Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Historic William De Morgan collection comes to auction
17 September 2025A historic William De Morgan collection that began with Sir William Gwynne-Evans, 1st Baronet of Oaklands Park (1845-1927), and spanned three generations is being offered at auction in Guernsey.
Information sought to help recover pocket watches stolen from museum in Exeter
16 September 2025Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses after a burglary at a museum in Exeter.
Battersea's Decorative Fair celebrates 40 years in business
15 September 2025The Decorative Fair in Battersea Park is celebrating 40 years in business and the autumn edition on September 30 to October 5, is expected to attract a star-studded crowd as usual.
Police appeal after sundial stolen from New Forest country estate
15 September 2025Hampshire police are appealing for information on an antique sundial stolen from The Somerley Estate in the New Forest.
How Darnley decided on Cecil Court as a buzzy base
15 September 2025Having gone from Newark International Antiques Fair to the West End’s Cecil Court, art and antiques dealer Adrian Pett is now expanding his business into a 1400 sq ft two-floor gallery.
Decorative Fair memories four decades later
15 September 2025Who best to ask about how the fair has evolved than Wakelin & Linfield, stalwarts since the very first?
Art and antiques dealers take part in fundraising events to keep Society of Antiquaries of London at Burlington House
12 September 2025Society of Antiquaries of London, a membership group for historians and archaeologists, is fundraising to stay in its historic home at Burlington House in central London.
Art conference gets back to business in Westminster
11 September 2025Market regulations, appealing to the next generation of buyers and whether there are too many fairs were among the topics discussed at the latest Art Business Conference
New appointments, shops and premises – a round up across the world of art and antiques
09 September 2025A new chairman at Fellows and shops opened by dealers feature in the latest Movers & Shakers
Back in town: Henry Aldridge & Son returns to centre
08 September 2025Wiltshire auction house Henry Aldridge & Son is expanding and investing a seven-figure sum in its home town of Devizes.
Collector Interview: Not a maker but a man who can make tools fascinating
08 September 2025Jonathan Green-Plumb collects antique tools and has created a museum in his home in north Norfolk.
Frink mosaic stands out in Ken Bolan sale
08 September 2025Ken Bolan, the retired King’s Road, Chelsea, dealer, is having a second post-retirement auction.
Rediscovered 16th century portrait miniature with links to Shakespeare sells for six-figure sum
05 September 2025A rediscovered miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, believed to depict Shakespeare’s muse Henry Wriothesley, the 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624), has sold for a six-figure sum.
Wiltshire auction house Henry Aldridge & Son plots expansion
03 September 2025Wiltshire auction house Henry Aldridge & Son is expanding, investing a seven-figure sum in its home town of Devizes.
Newcomers to LAPADA event endorse fairs as vital sales channel
01 September 2025A notable group of newcomers joining the LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair next month underlines the important part that fairs still play in the success of antiques dealers.
Magistrate holds court in new saleroom set up for petroliana and advertising auctions
01 September 2025A new auction house focused on petroliana and advertising has launched in Hampshire with its first sale planned for October.
Fake or Fortune? Just ask ATG readers to decide
01 September 2025With the current series of BBC TV show Fake or Fortune? having finished its run, it’s time to check ATG readers’ predictions of the outcome for each picture.
Koopman jewellery strong enough to ‘go it alone’
01 September 2025Koopman Rare Art’s jewellery division is to show on its own in a debut fair appearance.
The Art Business Conference is returning to London twice this autumn
28 August 2025Art Market Minds, the organiser behind The Art Business Conference, has launched new events this year and its flagship event returns for its 11th edition.
FBI returns historic conquistador manuscript to Mexico
27 August 2025A manuscript linked to a Spanish conquistador and believed stolen in the 1980s has been given to the Mexican government.