Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
They said what?! The week (Nov 13-19) in quotes from the art and antiques world
19 November 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week we cover pink stones, a Nelson portrait discovery and a multi-million-pound manuscript collection coming up for sale in Paris.
Buyer sought to keep £500,000 Salvador Dalí Mae West lips sofa in the UK
17 November 2017A Salvador Dalí Mae West lips sofa has been blocked from export in the hope a buyer can be found to pay nearly £500,000 to keep it in the UK.
Multi-million-pound collection of manuscripts from the scandal-hit Aristophil to be auctioned in Paris
16 November 2017A huge collection of manuscripts from investment scheme Aristophil will finally be resold in Paris after a two-year wait.
Antique firearms dealer guilty of supplying weapons and handcrafted bullets to gangland criminals
15 November 2017The conviction of a firearms dealer from Gloucestershire has highlighted the problem of antique weapons being adapted for criminal use.
Asian buyers and star Chagall artworks boost subdued Sotheby’s New York auction
15 November 2017Asian buyers at Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist and Modern art in New York last night boosted sale totals as works by Marc Chagall (1887-1985) stole the show.
Art market’s lack of transparency major concern for investors, says Deloitte report
14 November 2017The perceived lack of regulation and transparency in the art market is a source of concern for investment advisers, according to the latest Art & Finance Report 2017.
Van Gogh leads $479m Christie’s New York Impressionist and Modern art evening auction
14 November 2017Artworks by Van Gogh and Leger led Christie’s Impressionist and Modern art evening auction in New York last night with prices exceeding estimates, helping to achieve a 95% increase on the same sale a year ago.
Dealer Humphrey-Carrasco reviews future on Pimlico Road after court case disappointment
14 November 2017A Pimlico Road antiques dealer is considering leaving the road after two decades following a court case over the redevelopment of a timber yard in the area.
The case of the missing eyebrow – rediscovery of 'lost' painting reveals Nelson's battle scars
13 November 2017Dealer Philip Mould has discovered a painting of Lord Nelson (1758-1805) that reveals the hero’s true war wounds that were hidden under over-paint for 100 years.
Contents of Australian School artist Tony Underhill’s studio revealed for first time in 40 years at auction in Essex
13 November 2017Works from the studio of the late artist Tony Underhill, unseen for decades, are to be sold at auction in Essex today.
Customers of former Surrey auction house Fryer & Brown join forces to pursue firm
13 November 2017A dozen customers of former Surrey auction house Fryer & Brown have joined forces to pursue the firm for their goods or money owed after it ceased trading at the beginning of the year.
1stdibs moves dealer names after website 'upgrades'
13 November 20171stdibs has changed the way it displays objects for sale on its website.
We care about the art and antiques trade, says Department for International Trade
13 November 2017The Department for International Trade (DIT) is to use its global influence to bring more art and antiques buyers to the UK.
Turner prize is revived saleroom in the Borders
13 November 2017It’s a new name and a new start for a Jedburgh saleroom this autumn.
French court orders American couple to return Nazi looted Pissarro painting to Jewish heirs
09 November 2017Camille Pissarro’s ‘Picking Peas’ is at the centre of a court battle in France between its current owner and descendants of the Jewish owner who was forced to part with it by the Nazis during the Second World War.
Mayfair jeweller marks Russian revolution centenary with Fabergé exhibition
08 November 2017Jewellery dealer Bentley & Skinner is marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution with an exhibition of work by Peter Carl Fabergé.
Video showing cleaning of an early 17th century painting at Philip Mould goes viral
07 November 2017An early 17th century painting of a woman in a red dress being restored at Philip Mould’s gallery has proved a hit with Twitter fans achieving more than 53k retweets and 130k likes within hours of it being posted.
Government issues export bar for rare book by Shakespeare's contemporary Ben Jonson in hope of finding UK buyer
07 November 2017Arts minister John Glen has placed a temporary export bar on a rare book with unique annotations to provide an opportunity to keep it in the country.
Painting looted by Nazis and found on Lord Mayor of London’s wall returned to heir
06 November 2017A 17th-century Dutch painting looted during the Second World War, which has been in the collection of the Lord Mayor of the City of London since the 1980s, is finally being returned to its rightful heir.
Reward offered for information to help solve burglary involving antiques stolen from south Gloucestershire home
06 November 2017Police are appealing for information and offering a reward after antiques were seized by masked raiders in a robbery near Bristol.