Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Easter’s Festival of Antiques at Peterborough to be the last
16 March 2023The East of England Showground is to close and will no longer be able to host large-scale outdoor events, forcing International Antiques and Collectors Fairs (IACF) to stop running the long-standing Peterborough Festival of Antiques.
New management to bring back Ally Pally antiques fair
15 March 2023Alexandra Palace Antiques & Collectors Fair (APACF) has been set up to bring back the long-running event in north London with a date scheduled for the summer.
Cash call from Navy museum to help buy Kellett sledge flag
14 March 2023The National Museum of the Royal Navy is launching a fundraising plan to buy a flag from polar explorer Captain Henry Kellett (1806-75).
Depp drops in to Lincs centre for a flying visit
13 March 2023Buyers of art and antiques can often be glamorous and wealthy but it is safe to say not many of the shoppers at Lincolnshire’s Hemswell Antique Centres arrive by helicopter.
Horsup in shot for Tatler
13 March 2023Jewellery and vintage accessories dealer Gillian Horsup is in demand – not just for her sparkling gems and handbags, but for her modelling credentials.
Great and the good connected in a collar
13 March 2023This Victorian 18ct gold, enamel and gemset collar tells a fascinating story of a well-known aristocratic family.
Police appeal for help to track stolen jewellery from Sussex antiques centre
11 March 2023Emporium Antiques Centre in Lewes suffered a break in and police are appealing for information.
Fresh name for London’s newest summer art fair
08 March 2023A new fair planned by two of the original founders of 'Masterpiece' has a new name: 'The Treasure House Fair'.
Hollywood A-lister Johnny Depp makes surprise visit to Lincolnshire’s Hemswell Antique Centres
07 March 2023Buyers of art and antiques can often be glamorous and wealthy but it is safe to say not many of the shoppers at Lincolnshire’s Hemswell Antique Centres arrive by helicopter.
Import tax rise plan ‘devastating’ says French trade
06 March 2023The French art market is to fight “devastating” proposals to increase import tax on art and antiques planned by a new EU law.
The 5MLD regulations that can affect dealers and auctioneers
06 March 2023The anti-money laundering rules, applying the Fifth Money Laundering Directive (known as 5MLD) took effect on January 10, 2020. and apply to ‘Art Market Participants’ (AMPs).
Huge ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Cantonese Chinese vases sell at auction in Birmingham
04 March 2023A pair of mid-19th century Cantonese porcelain vases that featured on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, not once but twice, were auctioned at Fellows.
A new consultancy and an auction house – the latest Movers and Shakers
02 March 2023A new valuation and consultancy firm, a new auction house and a new head of luxury at Sotheby’s are among the latest updates across the art and antiques sector.
Giacometti chandelier bought in Marylebone antiques shop for £250 sells for £2.4m
01 March 2023A chandelier made in the 1940s for the offices of cultural magazine Horizon, and later purchased by artist John Craxton, sold for a hammer price of £2.4m at Christie’s.
Camden Passage antiques dealers suffer amid new Islington traffic restrictions
28 February 2023Traders at London’s historic Camden Passage antiques market have been blighted by roadworks for a new traffic system.
Petersfield Antiques Fair reaches the 50-year milestone
27 February 2023The much-loved Petersfield Antiques Fair is back this month, and it has something to celebrate.
It must be love at Grays Antiques Market and Alfies
27 February 2023How love has been represented in jewellery through the ages was the topic of discussion at Grays Antiques in London.
Rubens painting to be offered in Modern art evening sale
23 February 2023Sir Peter Paul Rubens’ 'Portrait of a Man as the God Mars', once the most expensive work by the artist ever sold at auction, is to be offered at a Sotheby's Modern art sale.
Treasure Act strengthened so more antiquities finds can be bought by museums
22 February 2023The government is updating the Treasure Act so that important finds that are not part of the current legal definition can be more easily bought by museums.
Plea to help recover paintings stolen in Belgravia
21 February 2023The Met police and Sloane Street Auctions are appealing for help to recover three pictures taken from a viewing in Belgravia.