18/2004. BEND, OREGON.-The Associated Press reported that a hand-blown glass sculpture valued at $50,000 was stolen from the Mockingbird Art Gallery this week, <BOLETIN> the third piece to vanish from the Bend gallery since November....

12/28/2004. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.- Lawsons will welcome a new manager as of 2005 as current Manager Martin Farrah takes the helm over at Lawson Menzies after a sucessful three year reign at Lawsons. Brian Hickey will officially commence the role of Annandale...

05/16/2005. NEW YORK.- Jean-Michel Basquiat's Catharsis led The Contemporary Art Sale at Phillips, de Pury & Company. The work sold for $1.2 million. The total of the sale was $23.6 million. There were records set for works by Ron Mueck, Chris Ofili, Rich...

06/13/2005. LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.- People across Liverpool have the chance to celebrate their city's success in the build-up to European Capital of Culture 2008. The Liverpool Culture Company is inviting businesses, venues, community groups and individuals ...

05/31/2012. LAS VEGAS (AP).- Wayne Newton's lawyers are denying allegations of mismanagement, animal abuse and sexual harassment lodged in a lawsuit against the Las Vegas entertainer by a business associate. And they're responding with counterclaims alleg...

07/10/2012. CLEVELAND (AP).- A Massachusetts business plans to auction memorabilia from crime fighter Eliot Ness, the onetime Cleveland safety director and federal Prohibition Bureau agent whose unit brought down Chicago mobster Al Capone. The Plain De...

01/16/2013. OMAHA, NE.- At a recent meeting of the Joslyn Art Museum board of governors, current chairman John P. Nelson announced his retirement from the post he has held for the past two years. He is s...

04/13/2014. Quint Contemporary Art announces the opening of Luft Gesheften: The Value of War, a presentation of work from the early 1980s and mid 2000s by Kim MacConnel. This is MacConnel’s ninth sol...

09/07/2016. Forum Auctions have followed up their £1m-plus July launch sale by pioneering a new type of finance deal to help a collector acquire an £850,000 Shakespeare First Folio. Stephan Ludwig, ...

09/06/2019. Dan Morphy, president of Morphy Auctions, has announced a powerful new addition to the company’s roster of expert consultants. Prominent Pennsylvania Americana dealer Kelly Kinzle has...

05/06/2021. The topic of environmentally friendly business practices is becoming more prevalent than ever before in the business world today. Due to the rising threat of climate change and overuse of natural resources, businesses both large and small are encoura...

11/26/2021. A product launch marketing strategy is basically a documented written description of plans, activities, and procedures that a business uses in order to introduce its new product in the marketplace. In simpler terms, the product launch marketing strat...

12/22/2021. The British government has responded to pleas for help from bars, restaurants and leisure businesses amid a surge in cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus that has led to a wave of cancellations, staff shortages and closures. The Treasur...