Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Police called to Ardingly fair after suspected live shell discovered by dealer
28 April 2026One of the dealers stalling out at the two-day Ardingly International Antiques & Collectors Fair last week was shocked to discover a Second World War shell among his possessions.
Stolen books and letters valued at more than $3m recovered after 35 years thanks to book dealers
24 April 2026A group of rare books and a bound collection of 37 love letters written by the Romantic poet John Keats to his fiancée Fanny Brawne have been recovered and returned to the family.
Olympic medal buyer at the finish line
24 April 2026The identity of the buyer of an Olympic winner’s medal from the first Games in 1896 has been revealed by auction house Bruun Rasmussen.
Splendid Easter holiday weekend in Spitalfields
24 April 2026Old Spitalfields Market had one of its best days ahead of the Easter holiday weekend.
And now we come to Lot 2, which is... well, it is Lot 2, literally
24 April 2026What to buy the auctioneer who has it all?
Winnie the Pooh museum among buyers of previously unseen drawings by EH Shepard
23 April 2026A small group of previously unseen preliminary drawings by Winnie-the-Pooh illustrator EH Shepard were offered by book dealer Peter Harrington.
Latest movers and shakers including expansion for Devon auction house and changes at the top of Stanley Gibbons
22 April 2026A selection of updates from across the auctioneering world
Unknown memento mori pendant discovered thanks to a 17th century portrait comes to Treasure House Fair
21 April 2026The memento mori pendant depicted in a celebrated 17th century family portrait on the theme of grief, mortality, and religious faith, has been discovered.
Singapore buyer flies to Denmark to collect Olympic medal secured at auction
21 April 2026The buyer of an Olympic winner’s medal from the first Olympic Games has been revealed by auction house Bruun Rasmussen.
Rochester’s Huguenot Museum shines with latest acquisition
21 April 2026An 18th century silver tea table linked to the Lethieullier family has been purchased by the Huguenot Museum in Rochester.
International acquisitions, appointments and expansions are among the latest round up of auction house news
17 April 2026A new owner for Paris firm Pierre Bergé & Associés features in this Movers and Shakers round up
Rediscovered Joan Eardley picture found in a charity shop sells for a five-figure sum at an Edinburgh gallery
16 April 2026A ‘long lost’ painting by Modern British artist Joan Eardley (1921-63) has been sold for £29,500 by The Scottish Gallery after it was rediscovered in an East Midlands charity shop.
Home of the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire opens to the public for one-day event this summer
15 April 2026The one-time home of the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire will open to the public for one day this summer as part of an East Anglian literary festival.
Tributes paid to Asian art dealer Michael Goedhuis
14 April 2026Condolences and memories of the well-respected Asian art dealer Michael Goedhuis were shared by the trade this week following his death aged 84.
Tudor metal-detecting discovery to head to Devon museum with help of London dealer
14 April 2026A Devon museum is in discussion with a jewellery dealer for the loan of a Tudor ring discovered by a metal-detectorist.
Exhibition celebrating John Bly at 135 years old and 300 years since Benjamin Franklin first appeared in London
10 April 2026Antiques dealership John Bly is celebrating its 135th year in business with an exhibition.
Mayfair art gallery splits in two and other expansion and hires news across the art and antiques market
10 April 2026The latest Movers & Shakers update includes news that art dealers Edmondo di Robilant and Marco Voena have launched two separate independent dealerships.
Saleroom goes for an Edinburgh extension
10 April 2026Building work is under way to create a 1000sq ft saleroom at Thomson Roddick Callan’s Auction Centre in Rosewell, on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
Chinese art collection from dealers and collectors comes to auction in London
09 April 2026Dealers, collectors and Chinese art specialists Marcus and Debby Flacks will be offering 50 lots from their family collection at Christie’s in London next month.
The Bodleian Libraries buys unseen works by photographic greats Lee Miller and Sir Cecil Beaton
09 April 2026A ‘scrapbook’ of photographs put together by Roland Haupt, a darkroom assistant in the London office of Vogue magazine, has been sold to The Bodleian Libraries by dealer Michael Hoppen Gallery.