Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Omega Auctions withdraws Eleanor Rigby score after police contacted in ownership dispute
19 September 2017Omega Auctions withdrew the sale of an original score for the 1966 Beatles' classic Eleanor Rigby ahead of its auction earlier this month due to a family dispute over ownership.
Monet’s personal collection on show in London ahead of Christie’s Hong Kong auction
19 September 2017Objects and artworks from the personal collection of Claude Monet (1840-1926) will be on view in London later this month ahead of an auction in Hong Kong in November.
Horologist and inventor Dr John C Taylor honoured with stamp series
18 September 2017Horologist, inventor and clockmaker Dr John C Taylor OBE will have his life celebrated with a set of postage stamps in the Isle of Man where he lives.
London dealer Derek Johns sells Kew Palace portrait of founder
18 September 2017A portrait of the founder of Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew will return home after it was purchased from London dealer Derek Johns.
Heritage makes capital gains with purchase of London Coin Galleries
18 September 2017Texas auction house Heritage Auctions has opened in the Shepherd Market area of London’s Mayfair after taking over dealership London Coin Galleries.
BBC Antiques Roadshow: 40 years of getting an antiques show on the road
18 September 2017With the BBC’s hit series now 40 years old, we find out producer Simon Shaw's views on its success ahead of the broadcast of his last Roadshow series.
Triple-A relaunches for ‘post-Brexit world’
18 September 2017The group of regional auctioneers known as The Association of Accredited Auctioneers (AAA) has relaunched as an organisation to promote business and pool resources in the face of “a post-Brexit world and a rapidly changing market”.
Stanley Gibbons gives up on Pall Mall space
18 September 2017Less than six months after holding its first auction in its Pall Mall home, Stanley Gibbons’ The Fine Art Auction Group (TEFAAG) has left the central London premises and is in the process of selling the lease.
Stones poster buyer gets satisfaction
18 September 2017It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but nevertheless rare concert posters are selling for large sums at auction.
Stoke-on-Trent’s Potteries museum welcomes home Wedgwood vase and kicks of fundraising for Iron Age torcs
16 September 2017The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent had a double celebration today when it welcomed home a vase by master potter Josiah Wedgwood and launched a fundraising campaign to buy the Leekfrith Iron Age Torcs.
A second Francis Bacon pope painting comes to Christie’s Frieze week auction roster
15 September 2017Are Francis Bacon pope pictures like buses? Just a week after revealing details of the auction of Bacon’s 'Head with Raised Arm' (1955), Christie’s has now unveiled Bacon’s 'Study of Red Pope 1962 2nd version 1971', which will also be offered at auction in October to coincide with Frieze week.
Flea market planned for Marylebone to coincide with ‘London Design Festival’
15 September 2017More than 80 art and antique dealers are preparing for a new market event later this month in Marylebone.
‘Gentleman Jack’ Sears’ car among highlights of Bonhams’ Goodwood Revival auction
14 September 2017A car owned by the winner of the first ever British Touring Car Championship back in 1958 was the highlight of Bonhams’ Goodwood Revival sale at the weekend, taking double its estimate.
West London antiques cheat pleads guilty to attempts to defraud auction houses
13 September 2017A Poundland notebook helped convict a fraudster attempting to sell fake antiques through auction houses in London and Essex.
Buyer does get satisfaction at Bushey Auctions after ‘The Rolling Stones’ concert poster sells for £13,000
12 September 2017A rare concert poster from a 1965 tour by ‘The Rolling Stones’ has been snapped up by a collector after a bidding battle at Bushey Auctions in Hertfordshire.
Met Police says art and antiques crime squad will reopen ‘as soon as possible’
11 September 2017The reopening of the Metropolitan Police’s Arts and Antiques Unit has been delayed until later this year, ATG has learned. However, the force has denied reports it is to permanently close.
Gauguin sketch dismissed as a fake is valued at £200,000 after 'Fake or Fortune?' investigation
11 September 2017The BBC's 'Fake or Fortune?' team uncovered the story behind two pictures possibly by Paul Gauguin during last night’s programme.
Christie’s sale brings home the Bacon
11 September 2017A rediscovered Francis Bacon is to be offered at Christie’s next month with a £7m-10m estimate.
Experts outline Brexit trade risk
11 September 2017Lawyers and accountants have drawn up documents laying out the issues facing the art and antiques trade to inform government as it negotiates the terms of Brexit.
Bonhams takes its auction to the road for The Goodwood Revival this weekend
09 September 2017Auction house Bonhams has a montage of motoring memorabilia and famous classic cars on the block today to coincide with the three-day festival at Goodwood Circuit in west Sussex.