Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Restoring antique picture frames
26 September 2022From falling off a wall to being damaged in transit, antique frames often need to be repaired.
In the frame: Collectors and film prop buyers are among those boosting the market for antique picture frames
26 September 2022Usually overshadowed by the art that lies within, it is often forgotten that frames themselves can be a fundamental part of the overall value.
Collector Interview: I am just nuts about nutcrackers
26 September 2022Nutcracker collector and author aims to open a museum in his home country.
Frame game: Parker Fine Art Auctions
26 September 2022“Parker has created the first regular frames auction with a dedicated catalogue in more than 10 years. It is great to see.”
Phillips expands into China
22 September 2022Phillips has agreed a tie-up with Chinese auction house Yongle.
Collection from Sir Terence Conran’s home comes to auction
22 September 2022A collection of items from Barton Court, the home of the late Sir Terence Conran (1931-2020), is coming to auction at Bonhams in December.
Asian Art in London celebrates 25 years this autumn
21 September 2022Asian Art in London (AAL) has announced the dates for its festival this year as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.
UK buyer sought for Elizabeth I roundels
20 September 2022A conjoined roundel manuscript given by the Archbishop of Canterbury to Queen Elizabeth I has been temporarily blocked from export in the hope a UK institution can raise the funds.
Goldsmiths' Fair celebrates 40 years with exhibition of 40 pieces of silver and jewellery
15 September 2022As part of the next Goldsmiths' Fair this month 40 pieces from the Goldsmiths’ Company’s collection will be on display.
Auction house Bellmans opens in Kensington's Cromwell Place
14 September 2022News of Bellmans opening a London office in South Kensington is among the latest moves and hires across the world of art and antiques.
Met museum hands back looted artefacts
12 September 2022Twenty-seven looted artefacts seized from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art have been returned to Italy and Egypt as part of longrunning investigations by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit.
Jade thieves ordered to pay back proceeds of auction sales
12 September 2022A man, who along with his father, stole valuable Chinese works of art from the home of an elderly Bedfordshire widow has been asked to pay back more than £200,000.
Bonhams brings oak and folk sale to Scotland
12 September 2022Bonhams has relaunched its oak and folk art sales – this time in Edinburgh.
‘The last ever Richardson & Linnell auction’
12 September 2022The collection of former Richardson & Linnell auctioneer Ian Aitken will be offered at Bamfords on September 26-27.
Commons sense: tracking down a parliamentary artist
12 September 2022Seven years of research, multiple meetings with members of the Lords and the Commons and tracking down an artist’s grandchild in Scotland were all part of dealer Daniel Hadden’s process to establish the painter of an unusual picture he had bought at an antiques fair.
£120,000 sought to keep early Polar flag in Britain
12 September 2022A flag from polar explorer Captain Henry Kellett (1806-75) has been barred from export in the hope £120,000 can be raised to keep it in the UK.
County Durham dealer and North Yorkshire auction house team up for online quiz show
08 September 2022Barnard Castle antiques dealer David Harper and Ripon auction house Elstob & Elstob are calling on dealers, collectors and antique enthusiasts to join them as contestants for a new quiz.
French antiques dealer teams up with Christie’s to auction blockchain-recorded furniture
07 September 2022Antiques dealer Benjamin Steinitz is to offer 58 lots of furniture and decorative arts at auction that will be registered and secured on a blockchain.
UK buyer sought for Arctic exploration flag from Captain Henry Kellett
06 September 2022A flag from polar explorer Captain Henry Kellett (1806-1875) has been barred from export in the hope £120,000 can be raised to keep it in the UK.
Warrior figure stolen from former antiques shop
05 September 2022The art and antiques trade has been asked to help track down a stolen wooden sculpture from a renowned former antiques shop in Hampshire.