Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Portraits of mystery young women catch the eye in auctions
23 March 2020Two alluring early-20th century British school portraits of attractive young women caught the eye in recent regional sales. Both modestly estimated, they brought similar four-figure sums.
Auction house Paddle8 files for bankruptcy protection
19 March 2020The online auction house Paddle8 has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York.
Christie's switches focus to private sales and postpones auctions to deal with coronavirus
19 March 2020Christie’s has made a series of changes to its auction schedule across the world to deal with the spread of coronavirus.
Record level of Treasure finds boosted by metal detectorists and a tipper truck
18 March 2020The number of items deemed to be Treasure and found by the UK public has hit a record high, according to new figures from the British Museum.
Coronavirus: Government unveils further business support
18 March 2020Chancellor Rishi Sunak has set out a package of temporary measures to support businesses through this period of disruption caused by the Covid-19 virus.
Budget 2020: Business rates scrapped for small shops and galleries
11 March 2020Art and antiques dealers welcomed news from Chancellor Rishi Sunak that the government will abolish business rates for small businesses this year but warned more still needs to be done.
Movers and Shakers - new appointments across the art and antiques market
10 March 2020An update on new appointments and expansions including at 1818 Auctioneers, Charterhouse and Swann Auction Galleries.
TEFAF Maastricht remains quieter but stand-out sales continue as Van Gogh sells for around €12m
09 March 2020Monday in Maastricht at TEFAF was a quieter experience as visitor numbers (anecdotally) remained down into the second week of the art and antiques fair.
Growth in second-hand will ‘skyrocket’, conference hears
09 March 2020The art and antiques trade should be able to tap into the desire by younger people to buy second-hand, delegates of the latest LAPADA Conference were told.
British Museum buys 3000-year-old Bronze age gold pendant
07 March 2020A well-preserved 3000-year-old Bronze age gold sun pendant, known as a bulla, has been bought by the British Museum after it was found by a metal detectorist in Shropshire in 2018.
UK remains in second place in global art market league table
05 March 2020The UK has retained second place ahead of China in sales of art and antiques, according to the latest Art Basel and UBS global art market report 2020.
How to promote the art and antiques trade and win new customers – LAPADA conference 2020
03 March 2020How to best promote the art and antiques trade, take advantage of the worldwide focus on sustainability and win new customers were the themes for this year’s LAPADA conference.
Bonhams expands in Germany with new classic car auction
03 March 2020Auction house Bonhams has picked The Schloss Dyck Classic Days Festival as the location for a new classic car auction in Germany.
Design and book fairs in Milan and Paris latest to be cancelled amid spread of coronavirus but TEFAF Maastricht and Salon du Dessin to go ahead
02 March 2020Milan’s design fair 'Salone del Mobile' and Paris’ book fair 'Salon du Livre' have postponed planned events this month due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus.
New faces - the latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques market
02 March 2020An update from across the world of art and antiques including at Bonhams, Swan At Tetsworth and Hindman Auctions.
‘Outstanding’ maiolica medicine jar bought by British Museum in tax arrangement with dealer Sam Fogg
28 February 2020A sixteenth century double-handled maiolica albarello, bought by Mayfair dealer Sam Fogg in 2014, has been acquired by the British Museum.
Coronavirus: Sotheby’s latest to change Hong Kong auction schedule
25 February 2020Sotheby’s has moved its Modern Art evening sale and Contemporary Art evening and day auction to New York from Hong Kong following the spread of coronavirus.
Interior designers and auction houses team up for spring sales
25 February 2020This spring auction houses Dreweatts and Fellows plan events with interior decorators and designers Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, Caroline Percy and architectural historian Oliver Gerrish.
The Box catches the Martinware crab
24 February 2020The Box, a museum, gallery and archive set to open in Plymouth in May, has acquired a ‘colossal and extraordinary grotesque grinning crab’ by the Martin Brothers.
Art After Hours - charity event launches at new The Open Art Fair
21 February 2020The Open Art Fair taking place next month at Duke of York Square in Chelsea will host a Next Generation party to raise money for charity.