Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
New York dealership Hyde Park downsizes with Sotheby’s sale
07 November 2022The New York dealership Hyde Park Antiques, founded in 1965, will sell nearly 500 lots at Sotheby’s next year.
Art fair attendances are bouncing back says report
07 November 2022Attendance at art fairs around the world is recovering, according to the latest collector survey.
Portrait miniatures: a brief guide
07 November 2022When collecting portrait miniatures it is important to know what materials have been used.
Portrait miniatures: Hammer highlights and previews from auctions and dealers
07 November 2022A round up of portrait miniatures appearing at auction and offered by dealers.
An inspirational guide by Bryony Cohen
07 November 2022“I couldn’t have started collecting without the help and guidance of Robert Bayne-Powell (1910-94).
Portrait miniatures: It’s a small world
07 November 2022Despite being buffeted by the vagaries of fashion and now the modern crusade against antique ivory, portrait miniatures have managed to keep a keen collecting base.
Portrait miniatures collecting can start small
07 November 2022How can an enthusiast create a museum-quality collection without vast sums of money?
Top US antique furniture dealer to sell stock at Sotheby’s auction as it downsizes New York premises
02 November 2022New York dealership Hyde Park Antiques, founded in 1965, will sell nearly 500 lots at Sotheby’s next year.
UK buyer sought for record breaking RAF Victoria Cross medal
01 November 2022An export block has been issued on a Victoria Cross medal in the hope a UK buyer will emerge.
Strong dollar drives rise in US purchasers to UK
31 October 2022US buyers have boosted sales for UK dealers and auction houses this autumn after the slump in sterling.
Antiques centre owner Bennie Gray gets the green light as Bond Street entrance opens
31 October 2022Bennie Gray is celebrating the long-awaited opening of the new Bond Street station in Mayfair.
Art firms sign up to new EU money rules
31 October 2022More than a thousand art market businesses have registered for HM Revenue and Customs’ Anti Money Laundering Supervision (AMLS) since its June 2021 launch.
Anglo-Saxon hoard bought by Kent Archaeological Society ahead of London auction
27 October 2022A large group of c.6-7th century Anglo-Saxon artefacts, known as the Ozengell Hoard, have been bought by Kent Archaeological Society.
Rediscovered Rubens painting to be auctioned following divorce by US collectors
26 October 2022A rediscovered Rubens and nine other Baroque paintings will be offered at Sotheby’s New York in January.
New faces and locations across auction houses and galleries
25 October 2022The latest appointments and openings across the art and antiques sector.
Huge group of Royal Worcester comes to market
24 October 2022A vast collection of Royal Worcester porcelain put together by an Australian couple during frequent trips to UK dealers and auction houses is up for sale next month.
Walpole’s cat-killing fish bowl returns to Strawberry Hill
24 October 2022A Chinese jardiniere once used as a fish bowl by Horace Walpole (1717-97) is to return to his Strawberry Hill home.
Tantalising glimpses of a lost Carline work
24 October 2022Two studies for a Richard Carline painting thought lost when the Tate was flooded in 1928 are appearing together at an exhibition close to the family’s Hampstead home.
New faces at Roseberys, Phillips and Christie’s plus a new dealership
19 October 2022Five new specialists at Roseberys are among the latest recruitment news.
Lowry seascape takes high six-figure sum at North Yorkshire saleroom
18 October 2022A seascape from the early 1940s by LS Lowry (1887-1976) has sold for a hammer price of £840,000 at Tennants.