Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Museum successful in bid to secure Russell alms dish
13 October 2025The Gordon Russell Design Museum in Broadway, Worcestershire ran a successful campaign to purchase a Lygon brass alms dish by the English designer and craftsman that came to auction in West Sussex last week.
Outcry over planned sale of National Gallery benches
13 October 2025A number of restoration specialists have spoken out about the National Gallery’s plan to sell some of its furniture at auction.
A trio of autumnal London art and antiques exhibitions
13 October 2025To coincide with the V&A’s 'Marie Antoinette: Style' exhibition, portrait miniature specialist Emma Rutherford’s Limner Company is holding a ‘pop-up’ selling exhibition at Daniel Crouch Rare Books in Bury Street, Mayfair.
FAB enjoys its new date in Paris
13 October 2025Good sales and happy exhibitors as France’s showpiece fair moves from November to mid-September
Design fans head to Berkeley Square for latest PAD London event
10 October 2025Design fair PAD London runs from October 14-19 in Berkeley Square this autumn.
Consignment call for charity auction to raise funds for Georgian heritage conservation
09 October 2025The Georgian Group has teamed up with Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers for a special fundraising auction.
Two new series commissioned for BBC’s Fake or Fortune?
08 October 2025BBC Studios has retained the contract to continue producing Fake or Fortune? for another two series.
Outcry over planned sale of National Gallery benches
07 October 2025A number of restoration specialists have spoken out about the National Gallery’s plan to sell some of its furniture at auction.
Details of sales to museums from across the globe revealed by TEFAF Maastricht
07 October 2025A round up of recently announced sales from the TEFAF Maastricht fair earlier this year
‘Italian Old Master’ takes £685,000 in Oxfordshire
06 October 2025A Madonna and Child painting catalogued as by an ‘Italian Old Master’ took an astonishing £685,000 hammer price at an auction in Banbury.
Azca Auctions announces new team after directors depart
06 October 2025Azca Auctions in Hammersmith, west London, has announced new recruits following the departure of the founding directors earlier this summer.
Back-stories boost early successes at the Battersea fair
06 October 2025Stand-out decorative items by named artists with interesting back-stories were in demand at the latest The Decorative Fair in Battersea.
Tempest blows in to Kensington's Reindeer Antiques
06 October 2025Kensington Church Street dealership Reindeer Antiques is hosting an exhibition and book launch for cartoonist Annie Tempest (b.1959).
Everybody needs good neighbours, including sculpture specialists
06 October 2025Meeting as neighbours at TEFAF Maastricht, two sculpture dealers have come together to hold an exhibition in London.
Dealer Nimbus Antiques to stage retirement sale at Bamfords
06 October 2025Former LAPADA member, furniture dealer Nimbus Antiques in north Derbyshire, is closing and plans a retirement auction at local saleroom Bamfords.
National Trust’s Cragside sells piano at auction to make way for 19th century ‘popstar’s’ Broadwood rosewood model
02 October 2025A grand piano once owned by the celebrated concert pianist Arabella Goddard is back on display where it once held pride of place at Cragside in Northumberland.
Olympia art and antiques fair cancelled after more than 50 years
30 September 2025The once much-loved antiques fair at Olympia, west London has been cancelled due to a lack of interest from dealers.
Film location and historic home Luton Hoo plans auction ahead of major refurbishment
30 September 2025Furniture and accessories from the historic country estate Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire are coming to auction.
Bidding battle in Banbury propels Old Master to six-figure sum
29 September 2025A Madonna and Child painting, catalogued as by an ‘Italian Old Master’, took an astonishing £685,000 hammer price at an auction in Banbury.
Armour shows its mettle as Paris fair takes September slot
29 September 2025An Asian armour dealer sold nearly all of his stand’s stock in the first few days of FAB Paris last week.