Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Bayeux Museum buys Victorian replica of the famous tapestry from the collection of Rolling Stones drummer
31 January 2024The Bayeux Museum in France has bought a life-size Victorian replica of the Bayeux tapestry from the Charlie Watts sale.
Harrison Ford’s Star Wars scripts found in his former London flat come to auction
31 January 2024A group of scripts, notes and letters from Hollywood actor Harrison Ford, discovered in a Notting Hill flat he rented, are coming to auction.
Appeal for statues stolen from Salford church
31 January 2024A group of statues from a church in Salford have been stolen.
Louvre buys Vénus de Milo cast at auction
30 January 2024The Louvre Museum has used its pre-emption right to successfully secure a 19th century cast of the Vénus de Milo at Artcurial.
William Shakespeare, Samuel Pepys and Charles Dickens feature in part two of the famed Foyle family library sale
30 January 2024The second part of the auction of The Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey is returning to Dominic Winter Auctioneers.
Sotheby’s reveals sales total of $7.9bn for 2023
29 January 2024Sotheby’s revealed its full-year results for 2023, revealing consolidated sales of $7.9bn (£6.2bn), just a touch down on the $8bn of 2022.
Hard work pays off as Sheffield auction house expands to four salerooms
29 January 2024Sheffield Auction Gallery has expanded its salerooms in the city’s Windsor Road to add a further 3000 sq ft.
New auction records for under-represented artists as museums show purchasing power
29 January 2024The desire by top museums to buy works by under-represented groups, including women and minority ethnic artists, has led to two new auction records in the US.
Interior designers target traditional antiques at Battersea's Decorative Fair
29 January 2024Traditional antiques are very much still in demand, according to reports from dealers at Battersea’s winter Decorative Fair.
Mark Knopfler's Gibson guitar and pair of torchère figures are among five lots to watch
29 January 2024With estimates from £200, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
New faces at auction houses in the UK and overseas
25 January 2024A new director at a West Sussex firm and expansion in Sheffield are among the latest Movers & Shakers across the world of art and antiques.
Betty Boothroyd’s dispatch box and brooch entice bidders at memorabilia auction
23 January 2024Politics fans and admirers competed for items from the estate of Betty Boothroyd (1929-2023), the first female Speaker of the House of Commons.
Treasure finds hit new high as metal detecting continues to pay off
23 January 2024More than 53,000 archaeological finds were recorded in the latest annual report, which included 1378 Treasure cases, the highest ever reported in a single year.
Boss of failed firm Trinity House Paintings ‘delays admin process’
22 January 2024Steven Beale, former director of the failed Cotswold art dealership Trinity House Paintings, has not cooperated with the administrators causing “significant time costs” and delays, according to their latest report.
Plea to trace Kenneth Armitage sculpture stolen from Sloane Street Auctions
22 January 2024A sculpture due to be offered at Sloane Street Auctions has been stolen from its gallery.
Titanic memorabilia fascination surfaces once more at auction
22 January 2024A tartan deck blanket, a pocket watch and a first-class dinner menu were all top-sellers in the latest auction of Titanic, White Star and Transport Memorabilia at Henry Aldridge & Son (plus 26.4% buyer’s premium).
Plea to trace stolen art and antiques from two separate burglaries in Sevenoaks
19 January 2024Investigators from Kent Police are appealing for information on two separate crimes in Sevenoaks when artworks and an antique clock were stolen.
Salvage Hunters' TV star Drew Pritchard is selling his personal collection at auction
17 January 2024TV presenter and antiques dealer Drew Pritchard is to sell items from his personal collection at Dreweatts in March.
Latest hires, appointments and jobs news from around the world of art and antiques
16 January 2024Movers and Shakers across auction houses, fairs and a law firm.
New Stanley Gibbons and Baldwin’s set-up announced after rescue
15 January 2024Strand Collectibles Group, the parent company for stamp specialist Stanley Gibbons and coin specialist Baldwin’s, has announced a new structure.