Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Chinese anger at Summer Palace flask sale
04 July 2022The Chinese government has written to a UK auction house to demand a halt to the sale of a silver hunting flask, taken from the Summer Palace when it was sacked by British troops in 1860 during the Second Opium War.
Masterpiece achieves strong early results
04 July 2022A strong turn-out of collectors at the patron and curator evening of Masterpiece London and a busy preview day helped exhibitors to achieve significant early sales as the fair returned after a two-year pandemic-induced break.
Winterton jewellery team expands
04 July 2022The jewellery team at Richard Winterton Auctioneers has expanded.
Bonhams now buys French saleroom
04 July 2022Bonhams has bought its fourth auction house this year: Cornette de Saint Cyr, with salerooms in Paris and Belgium.
Public sculptures recorded for first time in new art project
02 July 2022Art education charity Art UK has been working on digitally recording all public artworks in the UK.
Bonhams steps up European expansion with French auction house purchase
29 June 2022Bonhams has bought its fourth auction house this year: Cornette de Saint Cyr with salerooms in Paris and Belgium.
Thieves attack TEFAF Maastricht fair
28 June 2022Thieves entered the TEFAF Maastricht venue and stole jewellery from dealer Symbolic & Chase by smashing a display case.
New faces and galleries – a round up of new hires and developments across the art and antiques sector
28 June 2022An expanding jewellery team in Staffordshire and a new London managing director for a US auction house feature in our latest round-up of industry news.
Early trading brings brisk sales at TEFAF
27 June 2022The TEFAF Maastricht fair opened with a raft of high-value sales last week.
Summer Sundays return to Portobello Road Market
27 June 2022Portobello Road Market will return to Sunday trading this summer.
Moretti Fine Art opens new St James’s gallery
23 June 2022Moretti Fine Art is to open an enlarged gallery in the heart of St James’s after a complete renovation of the Duke Street buildings.
Hints on Household Taste: Interior designer and antiques dealer to sell collection at auction
22 June 2022Collector, interior designer and antiques dealer Paul Reeves is selling more than 300 items from his stock and collection at auction this month.
Sotheby’s expands in Monaco and Hansons hires new faces – the latest job moves across the art market
21 June 2022Sotheby’s has opened a permanent Monaco gallery and appointed a new director to lead it.
Picasso drawing discovered in a cupboard
20 June 2022A Picasso drawing found in a cupboard has been sold at a French auction house for €158,000 (£135,000) or €192,759 including buyer’s premium.
Pick of the week: Collection of pop culture ephemera wows at auction
20 June 2022A collection of pop culture ephemera and football memorabilia found in a Cotswold bungalow was offered across 390 lots at auction.
Givenchy welcomed with white gloves
20 June 2022A pair of monumental Louis XVI girandoles or torcheres attributed to Pierre Philippe Thomire (1751-1843) and dated to c.1790 were among the highlights of the first part of Christie’s Hubert de Givenchy (1927-2018) auction in Paris last week.
UK museum sought for £2.4m James Tissot picture
18 June 2022The UK government has placed a temporary export bar on a James Tissot picture in the hope a UK buyer can be found to pay £2.4m and keep it in the country.
Cheffins teams up with interior designer Birdie Fortescue for upcoming auction
16 June 2022Auction house Cheffins has worked with Birdie Fortescue, who runs her own homewares brand, to show how antiques can work in any home.
First part of the Givenchy sale at Christie’s Paris an 'historic night for decorative arts'
15 June 2022The first in a series of auctions of items from two homes of the late fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy was a white glove affair
Summer walking trail launched by Asian Art in London
15 June 2022Asian Art in London is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary with a summer event.