Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters

TEFAF Maastricht reveals 2024 dates and a new dealer in-depth item focus

04 December 2023

TEFAF Maastricht, organised by The European Fine Art Foundation, has announced its 2024 dates.

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Dealer to sell decorations from a royal Christmas tree at Hansons

04 December 2023

Dealer Daniel Hadden is hoping for an early Christmas present with the sale of two tree decorations that once belonged to Queen Victoria.

Philip Hewat Jaboor's entrance hall

The Colour Purple: Collection of Philip Hewat-Jaboor comes to Christie’s

30 November 2023

The collection of connoisseur, art adviser and Masterpiece London fair chairman will be offered at Christie’s next February.

TEFAF Maastricht

TEFAF Maastricht returns for 2024 with a new section and new dealers

29 November 2023

TEFAF Maastricht, organised by The European Fine Art Foundation, has announced its 2024 dates.

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Ridley Scott's Napoleon hits cinemas as a Bonaparte bonanza takes hold of auction houses and dealers

28 November 2023

Napoleon director Ridley Scott’s film charting the rise and fall of the French emperor is in cinemas across the UK.

UK dealer growth

Latest British Art Market report reveals increase in UK dealerships

27 November 2023

Antiques dealerships and art galleries around the UK have grown by more than 31% in a decade, according to a new study.

Parliament

Trade bodies give mixed welcome to Hunt’s autumn statement and call for more help

27 November 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt dubbed it an ‘Autumn Statement for Growth’ but the art and antiques trade still wants more help following the fiscal measures announced on November 22.

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Treasure House expands to allow extra exhibitors

27 November 2023

The Treasure House Fair staged at Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, will return for its second year next summer.

Parliament

Self-employed tax cut and a business rates relief extension but Autumn Statement did not go far enough for art and antiques trade

23 November 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt dubbed it an ‘Autumn Statement for Growth’ but the art and antiques trade still want more help following the fiscal measures announced on November 22. Dealer association LAPADA said the changes will only help minimally.

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Painting stolen in US recovered in UK after missing for 60 years

22 November 2023

A painting by post-impressionist artist Edouard-Leon Cortés (1882-1969) has been recovered after being stolen in the US sometime in the 1950s-60s.

Brexit

Report reveals Brexit continues to hurt the British art market's cross-border trade

21 November 2023

The British Art Market in 2023 report has revealed that UK global market share declined from 21% in 2016 to 18% in 2022, but it stays in second place.

The Treasure House Fair

The Treasure House Fair to return next year with bigger event

21 November 2023

The Treasure House Fair at Royal Hospital Chelsea, London will return for its second year in 2024.

Cornishware jars

Warning for Cornishware collectors following ‘fakes’ convictions

20 November 2023

Vintage Cornishware collectors and dealers have been warned to be aware of possible fakes on the market following the conviction of a couple for fraud.

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Friends reunited? Estranged Lowestoft jug and cover to appear in same auction

20 November 2023

Two rare documentary Lowestoft lots - both made for a Norfolk farmer - could be reunited after years apart. Both have been consigned to Keys in Aylsham.

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‘Secret’ Nelson bronze brings £185,000 at auction

20 November 2023

A secret copy of a commemorative full-length bronze of Lord Nelson holding a telescope which was sculpted by Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll, the sixth child of Queen Victoria and Albert, was the top lot in maritime specialist Charles Miller’s latest auction.

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Salisbury sketches to raise funds for Walpole Society

20 November 2023

A group of works by society portraitist Frank O Salisbury are being auctioned at Roseberys to raise money for the British art charity the Walpole Society.

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Trading Standards prosecute couple who faked Cornishware pottery

16 November 2023

Two people selling faked Cornishware pottery have received suspended sentences and ordered to pay £80,000.

Brockfield Hall

Winners of Sotheby’s and Dreweatts-sponsored Historic Houses awards announced

15 November 2023

Two awards, sponsored by Sotheby’s and Dreweatts, have been announced by Historic Houses.

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New joiners and relocations – a round up of Movers and Shakers

14 November 2023

The latest jobs news and gallery and saleroom moves across the world of art and antiques

Mid-century upholstered chairs

Trade unaware as new furniture fire safety rules are mooted

13 November 2023

UK government proposals to alter regulations for post-1950 upholstered furniture have caught the art and antiques trade unaware.