Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Art market will be given more time to register under Money Laundering Directive
31 August 2020Art market businesses will have more time to register under the 5th Money Laundering Directive.
Jeremy Vine, Clare Balding and Chiswick Auctions among supporters of charity auction to help Chiswick House
29 August 2020Chiswick House & Gardens in west London is an 18th century villa and gardens planned by Lord Burlington.
New office for Catherine Southon and appointments at Bonhams and Heritage – the latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques world
27 August 2020A new consignment office for auction house Catherine Southon is among the latest updates from across the sector.
The Magic Circle reunited with lost copy of the earliest known English book on performing magic
26 August 2020The 16th century book 'The Discoverie of Witchcraft' by Reginald Scot is the earliest known book in English explaining how to perform magic.
Rare Rolex Submariner watch sets house record for auction house Fellows
24 August 2020After a five minute bidding battle a rare Rolex Military Submariner watch was hammered down at £140,000 (£165,200 including premium) at Fellows Auctioneers in Birmingham.
Bonhams scales down Scots sales
24 August 2020Bonhams is closing its Glasgow office and has restructured its sales schedule and specialists in Scotland.
'Gandhi' spectacles take £260,000 at Bristol auction
21 August 2020A pair of spectacles, believed to have once belonged to Gandhi, were hammered down at £260,000 in Bristol (plus 21.6% buyer's premium inc VAT).
Love letters from Welsh artist and poet David Jones go under the hammer
19 August 2020Letters written by the painter David Jones (1895-1974) are coming to auction today at Bonhams.
Antiques degree course reopens after it is saved from cancellation
18 August 2020An antiques degree course run by the University of Central Lancashire in Preston has been reinstated.
Ivory Act: no more challenges to new law says Supreme Court
17 August 2020The Ivory Act 2018 is now expected to come into effect this year after dealers and collectors of antique ivory were refused a final appeal.
Collector interview: Completely in jewel control
17 August 2020In the latest in ATG's occasional series of collector interviews, researcher, archivist, gemmologist, specialist and collector Georgina Izzard describes her fascination
Metal detectorist discovery of remains of 3000-year-old harness gives new insight into Bronze Age Scotland
13 August 2020A discovery made by metal detectorists has been described as of national significance for archaeology.
Police call for help to find stolen Cotswolds post box sawn from its mount
13 August 2020A Royal Mail post box has been sawn from its mount in a Cotswold village and local police are hoping to trace it.
Did these spectacles to be auctioned in Bristol once belong to Mahatma Gandhi?
12 August 2020A pair of glasses believed to have once belonged to Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) are to be offered at auction in Bristol this month.
New Devon auction house and a relocation for a Home Counties collectables specialist – the latest regional auction house news
11 August 2020Movers and shakers – an update on auction house moves across the regions.
Sotheby’s introduces new fee on top of the hammer price and buyer’s premium
10 August 2020Sotheby’s has introduced a new fee called an ‘Overhead Premium’ that is payable by all auction buyers across its salerooms and online auctions globally.
Film producer buys Seacole bust for 101 times the estimate
10 August 2020A terracotta sculpture of Mary Seacole (1805-81) sparked fierce competition at Dominic Winter.
Welsh auction houses to continue to host virtual auctions despite room bidding now permitted
06 August 2020The Welsh government has given auction houses the green light to open premises to the public this month.
Bust of British-Jamaican Crimean War heroine Mary Seacole sells for £101,000 at auction and heads to Nightingale Museum
04 August 2020A terracotta sculpture of Mary Seacole (1805-81), who nursed dying and wounded soldiers during the Crimean War, will go on display in the Florence Nightingale Museum after it was sold at auction last week.
Unreleased vinyl of a demo recording by David Bowie comes to auction
22 July 2020Wessex Auction Rooms in Chippenham is offering a 1966 demo recording by David Bowie on an acetate disc.