Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Former dealer branches out to open her own saleroom
02 October 2023A new auction house has been launched in Derbyshire by former dealer Irita Marriott.
An English School portrait at the Robert Kime sale is among four lots to watch
02 October 2023With estimates from £4000, here are four previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Glasgow museum makes fundraising plea to buy Suffragette hunger strike medal
28 September 2023Glasgow Women’s Library is fundraising to bid at auction for a medal marking the first Suffragette hunger strike in Scotland.
BBC show Fake or Fortune? proves Elisabeth Frink sculpture found at a car boot sale is the real deal
27 September 2023With the help from the team of BBC show Fake or Fortune?, a lump of metal found at a car boot sale has been proved to be by sculptor Dame Elisabeth Frink valued at around £60,000.
British Museum steps up recovery plan for stolen jewellery
26 September 2023The British Museum has begun a series of measures to try to recover the 2000 jewellery items that were stolen from its collection.
New St James’s dealer and a returning face to a Gloucestershire auction house are among the latest Movers & Shakers
26 September 2023A round up of moves and hires across the art and antiques sector.
Anti-money laundering: prepare for HMRC checks
25 September 2023Auction houses and art dealers are warned to be prepared for visits from HM Revenue & Customs officials checking anti-money laundering procedures.
Trinder rejoins auction house where he started, now as joint partner
25 September 2023Wotton Auction Rooms has a new ownership structure as Joseph Trinder re-joins the business.
Sloane Street Auctions launches in Fulham Road
25 September 2023Sloane Street Auctions threw a party to celebrate the opening of its new premises at 158-164 Fulham Road, SW10.
Shipping and delivery: Brexit is getting better but still a business burden
25 September 2023It’s more than three and a half years since Britain left the EU on January 31, 2020.
Shipping and delivery: The sea is green
25 September 2023The industry is tackling the thorny issue of sustainability in shipping and delivery for art and antiques
Hone sweet home: view a collection in situ
25 September 2023Fancy an opportunity to view a treasure trove of classical friezes, Grand Tour discoveries, textiles and drawings in an ornate Notting Hill home?
Shipping and delivery: How auction houses deal with in-house shipping
25 September 2023Many auction houses find offering a packing and delivery option too costly and time consuming especially for a wide variety of items from an 18 piece dinner service to a dining table and 12 chairs.
Shipping and delivery: ‘Green living’ in a material world
25 September 2023The UK government earlier this year announced it is giving packaging producers more time to be greener: it has deferred new rules to ensure the producers pay for the cost of recycling from 2024 to October 2025.
Rediscovered Tipu Sultan swords from Cornwall’s Port Eliot to be auctioned at Christie’s
21 September 2023Two previously unrecorded Tipu Sultan swords have been consigned to Christie’s from descendants of Charles, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805) who live at stately home Port Eliot in Cornwall.
Peter Hone's collection comes to auction in Cornwall but is on view in his Notting Hill home
21 September 2023Fancy a chance to view a treasure trove of classical friezes, Grand Tour discoveries, textiles and drawings in an ornate Notting Hill home?
New Chelsea saleroom and promotions across auction houses and galleries – the latest Movers & Shakers
20 September 2023A round up across the art and antiques sector including Sloane Street Auctions expansion and promotions at Sworders and Fellows.
Say cheese: University buys Elizabethan manuscript on cheese making
19 September 2023The University of Leeds Libraries has bought the earliest known book about cheese making in Britain.
Guercino’s Moses emerges at Moretti's new Paris gallery
18 September 2023A rediscovered 17th century painting of Moses by Italian Baroque artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591– 1666), known as il Guercino, is being offered at Moretti Fine Art of Paris in its newly opened gallery.
Elveden Hall auction brings back the room bidders
18 September 2023In what may have felt like a flashback to the past, when bidders actually attended day sales in person, the Elveden Hall auction held by Sworders was deemed a runaway success.