Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Cocktails and collectors: LAPADA and Killik & Co host antique jewellery event in Mayfair
16 June 2017Gin, jewels and gems were the order of the night at the first Killik & Co and LAPADA event this week.
Fitzwilliam Museum secures rediscovered Gérôme painting from dealer Daniel Katz
16 June 2017A recently rediscovered Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) painting has been bought by the Fitzwilliam Museum from dealer Daniel Katz.
Getty museum gets go-ahead to export £24.5m Parmigianino painting after no UK buyer found
15 June 2017The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles will be able to take a Parmigianino oil painting to the US after no UK buyer could be found to match the £24.5m price tag.
James Bond scripts join line-up with Rolling Stones and The Beatles at Bonhams' memorabilia auction
14 June 2017Calling all James Bond fans: Bonhams is offering nine scripts, screenplays and storyboards from Bond movies at its Entertainment Memorabilia sale later this month.
Christie’s sale of Rockefeller estate set to become the most valuable collection ever auctioned
14 June 2017What could be the most valuable personal art collection ever to come to auction will be offered at Christie’s New York next spring.
Gove 'may consider a pledge for total ivory ban'
13 June 2017Michael Gove MP has said he would reconsider introducing a pledge for a total ivory ban.
Stanley Gibbons up for sale amid launch of strategic review
12 June 2017Stamps and coin dealership Stanley Gibbons Group, parent of book auctioneers Bloomsbury, has put the company up for sale following discussions with a private equity firm.
NAVA head Colin Young's message to auctioneers: ‘Get qualified and regulated’
12 June 2017The new president of The National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers (NAVA) has called for all auctioneers to be qualified and regulated.
Lots Road Auctions to relocate
12 June 2017Lots Road Auctions is to relocate to a purpose-built new saleroom as part of a property development on the Chelsea street.
Trade bodies ‘ready to reach out’ to new ministers on antiques industry issues
12 June 2017Art and antiques trade associations are preparing to “forge new relationships” with the incoming government, in particular relating to the trade of antiques containing ivory.
Moves and appointments
12 June 2017ATG’s selection of appointments in the art and antiques industry.
Lots Road's Nick Carter: ‘clients want us to stick with our Sunday service’
12 June 2017Lots Road Auctions has been in the same premises since it was founded by owner Roger Ross in 1979. The establishment is well known among the Chelsea set and was even the star of the Channel Four show The Auction House. But changes are afoot. Here Nick Carter, manager and senior auctioneer, discusses the firm’s future with ATG.
BADA’s Borwick loses Kensington seat
12 June 2017Victoria Borwick, president of the British Antiques Dealers’ Association, lost her Kensington seat following two recounts in the constituency at last week's General Election.
Criterion open valuation office in South Kensington
12 June 2017Criterion Auctioneers has opened a valuation office in South Kensington in the hope of snaring some of the business left by the closure of Christie’s in the area.
BADA president Victoria Borwick loses Kensington seat after recount
10 June 2017Victoria Borwick, Conservative candidate for Kensington and president of the British Antiques Dealers’ Association, has lost her seat to Labour after a third recount by a margin of just 20 votes.
Hammershøi artwork returns home to Denmark after £1.2m Copenhagen museum buy
09 June 2017Ordrupgaard Museum in Copenhagen has purchased Vilhelm Hammershøi’s 'White Doors' for the hammer price of £1.2m, well above its £400,000-600,000 estimate.
Stanley Gibbons Group receives approach from private equity firm
09 June 2017Stamps and coin dealership Stanley Gibbons Group announced it has received an approach from private equity firm Disruptive Capital to buy the company.
UK faces hung parliament after a “tumultuous” election night
09 June 2017The final votes are still being counted but the UK is facing a hung parliament. The Conservatives are the largest party but have no clear majority.
A £10 car boot sale diamond ring sells for more than half a million pounds
08 June 2017A ring bought at a car boot sale for £10 in the 1980s was hammered down at £540,000 at a Sotheby’s auction.
Lady Spencer’s collection to be sold at Christie’s auction
06 June 2017Princess Diana’s stepmother, Chatelaine of Althorp, Dame Barbara Cartland’s daughter, or Acid Raine. The late Countess Spencer had a number of labels and, according to the Telegraph, she “seldom left anyone indifferent”.