Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
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.
New faces and organisations - the latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques market
20 February 2020An update from across the world of art and antiques including at Lyon & Turnbull , Sotheby’s France and Catherine Southon.
Record-breaking Martin Brothers grinning crab saved for nation heads to Plymouth after export block
19 February 2020A new museum in Plymouth has acquired a ‘colossal and extraordinary grotesque grinning crab’ by the Martin Brothers after fundraising to keep the sculpture in the UK.
Coronavirus: more Asian art sales shelved as Bonhams and Sotheby’s postpone auctions
17 February 2020Bonhams and Sotheby’s have joined Christie’s in postponing their March New York Asian art auctions due to the spread of coronavirus.
Girling and Oliver to leave Bonhams after reshuffle
17 February 2020Bonhams has made a number of personnel changes this month as global CEO Matthew Girling departs.
From a Mission Impossible-style jewellery break-in to a missing silver sculpture – the latest round up of thefts across the art and antiques sector
17 February 2020The art and antiques trade have been called upon to help locate missing items after a series of incidents.
Moseley Antiques Emporium closes after a quarter of a century
17 February 2020Moseley Antiques Emporium south of Birmingham city centre is closing after more than 25 years in business.
Bonhams and Sotheby's latest to reschedule Asian art auctions after spread of coronavirus
11 February 2020Bonhams and Sotheby's have postponed Asian art auctions during New York’s Asia Week until June.
Bonhams' CEO Matthew Girling to leave auction house
11 February 2020Matthew Girling, Bonhams’ global CEO, is to step down from the role he has held since 2015 and will leave the company.