Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Summer of Moore: exhibitions and events celebrating sculptor Henry Moore
16 April 2019Henry Moore (1898-1986) fans are spoilt for choice this summer with exhibitions and events across the UK.
Police appeal for help to trace Frank Auerbach paintings in fraud case
15 April 2019A police appeal has been launched for the recovery of two Frank Auerbach (b.1931) paintings as part of a fraud investigation.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including Mod Brit art, a ‘bone shaker’ bicycle and a rare map
15 April 2019With estimates from £80-30,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
WH Smith archive of rare maps and signs heads to auction in Gloucestershire
12 April 2019A rare map of Britain and lettering for signage painted by artist Eric Gill (1882-1940) are among the lots coming up at auction from a WH Smith archive.
Collection from the “extraordinary life” of Harold Wilson and his wife Mary comes to auction in Staffordshire
12 April 2019Harold Wilson (1916-95) was Britain’s prime minister not once, but twice and was the man who offered Britain its first referendum on membership of the then European Community and the Common Market.
Delacroix’s London sketchbooks to go on display at the Louvre after auction
11 April 2019Sketchbooks owned by Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) featuring views of London have been bought by the Louvre Museum for €314,000 (£268,375).
Export bar issued for 350-year-old £3m Baroque cabinet made by Papal craftsman
09 April 2019A rare 350-year-old cabinet made by Baroque craftsman Giacomo Herman (1615-85) has been temporarily barred from export by the UK government in the hope it will be bought by a buyer in the UK.
Japanese collection from the Axminster carpets family comes to auction in Cheltenham
09 April 2019A collection of 29 Japanese objects including boxes – known as inrō – will be offered at auction at Mallams in Cheltenham next month.
New president of ABA the ‘first from north of Watford Gap’
08 April 2019Book dealer Roger Treglown is the new president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association.
New faces at Bonhams, Potter & Potter and Webb’s are among the latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques trade
05 April 2019An update on recent appointments in the world of art and antiques.
Appeal to help find missing painting after prolific pensioner art thief jailed
04 April 2019A prolific pensioner art thief has been sentenced to two years in jail. Police are now calling for help to locate a painting that he stole from a private members’ club in London.
Shippers welcome new EU grace period for imports and exports in the event of a no-deal Brexit
04 April 2019Art shippers have welcomed European Union laws that create a grace period for UK hauliers until the end of 2019.
Lost Doctor Who Dalek episode exterminates auction estimate in south London
04 April 2019A Doctor Who archive of photographs and copies of plans from The Power of the Daleks – the completely missing third serial of the fourth season – has been sold at auction in south London.
Sotheby’s and Old Master dealer reach out of court settlement over disputed Frans Hals painting
02 April 2019Old Master picture dealer Mark Weiss has agreed an out-of-court settlement with Sotheby’s in the case of a $10m painting the auction house believed to be a forgery.
Experts predict consolidation in the global online art market as it maintains steady sales growth
02 April 2019The global online art market recorded sales up 9.8% to $4.64bn (£3.5bn) in 2018, according to the seventh annual Hiscox Online Art Trade Report 2019.
Elgar masterpiece found in autograph book snapped up at Midlands auction
01 April 2019A rediscovered melody by Sir Edward Elgar has been bought by a private buyer at auction in Lichfield after it was found in an autograph book.
Malaysian Modernist shines at inaugural Lyon & Turnbull Modern Made auction
01 April 2019The inaugural Modern Made auction held by Lyon & Turnbull at the Mall Galleries in London last week recorded a hammer total of £800,000 (close to £1m including premium).
Stolen Picasso painting from private yacht recovered by the so-called real-life ‘Indiana Jones’ of the art world
01 April 2019A Pablo Picasso painting missing for nearly 20 years has been recovered by the so-called real-life ‘Indiana Jones’ of the art world.
Interior motives: how old school weekly sales are giving way to new auction formats
01 April 2019Weekly clearance sales are increasingly being replaced by newly branded formats as auction houses are responding to fresh consumer trends.
Police appeal for help to catch criminal gang behind multi-million-pound gem theft from Fleet Street jeweller
27 March 2019The Met Police’s Flying Squad are appealing for help to find a gang of criminals who reportedly tunnelled into jewellery dealer George Attenborough & Son on Fleet Street.