Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Graham Budd ownership change
14 February 2022Graham Budd Auctions is under new ownership, with its founder becoming chairman.
Arne went to work on an egg
14 February 2022Among the top sales at the winter edition of The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair last month was this 1963 Arne Jacobsen leather egg chair and ottoman.
Collection from set of Withnail and I comes to auction in Sussex
12 February 2022Items from the estate of Prof Bernard Nevill, including furniture and works of art from the film set of 'Withnail and I', will be offered at Bellmans this month.
New departments, premises and promotions – a round-up of the latest job news
10 February 2022An update on appointments in the world of art and antiques.
Essex auction house helps in return of stolen Roman statue
09 February 2022Essex saleroom TimeLine Auctions and a Dutch detective have worked together to return a stolen Roman statue to France after it was missing for 50 years.
UK Ivory Act soon to be enforced
08 February 2022The near total ban on the trade in ivory in the UK promised three years ago is just a matter of weeks away from enforcement.
The Winter Show gets new dates and a new venue
07 February 2022New York art and antiques fair The Winter Show will take place in April in the former Barneys New York department store at 660 Madison Avenue in Manhattan.
Anger as Sotheby’s closes pension scheme
07 February 2022A group of Sotheby’s former employees are considering further action against the auction house’s plan to close its ‘defined benefit’ pension plan.
Renowned Americana collection formed by dealer William Reese up for sale at Christie's
07 February 2022The collection of the late Americana book dealer William Reese (1955-2018) is coming to Christie’s from May this year.
Laidlaw bets on the ‘saleroom experience’ at new premises
07 February 2022Laidlaw Auctioneers and Valuers has invested in a new premises in Carlisle with a café and a museum on site and the auction house is confident that room bidding is not a thing of the past.
Collector interview: Citizen Cane talks the walk
07 February 2022Anthony Moss, the proud owner of 2500 walking sticks and canes, tells us about the extensive collection he and his wife have amassed.
Latest dealer appointments including a new specialist at Edinburgh's The Scottish Gallery
07 February 2022Three recent dealer moves in London and Edinburgh
Hubert de Givenchy collection comes to Christie’s
02 February 2022The collection of Hubert de Givenchy (1927-2018), featuring more than 1200 lots of French and European furniture and works of art, will be offered at Christie's in Paris in June.
A dealer returns to the trade, Fellows hires a new director and a promotion in the US – a round-up of the latest job news
02 February 2022The latest Movers and Shakers news across the world of art and antiques.
Dutch de Heem still-life blocked from export in hope UK buyer emerges
01 February 2022The government has placed a temporary export bar on a still-life painting by a Dutch artist in the hope a UK buyer will pay £6m to keep it in the country.
Have your say on the government’s plan for a single export and import regulation system
01 February 2022The UK government is consulting on its plans for a new system to help traders with imports and exports.
Banksy stable sets house record in Newcastle
31 January 2022This small wood and fibre glass sculpture by Banksy (b.1974) sold for £800,000 last week – a house record for Anderson & Garland.
Historic gas lamps win temporary reprieve after campaign led by antiques dealers
27 January 2022Two antiques dealers and their supporters campaigning for Westminster Council to stop removing historic gas lamps have won a temporary reprieve.
FIAC loses Grand Palais autumn slot in Paris as MCH Group plans new Contemporary art fair
27 January 2022Paris’ long-running annual fair devoted to Contemporary art, FIAC (the Foire Internationale D’Art Contemporain) has lost its slot at the Grand Palais.
Post box alert as thieves strike in Suffolk and Norfolk
26 January 2022Royal Mail is on alert after a number of post boxes were stolen in Suffolk and Norfolk in recent weeks with a fear they are being sold online.