Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
US tariffs on Chinese art widened to include books and increased to 15%
02 September 2019A tax on imports into the US of art, antiques and objects made in China took effect today.
Pick of the week: Maiolica renaissance as basin from Italian workshop makes £100,000
02 September 2019Dealers from France and England contributed to a protracted bidding battle for a rare Renaissance maiolica dish offered at an auction house in Saxony.
Caroline Penman puts retirement on hold to run next year's Chelsea Antiques Fair
02 September 2019Fair organiser Caroline Penman has abandoned her plan for retirement and will take on the running of the next Chelsea Antiques Fair – but at a reduced length.
They said what!? Tiaras in Downton Abbey and understanding the impact of the Norman Conquest plus more from the art and antiques market
01 September 2019Find out what members of the art and antiques trade had to say this week about a £4m coin hoard, new faces at auction houses and Victorian tiaras on the silver screen.
A new face at Dreweatts is among the latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques sector
30 August 2019An update on recent appointments across the art and antiques market.
Victorian tiaras from Bentley & Skinner to feature in Downton Abbey film
29 August 2019Three antique tiaras from jewellery dealer Bentley & Skinner will feature in the new 'Downton Abbey' film, released in cinemas on September 13.
Rare late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman conquest coin hoard discovered in Somerset valued at £4m
29 August 2019A Bath museum hopes to acquire a rare hoard of coins found in a Chew Valley field that could be valued at £4m.
First edition Compleat Angler to hook bidders
26 August 2019A first edition of the most famous work in angling literature will be offered at auction in North Yorkshire.
Viewers of BBC show Fake or Fortune? wait a year to discover Giacometti sculpture knocked over by a cat is the real thing at £500,000
22 August 2019The verification of a Giacometti sculpture once knocked over by a cat was delayed by months leaving viewers of BBC art show ‘Fake or Fortune?’ waiting a year to find out if it was worth £500,000.
Fresh government warning ahead of Brexit for import and export of CITES-listed natural history specimens
22 August 2019Defra has issued a fresh warning for the antiques trade on the import and export of CITES-listed natural history specimens ahead of Brexit.
The latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques market including a new specialist at Tennants and new owner for Clars Auction Gallery
22 August 2019An update on news from across the auction houses.
New chairman for auction house Woolley & Wallis as Paul Viney steps down after 20 years at the top
20 August 2019Paul Viney, chairman of Woolley & Wallis and a 25-year veteran at the Salisbury saleroom, is handing over the role to colleague John Axford.
De Morgan Foundation goes digital with new initiative to attract a wider audience for artists work
20 August 2019The De Morgan Foundation is launching a series of initiatives to bring the works of Evelyn De Morgan (1855-1919) and her husband William (1839-1917) to a wider audience.
Plea to keep £9.5m Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood painting in the UK
19 August 2019A Sir John Everett Millais (1829-96) picture valued at £9.5m will be exported overseas unless funding can be raised to keep it in the UK.
Hansons expands to three salerooms after Bishton country house purchase
19 August 2019Hansons plans to hold auctions at all three of its venues after its purchase of the freehold of Bishton Hall in Staffordshire.
Multiple bidders for sleepy Mannerist bronze in Essex
19 August 2019Brought into the Epping saleroom of the Bonington auction house with a collection of Moorcroft, this Florentine Mannerist bronze sold for £150,000.
Four lots to watch at auction this week including a single-owner collection from ‘London’s greatest film fan’
19 August 2019With estimates from £120-20,000, here are four previews from upcoming sales this week.
Hammer to go down on 40 years of collecting hole punches at Lichfield auction
19 August 2019Antique stationery fans have plenty of purchasing choices: from writing slopes and desks, to ink stands and stationery boxes. But for the true connoisseur have they thought of collecting hole punches?
St Agatha returns to Osterley Park after nearly ninety years away
17 August 2019A painting of the early Christian martyr St Agatha by Italian artist Carlo Dolci (1616-87) will return to Osterley Park and House in Middlesex where it once hung.
Heinz fan Ed Sheeran helps auction ketchup bottles at Christie’s
16 August 2019Heinz is celebrating 150 years of the brand with a series of events including a charity auction with singer Ed Sheeran at Christie’s.