Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Rare Anne Frank poem sells at auction
25 November 2016A handwritten poem by Anne Frank has sold at auction in the Netherlands at €140,000 (£119,000).
Bristol auctioneer plans Lego-only sale
24 November 2016East Bristol Auctions is holding a Lego sale next month. With more than 300 lots, the firm claims the auction will be the world’s first dedicated Lego toy sale.
Nepalese bronze sets house record for Matthew Barton
24 November 2016West London auction firm Matthew Barton has set a house record with the sale of a Nepalese bronze after it was hammered down at £85,000.
Trade reacts to Portobello plans
24 November 2016Portobello Road traders remain unconvinced of revised plans to develop the vintage end of the west London market.
Top picks from the Attenborough’s Picasso ceramics sale at Sotheby’s
23 November 2016The late Lord & Lady Attenborough’s Picasso ceramics sale made a hammer total of £2.48m at Sotheby’s yesterday with all 66 lots finding buyers. The collection was formed over 50 years after the couple purchased a £3 souvenir ashtray in 1954.
Christie’s Education to move across London to South Kensington
23 November 2016Christie’s Education, the educational arm of the auction house, plans to relocate to the firm’s South Kensington saleroom.
TW Gaze plots expansion in Diss
23 November 2016Norfolk’s TW Gaze is expanding its saleroom after buying the freehold of the land.
Rare dodo skeleton sold at auction in West Sussex for £280,000
22 November 2016A rare dodo skeleton – the first almost complete specimen in nearly a century – has sold for £280,000 at auction.
George II tripod table comes to auction
22 November 2016Did John Channon or Frederick Hintz make this table? This is the question that potential buyers of a George II pewter and brass inlaid tripod table will be asking themselves.
The Victoria & Albert Museum unveils 500 objects from its Gilbert Collection
22 November 2016The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Galleries in the Victoria & Albert Museum has re-opened with more than 500 objects on display, free to the public.
London Diamond Bourse plots move from Hatton Garden
21 November 2016The London Diamond Bourse and traders in Hatton Garden are looking at options to move amid rent rises in the historic area.
Dealer helps Fitzwilliam track down trophy mirror in France
21 November 2016The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge hopes to raise the final £65,000 needed to buy a 17th century gilded mirror frame for its collection.
Tayler & Fletcher makes a new home in Gloucestershire
18 November 2016Cotswolds auctioneer Tayler & Fletcher will hold its debut sale at its new Bourton-on-the-Water saleroom tomorrow.
Hockney auction record among highlights of Sotheby’s New York sale
18 November 2016An auction record for British artist David Hockney was one of the highlights at a robust Contemporary art sale at Sotheby’s New York last night.
Antiques trade gives verdict on protection policy for Mayfair and St James’s
18 November 2016Concerns remain for the future of the historic art and antiques districts of Mayfair and St James’s despite planning protection coming into force last week.
Earliest-known Ten Commandments tablet sold at auction in Beverly Hills
17 November 2016A stone tablet, inscribed with the Ten Commandments and thought to be the earliest-known complete example, has been sold at auction in Beverly Hills for $850,000 (£683,000).
Bullingdon Club painting of Cameron and Johnson goes to auction
17 November 2016An oil painting of the infamous Bullingdon Club ‘class of ’87’ photo will go to auction next month.
Ivory protestors descend on Westminster as Stephen Fry lends support to trade ban
16 November 2016Protestors organised by wildlife charity Action for Elephants are demonstrating outside of The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in London today to make the case for banning the ivory trade in the UK.
Art Recovery Group’s database goes non-profit
16 November 2016Art Recovery Group, founded by Chris Marinello three years ago as a rival to long-established The Art Loss Register, has split the firm to create a not-for-profit organisation called Artive.
Export block for William Hogarth’s first painted satirical scene
16 November 2016The government is hoping to find a UK-based buyer to pay £1.2m for an 18th century William Hogarth painting to prevent it from leaving the country.