Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Items from Hunting Lodge appear in Pimlico Road showroom
05 December 2022A Christmas selling show of more than 100 antiques will be offered at interior design and decorating firm Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler’s Pimlico Road showroom.
York bookshop starts new chapter
05 December 2022News of historic premises being revived, a closure – plus a new outlet starting in Skipton
Yard sale from the Bower Ismay home
05 December 2022More than 20 yards of Morris & Co fabric and two Howard & Son chairs were among a group of lots consigned to auction in Wiltshire with a provenance to Haselbech Hall, Northampton, and the Bower Ismay family.
A new dealership and auction house hires – a round-up of recruitment news
01 December 2022The latest Movers & Shakers update from across the world of art and antiques.
Plea for art and antiques trade to help save London’s historic gas lamps
30 November 2022The London Gasketeers, a group trying to preserve London’s historic gas lamps, has called on the art and antiques trade to help list at-risk examples.
Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler host Christmas antiques selling show in Pimlico Road
29 November 2022A Christmas selling show of more than 100 antiques will be offered at interior design and decorating firm Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler's Pimlico Road showroom.
London Art Week puts on winter show with a Zoffany performance
28 November 2022London Art Week (LAW) has decided it will go ahead with a winter edition this season, contrary to initial reports.
Gasketeers keep city’s lamps in the spotlight
28 November 2022The London Gasketeers, a group led by dealers Luke Honey and Tim Bryars trying to preserve central London’s Victorian gas lamps, has given a cautious welcome to a decision by Westminster City Council to retain 174 of them.
Antiques dealers’ campaign to save Westminster’s gas lamps continues as a third of lanterns remain at risk
24 November 2022The London Gasketeers, a group trying to preserve central London’s Victorian gas lamps, welcomed a step by Westminster City Council to retain 174 of the lamps but concerns remain for the 94 still earmarked for conversion to LED.
Plea for help to find stolen Lalique glass vase
23 November 2022Police are appealing for help to track down a stolen Lalique glass vase.
Expansion and hires including Hindman to open a New York saleroom
22 November 2022Hindman launching in New York and Sotheby’s expanding in Asia are among the latest updates across the world of art and antiques.
Plea for professional body to boost standard of condition reports
21 November 2022Forensic and scientific expertise recommended when it comes to condition reports and verification of attribution.
Online art buying fuels business growth
21 November 2022The pandemic forced more buyers online and the trend has continued.
Shipping: How rising challenges can be overcome
21 November 2022Since Britain left the EU on January 31, 2020, and the transition period ended on December 31 that year, the way goods are moved between the UK and the EU has changed – costing more money and time.
Changing environment: how to reduce the carbon impact of shipping
21 November 2022The art and antiques sector is already regarded as ‘green’ due to the items in question having been ‘reused’ and ‘recycled’ rather than created new each time.
The frame game in Florida
21 November 2022New York frame maker and restorer Eli Wilner is selling a lifetime collection of ‘museum-quality’ frames at auction.
Dealer's London buying trip led to Venice
21 November 2022Expecting to collect a bureau advertised on marketplace Gumtree, a dealer spotted two 18th century Venetian scenes leaning against a wall in the home he visited.
Packing and shipping: Delivering the goods
21 November 2022Special report on how art and antiques shipping and packing firms are meeting the challenges of festive deadlines, postal strikes, going green and Brexit.
Reused, sustainable – but needs packaging
21 November 2022How is the art and antiques trade to respond to the gloomy predictions discussed at the recent Cop27 in Egypt November 6-18)?
Dreweatts and Sotheby's announce Historic Houses winners
19 November 2022Winners have been announced by Historic Houses for two categories sponsored by auction firms Dreweatts and Sotheby’s.