Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Diamond locket given to George IV's true love shines at Christie’s auction
07 July 2017A locket given to George IV’s true love was hammered down at £280,000 yesterday at Christie’s, more than doubling its high estimate.
Surrey antiques centre to close after 21 years of trade
07 July 2017Property redevelopment plans are to force the closure of Surrey’s Honeypot Antiques Centre this summer.
Victory for public appeal as Wedgwood’s First Day’s vase returns to Staffordshire
05 July 2017A long-running appeal to raise nearly half a million pounds to return a Wedgwood’s First Day’s vase to Staffordshire has triumphed.
Thousands of Titanic artefacts to be sold after owner goes bankrupt
04 July 2017A court in the US will decide the fate of more than 5500 Titanic artefacts after the company that owns them filed for bankruptcy.
The Goldsmiths’ Company pledges £10m to fund new museum
04 July 2017The Goldsmiths’ Company has pledged £10m to help fund the creation of a new home for The Museum of London.
Old Masters in focus as Sotheby’s offers a late JMW Turner landscape at auction
04 July 2017One of the leading lots at this week’s Old Master auctions in London is a JMW Turner (1775-1851) that Sotheby’s predicts could make a record for a British-born artist.
Anti-ivory trade campaign group Action for Elephants descends on Olympia fair
03 July 2017An action group that campaigns for the protection of elephants staged a protest against the trade in antique ivory outside Art & Antiques Fair Olympia, on Saturday afternoon (July 1).
Government issues export bar for 18th century waterfall drawing in hope of finding UK buyer
03 July 2017The department of culture, media and sport has issued an export bar on an 18th century drawing of Schmadribach Waterfall by Austrian Romantic artist Joseph Anton Koch (1768-1839) and launched a search for a UK buyer to match the asking price of £68,750.
Mayfair centre Grays Mews to close due to Crossrail chaos
03 July 2017Rocketing business rates and the impact of building works for Crossrail are to force the closure of Grays Mews.
‘Swing from old to new’ evident in SLAD survey
03 July 2017The number of art dealers specialising in modern and contemporary art in central London is growing, and outstripping dealers in period work.
Phillips launches its dedicated watch division in the US
03 July 2017Ahead of the autumn sale of a star lot, Phillips' watch expert Aurel Bacs tells ATG why the time is right for the firm to expand its US watch business
Why the Blairman bunch do like to be beside the seaside
03 July 2017Furniture and works of art dealer Martin Levy took a trip to the north Wales seaside recently.
They said what?! The week (26 June-02 July) in quotes from the art and antiques world
02 July 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week we cover selfies, collecting and farming scenes.
Clockmakers seek help from trade to find lost master badge
01 July 2017A £500 reward is being offered for information that leads to the recovery of this badge belonging to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.
Signed Nick Leeson ‘Rogue Trader’ jacket comes to auction
30 June 2017A trading jacket signed by disgraced City broker Nick Leeson is coming to John Pye Auctions in July.
Warhol’s first ‘selfie’ sells for £5.2m at Sotheby’s auction
29 June 2017One of pop artist Andy Warhol’s first self-portraits was hammered down at £5.2m in a London sale.
Dealers “slow to adapt to new technology” says latest art market report
29 June 2017More than $3.1bn of art, antiques and collectables sell online each year but around a fifth of dealers still have no plans to begin selling online, according to a recent report.
Police call on antiques trade to help find stolen jewellery from Shropshire antique centre
28 June 2017Police are appealing to the trade to help locate jewellery stolen in Shropshire.
Auction record for Beckmann at Christie’s as 'Birds' Hell' sells for £32m hammer
27 June 2017Max Beckmann’s terrifying image of hell, representing the horror of the Nazi regime in Germany, has sold at Christie’s for a record-breaking £32m hammer price to dealer Larry Gagosian.
Early sales at summer Olympia open 45th anniversary edition
27 June 2017The 45th annual Art & Antiques Fair Olympia opened last night to bustling crowds and some early sales.