Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Teenage diary of 18th century stained glass craftsman bought by York University
20 December 2019A 90-page journal kept by a 15-year-old boy has been purchased by the University of York for £3200 at auction.
Spate of stolen south London animal troughs continues as another two go missing
18 December 2019A further two Victorian animal troughs have been stolen in south London, following four that went missing in September.
Biffin’s powerful story recognised with £110,000 self-portrait
16 December 2019Artist Sarah Biffin (1784-1850) is believed to have had the condition phocomelia and was born without hands, arms or feet.
It’s a dog-eat-mag world
16 December 2019Dealer and collector Keith Baker has been in a long-running dispute with his beloved dog Belle over who gets to read Antiques Trade Gazette first each Tuesday.
Pick of the week: Gimson is top dog of Arts & Crafts
16 December 2019Cotswolds steel masterworks bring £50,000.
The festive way to recycle ATG
16 December 2019Reader Ray Heath has come up with a way to recycle his copies of ATG.
Trains Galore auction steams into Newbury saleroom
14 December 2019Special Auction Services is bringing railway fans its annual Trains Galore two-day auction of more than 1000 lots.
New faces at Bonhams and West Dean College – the latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques trade
12 December 2019An update on recent job changes including the retirement of Edward Baldwin at Baldwin’s.
Sotheby’s wins court case over a disputed €10m ‘Frans Hals’ painting
11 December 2019Auction house Sotheby’s has won its case against Fairlight Art Ventures, the former business partner of Old Master picture dealer Mark Weiss, over a Frans Hals (1582-1666) painting that the auction house now deems is a fake.
Daoguang vase up to the mark after lengthy bidding battle
09 December 2019After a 17-minute bidding battle, a Chinese blue and white bottle vase with a Daoguang (1820-50) six-character seal mark was hammered down for £270,000 at Gorringe’s in Lewes, East Sussex.
Last Baldwin to work for the coin firm retires
09 December 2019Edward Baldwin, fourth generation and the last of the Baldwin clan to work for coin and medal dealership AH Baldwin & Sons has retired from the firm.
East London foundry first to sign up to new digital ‘hallmark’ for bronze sculptures
03 December 2019Bronze Age Foundry in Limehouse, London, is the first foundry in the UK to adopt a new bronze hallmarking scheme.
Adam Partridge opens a third saleroom in Preston
02 December 2019Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers has opened its third saleroom in the north-west and hired new staff to target consignments from the Lancashire and Lake District areas.
A second chance to travel with a rare Louis Vuitton trunk
02 December 2019Collectors who missed out on a rare late 19th century cabin trunk at auction last week have the chance to buy another in West Sussex this coming Friday.
Refinanced Stanley Gibbons moves in positive direction
02 December 2019Losses narrowed for stamps, coins and medals business Stanley Gibbons in the six months to September 30.
Pick of the week: Putting the Hours in brings reward
02 December 2019Personal devotional prayer books, known as a Book of Hours, were popular among the wealthy and powerful in late medieval Europe. Illuminated with miniature paintings depicting the life of Christ, the Virgin Mary and saints, they were sometimes personalised for the patrons who commissioned them.
Venue revealed for new London art fair Eye of the Collector
30 November 2019Former Masterpiece fair chief executive Nazy Vassegh has announced the venue for her new art fair to launch next year.
Actor Nigel Havers to host BBC TV show on art and antiques dealers
29 November 2019BBC One is launching a new day-time TV show featuring art and antiques dealers called 'The Bidding Room'.
Copy of the world’s most expensive natural history book flies into auction at Sotheby’s
26 November 2019A copy of The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1785-1851) will be offered at Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts sale on December 18 in New York.
Thieves steal precious baroque treasures from German museum
25 November 2019Dresden’s Royal Palace has been targeted by thieves who cut the electricity supply to enter exhibition rooms at its museum containing thousands of valuable antiques.