Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
New faces at Sworders, Phillips and Bonhams - the latest Movers and Shakers from auction houses
21 April 2020Among the latest appointments across auction firms, Sarah Flynn has left Cheffins to join Sworders.
Sworders to roll out online auctions in May
20 April 2020Sworders is launching a new calendar of online-only and timed online auctions to satisfy demand from clients for sales next month.
Lively views during lockdown
20 April 2020You can’t visit dealers in person – but you could pop in to their homes and gardens online
Art dealers at home… and on the internet: dealers invite viewers to their homes and gardens
17 April 2020While the country has been in lockdown I have visited Philip Mould’s bedroom, Derek Johns’ wild flower garden, Simon Dickinson’s folly and Rhod McEwan’s Highland home.
Nine hours on rostrum is the new auction norm
13 April 2020A switch to online-only sales for auction houses has led to a rise in marathon sessions.
Present arms for an £11,000 result
13 April 2020Among the highlights of Antony Cribb’s Spring Virtual Arms and Armour sale was a collection of presentation swords.
New name and management for Buckinghamshire auction house
11 April 2020Buckinghamshire’s Dickins Auctioneers has rebranded to Claydon Auctioneers.
Auction houses and dealers hold sales to help Covid-19 NHS charity appeals
09 April 2020A number of auction houses and dealers are holding sales to raise funds for the under-pressure NHS in the face of the coronavirus crisis.
Collectors donate 100 pieces of studio pottery and Modern British art to The Hepworth Wakefield museum
08 April 2020Two collectors of British studio pottery have bequeathed 100 pieces from their personal collection to The Hepworth Wakefield gallery in Yorkshire.
‘There are tools out there to operate in this new world’
06 April 2020A number of industrial and commercial-focused businesses have operated online-only and timed auctions for some time and have systems in place that allow for very little contact between individuals.
Hugh Cronyn pictures emerge as Chiswick Auctions' sale focuses on West London artists
06 April 2020Artists who flourished in and around the Chiswick and Hammersmith borders in London after the Second World War feature in an upcoming sale this month.
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Call for collectors, dealers and antiques centres to feature in Drew Pritchard’s next Salvage Hunters series
02 April 2020Architectural antiques dealer Drew Pritchard hosts TV show ‘Salvage Hunters’ and is set to film the next series later this year.
Van Gogh painting stolen in Holland while museum closed due to coronavirus shutdown
31 March 2020A Vincent Van Gogh painting from the early part of the artist’s career has been stolen from a museum in the Netherlands.
Police ask for help to find stolen antique jewellery from Oxford dealer
29 March 2020Police are trying to trace antique jewellery stolen by burglars from Norah’s Antiques in Oxford.
James Bond guns stolen from North London home
28 March 2020Detectives are appealing for information after five deactivated guns used in James Bond movies were stolen from a residential address in Enfield, North London.
Coronavirus: Emergency measures for the self-employed announced by chancellor
26 March 2020Emergency help from the chancellor Rishi Sunak will be available for self-employed people it was announced today.
Masterpiece London cancelled for summer 2020 due to coronavirus crisis
26 March 2020The summer 2020 edition of Masterpiece London planned for June 24-July 1 has been cancelled, organisers have announced.
National Trust house in Cumbria buys portrait by Georgian society painter George Romney
25 March 2020Sizergh Castle and Garden, a stately home and garden in Cumbria run by the National Trust, has bought a portrait by 18th century painter George Romney.
Call to trade for help to locate lost Mod Brit painting stolen from train to Crewe
24 March 2020The owner of a painting by Mod Brit artist Terry Frost (1915-2003) is appealing for help after he left it on a train from London to Milton Keynes on January 23.
Historic archive of Second World War floating harbour designer bought at auction by museum
24 March 2020An historic archive belonging to the engineer who oversaw the design of the Mulberry Harbours in the Second World War has been bought by a museum after being offered at Mitchells’ auction last week.