Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Collection from Islamic art's 'most influential' dealer Oliver Hoare to be auctioned at Christie’s
18 September 2019The late Oliver Hoare (1945-2018) was a leading Islamic and Asian art dealer and held the first Islamic art auction at Christie’s in 1975.
Greek marble ‘wedding present’ returned to Munich museum
18 September 2019A Hellenistic marble stele that was received as a wedding present in the 1950s has been returned to a museum in Germany after an investigation by antiquities dealers and an Oxford scholar.
New auction formats and salerooms - the latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques market
17 September 2019Industry news from across the auction houses and dealers.
Fabergé sedan chair sets house record for Cirencester firm
16 September 2019A gold, jade and rock crystal model of a sedan chair by Fabergé was hammered down at £380,000 last week – a new house record for a Gloucestershire auctioneer.
Antiques Anonymous festival returns to Marylebone
16 September 2019A one-day antiques festival returns to London’s Church Street for its third year.
Christie’s launches young collectors club to attract new buyers to the art world
13 September 2019Christie’s Education has launched The Young Collectors Club to help enthusiastic young art lovers to increase their knowledge and collections.
Two collections from celebrated interior designers to be offered at auctions at Bonhams this autumn
12 September 2019A collection from interior designer and socialite Nicky Haslam and another from decorator and dealer Christopher Hodsoll will be offered at auction at Bonhams London.
Miniature sedan chair by Fabergé takes £380,000 at Cotswold auction
11 September 2019A model of a sedan chair by Fabergé made of gold, jade and rock crystal was sold at an auction in Gloucestershire for £380,000 to a bidder on the phone.
Plea to antiques trade to help find stolen paperweight collection
11 September 2019The owner of a collection of paperweights is calling on the antiques trade to look out for items that have been stolen from a car in south London.
Lincolnshire auction house Golding Young & Mawer expands into Leicestershire
10 September 2019Golding Young & Mawer has opened a valuation and consignment office in Leicester, to cover the Midlands area.
The latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques market including at Bonhams, Halls and Tate Ward
09 September 2019An update on news from across the auction houses.
How resale right can apply to fresh-to-market lots from an artist's estate
09 September 2019Following our guide to Artist’s Resale Right (ATG No 2404) and now published in the Guides section of this website, we have a received a number of enquiries from readers asking for further information.
Halls' fine art director Jeremy Lamond to leave after two decades at Shropshire auction house
06 September 2019Jeremy Lamond, Halls’ fine art director, will depart after 23 years at the firm.
Art Business Conference highlights: changing auction buyers and the challenges of European export regulations
05 September 2019Held at Church House Conference Centre in Westminster, the 2019 Art Business Conference took place yesterday just a stones throw from parliament where politicians were discussing a bill ruling out a no-deal Brexit.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang designer's sculpture bought by National Railway Museum in York
05 September 2019A 26-foot long kinetic sculpture by Rowland Emett (1906-90) who designed the magical car in the eponymous 1960s film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has been sold by Bonhams for a six-figure sum to the National Railway Museum in York.
Church Street festival Antiques Anonymous returns to Marylebone for third time
04 September 2019A one-day antiques festival is to return to Church Street, Lisson Grove, for its third year.
Sir Rod Stewart’s collection under the hammer again – Essex house move means more lots come to auction at Sworders
03 September 2019Auction house Sworders is selling another batch of items from singer Sir Rod Stewart.
US tariffs on Chinese art widened to include books and increased to 15%
02 September 2019A tax on imports into the US of art, antiques and objects made in China took effect today.
Pick of the week: Maiolica renaissance as basin from Italian workshop makes £100,000
02 September 2019Dealers from France and England contributed to a protracted bidding battle for a rare Renaissance maiolica dish offered at an auction house in Saxony.
Caroline Penman puts retirement on hold to run next year's Chelsea Antiques Fair
02 September 2019Fair organiser Caroline Penman has abandoned her plan for retirement and will take on the running of the next Chelsea Antiques Fair – but at a reduced length.