Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
A Spider-Man comic cover has set a new record at auction in Dallas
27 February 2018A Marvel 1971 cover of Amazing Spider-Man #100 sold at a premium-inclusive $478,000 (£340,600) at Heritage Auctions in Dallas.
Stolen Degas painting found on a bus near Paris eight years after art theft
26 February 2018Edgar Degas’ impressionist picture ‘Les Choristes’ (The Chorus Singers) was stolen while it was on loan to The Musée Cantini in Marseille in 2009 from Musee d'Orsay in Paris.
Axing import VAT is ‘achievable’
26 February 2018BAMF chairman and new chief executive address LAPADA conference
Hornby owner buys stake in Stanley Gibbons Group to help reduce debt
23 February 2018Stamp and coin dealership Stanley Gibbons Group has sold a stake to the owner of model railway and collectables retailer Hornby to help pay down debt.
Handbags at dawn: Dispute between Christie’s and Heritage Auctions over three handbag specialists heads to US court
23 February 2018A dispute between Dallas-based Heritage Auctions and Christie’s over the employment of Matthew Rubinger and two colleagues is heading to a US court.
Government issues export bar for John Martin watercolour in hope of finding UK buyer
22 February 2018A £1.5m watercolour by British artist John Martin has been barred from export in the hope a buyer in the UK can be found.
Insolvency Service investigation leads to disqualification of Football Sport Auctions director
22 February 2018Football Sport Auctions (FSA) director Andrew John Lane has been disqualified from being a company director for 10 years following the liquidation of the company in April 2016.
Louvre secures funding from 8500 donors to buy £8m Book of Hours once owned by Francis I of France
20 February 2018The Louvre Museum in Paris has raised more than £8m to buy a jewel-encrusted Book of Hours.
Spink-sponsored British Museum exhibition aims to bring numismatics to the public
20 February 2018The British Museum is to hold an exhibition on money and medals in a tie-up with specialist London coin and stamp auction Spink.
Collection of billionaire American philanthropists Peggy and David Rockefeller goes on show in London as part of world tour ahead of ‘sale of the century’ auction
19 February 2018What could become the most valuable collection ever auctioned is going on show in London this week.
Landlord at Silver Vaults considers options
19 February 2018The long-term future of the historic London Silver Vaults is uncertain as the landlord weighs up options for the building.
UK banks continue to question ‘Persian’ works of art sales over Iranian sanctions
19 February 2018Britain’s major banks are continuing to crack down on the sale of Persian works of art in the face of ongoing US sanctions against Iran.
Not a golden disc but precious memories for silver dealer Dickenson
19 February 2018Silver dealer Alastair Dickenson had a blast from the past when he flicked through the pages of ATG recently.
Museum acquisitions under threat from lack of funding report warns
16 February 2018Museums in the UK have been selling off their collections and have been unable to buy new works of art due to funding issues, a “deeply depressing” report has revealed.
TEFAF Talk: Calls for art market to create standards association
15 February 2018An art trade-wide association regulating standards and ethics should be launched, chairman of The Art Loss Register Julian Radcliffe has argued.
Sotheby’s buying spree continues – auction house expands into interior design market
13 February 2018Sotheby’s has bought Viyet, a website for interior design, vintage and antique furniture.
Letters from Beatrix Potter to esteemed professor of agriculture head to auction
13 February 2018Famous for her children’s stories of Peter Rabbit and friends, Beatrix Potter Heelis (1866-1943) was a prolific letter writer.
Appeal to help find stolen Anglo-Saxon beads and coins following Canterbury theft
13 February 2018The Canterbury Archaeology Trust is appealing for help to find the 850 Anglo-Saxon glass beads, multiple coins, metal artefacts and bone objects that have been stolen in a series of thefts from a storeroom in Kent.
Dorchester firm adds to ‘DNA’ as Young unveils expansion plans
12 February 2018Duke’s of Dorchester has hired a trio of specialists to grow its auction calendar and attract consignments from outside its immediate catchment area.
Moorcroft celebrates 150th anniversary of St Pancras railway station with new designs
12 February 2018Pottery company Moorcroft has designed and created two pieces to celebrate the 150th anniversary of St Pancras railway station in London.