Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters

Dealer Johns has Georgian on his mind
28 January 2017OLD Master dealer Derek Johns has set up a new home after 30 years in St James’s Duke Street.

‘Make the case for antique ivory’
28 January 2017Victoria Borwick tells packed London CITES seminar: ‘write to your MP’

Petworth antiques dealer's appeal over shop theft
27 January 2017Petworth dealer Tony Wilkinson is calling on the trade to help him track down a pair of stolen Regency lustres.

Swan song for Scottish Borders auction firm
27 January 2017Scottish borders auction firm Swan & Turner will hold its final sale next month and will close the doors to its Jedburgh auction rooms in March.

Thousands of artefacts and cultural goods seized in Europe-wide police operation
27 January 2017A suspected art smuggling ring has been busted after Europol and police across 18 countries helped seize 3561 works of art and cultural goods.

Plymouth collector swoops on Picasso owl vase
26 January 2017A Picasso vase uncovered in a remote Cornish cottage has sold at auction in Plymouth for £2800.

Dealer Bendor Grosvenor joins the board of Scottish auction firm Lyon & Turnbull
25 January 2017Edinburgh auctioneer Lyon & Turnbull has hired art historian and dealer Bendor Grosvenor as a non-executive director.

Ex-Christie’s specialist Brooke Lampley becomes vice chairman of Sotheby’s fine art division
24 January 2017Sotheby's have appointed Brooke Lampley as vice chairman of their Fine Art division. She will join the company after 12 years at rival Christie’s.

Traditional tenants of Burlington Arcade hope for a sympathetic new owner as it goes up for sale
23 January 2017Tenants of Mayfair’s Burlington Arcade are bracing themselves for change as Britain’s oldest shopping arcade is put up for sale.

Auctioneer recalls early bone of contention
21 January 2017A SPOT of bother selling a live rabbit to a butcher 57 years ago did not put off a fledgling Sussex auctioneer.

SJ Phillips moves upstairs in Mayfair
21 January 2017VENERABLE antique jewellery dealer SJ Phillips is to move to the second floor of Mayfair’s Bruton Street, ending a 144-year presence on Bond Street.

Man charged in north London gallery theft
20 January 2017A man has been charged in connection with the theft of a painting by Welsh modern artist Ceri Richards from Belsize Park gallery Sylvester Fine Art and will be tried later this month.

Tapestry dealer S Franses in court to defend right to stay in St James’s gallery
19 January 2017St James’s textile specialist S Franses is this week in court fighting for the right to stay in its gallery in central London.

Online art and antiques auctioneer Auctionata files for insolvency
19 January 2017The company behind online art and antiques auctioneer Auctionata and Paddle8 has filed for preliminary insolvency to restructure its business.

Art and antiques trade welcomes clarity from Theresa May's Brexit speech
18 January 2017Prime Minister Theresa May laid out the government’s Brexit plan this week giving some clarity on how it will leave the European Union.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland collection heads to auction in Oxford
18 January 2017An auction of 3000 items from the estate of the late antiquarian book dealer Thomas Schuster is big news for fans of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Jewellery dealer SJ Phillips to make Mayfair’s Bruton Street its new home
17 January 2017Antique jewellery dealer SJ Phillips is moving out of Bond Street next month to a second floor of Bruton Street in Mayfair.

Sotheby’s Geneva celebrates 40th anniversary with new saleroom and exhibition space
16 January 2017Sotheby’s Geneva has relocated to a new office, exhibition space and saleroom in the banking quarter of the Swiss city.

Changes on Duke Street as Van Haeften goes home
14 January 2017OLD Master dealer Johnny Van Haeften has relaunched his business from his home in south-west London following a property deal that has forced a clutch of dealers to vacate their Duke Street homes.

Baldwin’s and St James’s join for auction arm
14 January 2017Coins and medal specialist splits dealing from auction business