Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
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.
Rare book fair returns to Dublin after three years
08 April 2026A new book fair is being planned for the summer in Ireland.
Art UK completes project to digitally record the UK's murals and street art
07 April 2026The charity Art UK has completed its national project to record and digitise murals and street art across the country.
Strawberry Hill House launches latest fundraising appeal for Walpole-commissioned painting
02 April 2026Strawberry Hill House, the London home created by the famed historian, collector and social commentator Horace Walpole (1717-97), is fundraising to buy a picture once in his collection.
New auction houses, expansions and hires – the latest news from across the auctioneering world
02 April 2026A new auction house in the Wirral and an Indian auction house expanding into the UK feature in this Movers & Shakers round up.
The Getty Museum buys two 17th century Dutch still life paintings
01 April 2026The J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has bought two 17th century Dutch still life paintings, one by Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-84) and one by his slightly older predecessor Pieter Claesz (1597/98-1660).
Plea to find Coalbrookdale benches and sundial stolen in Herefordshire
01 April 2026The owner of a group of four antique Coalbrookdale benches and a decorative armillary sundial has made a plea to the antiques trade to look out for her stolen garden items.
Somerset antiques dealer launches curated collection in London interiors shop
31 March 2026Rebecca Christie-Miller Antiques has extended links with interiors shop Pentreath & Hall and will promote a curated collection of antiques in its Rugby Street showroom in Bloomsbury.